i too want to tell the truth honestly. But what about their impression towards me, like this surgery is for insecure people and it is just too personal. Actually you are the first one to say just tell them, everyone around me said dont tell. If i never ask around about this, i would have state the truth because i feel like this is kind of similar to doing other plastic surgery like nose job, nothing embarassing to not disclose because everyone have some issues with their appearances
The key is to structure your answer so that it looks favourably to you and you don't come off as lying. You also have no obligation to disclose personal surgical detail nor reasons for undergoing the procedure.Jobs where credibility and trust are important, you don't want to be caught lying. Interviewers are also smart. They've interviewed thousands of people and are trained to detect inconsistencies in your statement. Your boss may also not be as dumb either.
Well, I don't know the exact detail of your operation. But you say you're planning on being away for 1 year. I could say something like this.
"The one year gap in my employment was due to the medical procedure I underwent in Europe. I have here the record of the flight tickets showing the dates I was away from the country, along with the receipt of my hotel stay and my returning flight dates."
If they ask, what's the nature of the medical procedure?
You can say that it is personal and private in nature and that it won't affect your competency related to this type of work. Under the law, they can't refuse to hire you based on your medical surgery.. just like your race, gender, age, etc.
Plus you have already fully recovered, so it no longer has anything related to the work.Much of the time they only care what you did during this time (undisclosed job, bad break with previous companies) so as long as you provide the answer, they really don't care about your surgery.
So is this a good enough answer?