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it's unprofessional to ask in the first place, in my opinion. you can assume any gap is for a good reason and ask me about my experience instead.
Yeah. I imagine at some point in my career I'm going to be asked to interview candidates as a kind of "hey you've been an engineer here for a while, what do you think of their technical background", and I don't plan to ask about any gaps. That really doesn't factor into their abilities or prowess.
As usual with interviews, they don't really care much about the answer but how you respond to it.
When I used to help clients hire I didn't care much about your experience itself, other then to work it into talking points. I cared about if you were interested in the work and would fit in with the rest of the team, your ability to troubleshoot, and ability to ask others for help.