1. Yes, within the last 24 months. 2. Yes. Either you bring it up and people think you must be low performer, or you don't and you feel like you're deceitful.

1. Yes, within the last 24 months. 2. Yes. Either you bring it up and people think you must be low performer, or you don't and you feel like you're deceitful. 3. Yes. Felt like a career-ending failure. Took about a year to get over it emotionally. Good came of it as it pushed me to finally become serious about self-employment after years of inaction.