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by onion2k 2124 days ago
Ordinarily, yes. During these strange times when lots of others are in the same situation, probably not.
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Exactly. If any company asks, just give them an explanation like "I got laid off due to covid and spent the time learning and preparing for interviews" which implies that you're using your time well. If that explanation doesn't suffice for them, then you probably don't want to work there anyways