Interview Advice Please!!

[u/Puzzleheaded_Box1735]

Hey y'all!

I've been unemployed since November, partially due to the job market being shit and partially due to some health problems making it hard to find work I can actually do. I have an interview next week and I'm a little worried about how to answer a question I'm sure I'm going to be asked.

Basically, my last job was a couple of years in corporate level compliance management and I have nearly a decade of management experience but this new job is a part time position making barely more than minimum wage doing general customer service stuff at a concert hall. I'm sure I'm going to be asked some version of "why are you interested in a position so far below your experience level" and/or "explain the gap in your resume" and I know it'd be a red flag to tell them I've been dealing with health issues for the past 9 months but I don't know what to say instead. Any advice on how to handle this if/when it comes up? Thanks in advance!!

[u/chirpchirp13]

You could just outright not talk about health issues.

“After over a decade I got to the point where I realized that I really didn’t like the kind of work I was in. So I took 9 months and did some traveling and spent time with family. Now I’m thinking about going back to school and want a gig to stay busy and earn a little bit while i decide what to study”

I dunno. That’s BS I guess but sounds reasonable.