At the interview, they may be interested in the reasons for dismissing not only from your last job, but also from all the previous ones indicated in the resume. And if you are working now, then be prepared not only for the question “What attracted you to our vacancy?”, But also for the question “Why are you looking - what doesn’t suit you in your current place?”.
Anything can be hidden behind the wording “On one’s own will” - from conflicts with colleagues to parting “in a good way” with an ineffective or toxic employee. Recruiters, of course, do not expect sincerity from applicants in such cases. Rather, they hope to figure out a “dangerous candidate” by responding to a question. Plus they will try to find out about you from other sources.
If “I was left in a good way” is not your story, it’s still important to think over the options for answering the question about the reasons for dismissal. Some answers that seem quite natural to you from the point of view of the offended ex-employee, in the eyes of a potential employer, characterize you not from the best side. And it’s certainly worth thinking about the correct wording: to talk about the reasons for leaving a friend in plain language is not at all the same as a potential new employer.
How not to answer the question “Why did you decide to change your job?”
If you are a diplomat by nature, then without our advice do not allow such formulations. But, if you are used to chopping off your shoulder, exercise restraint and be careful in expressions. Any harsh language addressed to the former employer will show that you don’t have to expect loyalty from you, which means that one day you can say the same about the new employer. All companies are not indifferent to what the "former" say about them, because this can scare off new candidates.
“It is impossible to work in this gadyushnik! Some gossip and lazy people! ”
Even if you are really unlucky with your colleagues and the communication culture in the company left much to be desired, there is no need to report it straightforwardly. Firstly, the potential employer does not know how objective your assessment is. What if your former company is famous for its soulful atmosphere? Then it will be you who seem inert and conflicting. It does not happen that everything around is bad and only you are in a white coat. A person who could not work together with any of his colleagues will not be easy in any team. Secondly, listening to your answer, the recruiter will think that one day you will begin to tell something like that about the place where you are currently arranging.
How can you. “Unfortunately, the team had an unhealthy atmosphere, and this seriously complicated the work.” But it’s worth saying so, only if it’s not your fantasies, the employees really ran away from the company (the recruiter can find out through his channels), you personally are not involved in the formation of such an atmosphere, but you have become a hostage to it (your ex colleagues). For example, this happens because of the ongoing conflict between the two "clans", from the solution of which the management and the HR service have been eliminated.
Calling this reason, it is important to choose tactful expressions, to avoid emotional coloring and details, especially not to get personal. If your interlocutor is persistently interested in details, say something like: “Sorry, I consider it unethical to take dirty trash out of the hut.” So you and about the true reason do not lie and show that you do not intend to harm the former employer, no matter what.
Ideally, if one of the ex-colleagues is ready to give you a good recommendation and confidentially confirm that the situation there was really difficult.
“They paid little money there. Oh well, for such a penny hump! ”
Of course, labor should be paid with dignity. But what to hide - all employers dream of employees with "burning eyes" who work not only for money, but also from the heart. Even if it’s not about creative work, but about trading in air conditioners, for example. They are trying to avoid candidates who are ready to “change” for the sake of an increase of 5-10% from their previous salary: usually such people are always in search, and therefore, they will run away from a new place, they will barely see at least a slightly more advantageous offer on the horizon .
How can you. If the salary was not just lower than you would like, but lower than the market level for your specialty, position and region and your employer could not find a resource to increase it, then moving to where the salary is in the market is a normal story.
If the number of tasks entrusted to you was constantly growing, you coped with them well, and about raising your salary you were only fed with promises, but you did not fulfill them, this is also an understandable and respectful reason.
“I had to recycle regularly!” And I'm not made of iron! ”
Of course, you are not obliged to work every day until night without extra charges, devote weekends to work and refuse a full vacation. But constant processing is a rather slippery reason for dismissal. How can the interviewer understand: you have really been hung up with too many responsibilities or you simply could not cope with the quite usual volume because you do not know how to organize yourself? There is still a category of chronic workaholics, and employers, contrary to stereotypes, are disadvantageous.
Finally, what does it mean to “regularly recycle” for you - to stay up late every day? Or linger once or twice a week for a couple of hours, if the need arose? Or experience the rush-outs once every few months (during the hot season), while the rest of the time you have a “sleepy kingdom”? The second and third options are the normal situation in many companies or the specifics of individual business sectors, and they will not understand you there if you call it refining. There are also such professional areas where even the first option - alas! - in fact, the norm, so it’s naive to look for other conditions without changing this professional area.
How can you. “My functionality was designed for a minimum of two, my boss understood this, but the company, unfortunately, for so much time could not find a resource to expand the staff.”
When naming this reason, be prepared to tell in detail what your functionality consisted of, how many tasks and how much volume you performed per month, weekly, per day, how you tried to optimize this volume and how often you discussed the problem with management.
Only in this way your interlocutor will be able to understand that the reason for the processing is not your personal inefficiency, but that the work really was too much for one. The ideal option is if you broke up with the ex-boss in a good way and he can recommend you, confirm your words about the amount of work and the company's inability to take another person.
Another respectful option: you put up with a huge amount of work for a long time, because it suited you, but now you have changed circumstances (for example, family), and at your previous job there is no way to switch to normal mode. Just talking about the new circumstances, make it clear that they do not force you to work half-heartedly - just you are not ready to live at work.
“I'm not going to wait for an increase for years!”
Healthy ambition is good. But only if they did not grow out of nowhere. A person who “is waiting for an increase”, but cannot explain why he believes that he is ready for it and in what specifically he has outgrown his usual functionality, gives the impression of an infantile who owes something only because he worked a certain amount of time at the company . Moreover, such an impression is created if a person is clearly offended by the fact that instead they raised someone else who came to the company much later.
How can you. “I outgrew my usual functionality, but there were no opportunities for either upward growth or participation in related projects.” But you need to understand that this answer is only relevant if you have worked in that company for at least a couple of years and really can boast of results.
Justify why you are ready for more complex tasks and greater responsibility. For example, you began to cope with your usual tasks twice as fast, figured out how to increase the efficiency of the entire department, easily gave out KPI higher than that of colleagues.
And one more thing: if you think that you deserve more complex functionality and a higher position, then it is strange to get a functional and position similar to those that you had in your former place. So, you should apply for a position higher or explain why it seems to you that the functionality here is richer than in the old place, and there are more opportunities for rapid growth.
“Oh, there was such a mess!” (“Such a swamp!”)
Yes, there are such organizations from which I want to run away, barely finding myself there. But if you worked there for quite some time, then they will certainly ask you why you didn’t leave right away, as soon as you realized that everything was terrible there. You can’t - you will be suspected of cunning.
Anything can be hidden behind the wording “On one’s own will” - from conflicts with colleagues to parting “in a good way” with an ineffective or toxic employee. Recruiters, of course, do not expect sincerity from applicants in such cases. Rather, they hope to figure out a “dangerous candidate” by responding to a question. Plus they will try to find out about you from other sources.
If “I was left in a good way” is not your story, it’s still important to think over the options for answering the question about the reasons for dismissal. Some answers that seem quite natural to you from the point of view of the offended ex-employee, in the eyes of a potential employer, characterize you not from the best side. And it’s certainly worth thinking about the correct wording: to talk about the reasons for leaving a friend in plain language is not at all the same as a potential new employer.
How not to answer the question “Why did you decide to change your job?”
If you are a diplomat by nature, then without our advice do not allow such formulations. But, if you are used to chopping off your shoulder, exercise restraint and be careful in expressions. Any harsh language addressed to the former employer will show that you don’t have to expect loyalty from you, which means that one day you can say the same about the new employer. All companies are not indifferent to what the "former" say about them, because this can scare off new candidates.
“It is impossible to work in this gadyushnik! Some gossip and lazy people! ”
Even if you are really unlucky with your colleagues and the communication culture in the company left much to be desired, there is no need to report it straightforwardly. Firstly, the potential employer does not know how objective your assessment is. What if your former company is famous for its soulful atmosphere? Then it will be you who seem inert and conflicting. It does not happen that everything around is bad and only you are in a white coat. A person who could not work together with any of his colleagues will not be easy in any team. Secondly, listening to your answer, the recruiter will think that one day you will begin to tell something like that about the place where you are currently arranging.
How can you. “Unfortunately, the team had an unhealthy atmosphere, and this seriously complicated the work.” But it’s worth saying so, only if it’s not your fantasies, the employees really ran away from the company (the recruiter can find out through his channels), you personally are not involved in the formation of such an atmosphere, but you have become a hostage to it (your ex colleagues). For example, this happens because of the ongoing conflict between the two "clans", from the solution of which the management and the HR service have been eliminated.
Calling this reason, it is important to choose tactful expressions, to avoid emotional coloring and details, especially not to get personal. If your interlocutor is persistently interested in details, say something like: “Sorry, I consider it unethical to take dirty trash out of the hut.” So you and about the true reason do not lie and show that you do not intend to harm the former employer, no matter what.
Ideally, if one of the ex-colleagues is ready to give you a good recommendation and confidentially confirm that the situation there was really difficult.
“They paid little money there. Oh well, for such a penny hump! ”
Of course, labor should be paid with dignity. But what to hide - all employers dream of employees with "burning eyes" who work not only for money, but also from the heart. Even if it’s not about creative work, but about trading in air conditioners, for example. They are trying to avoid candidates who are ready to “change” for the sake of an increase of 5-10% from their previous salary: usually such people are always in search, and therefore, they will run away from a new place, they will barely see at least a slightly more advantageous offer on the horizon .
How can you. If the salary was not just lower than you would like, but lower than the market level for your specialty, position and region and your employer could not find a resource to increase it, then moving to where the salary is in the market is a normal story.
If the number of tasks entrusted to you was constantly growing, you coped with them well, and about raising your salary you were only fed with promises, but you did not fulfill them, this is also an understandable and respectful reason.
“I had to recycle regularly!” And I'm not made of iron! ”
Of course, you are not obliged to work every day until night without extra charges, devote weekends to work and refuse a full vacation. But constant processing is a rather slippery reason for dismissal. How can the interviewer understand: you have really been hung up with too many responsibilities or you simply could not cope with the quite usual volume because you do not know how to organize yourself? There is still a category of chronic workaholics, and employers, contrary to stereotypes, are disadvantageous.
Finally, what does it mean to “regularly recycle” for you - to stay up late every day? Or linger once or twice a week for a couple of hours, if the need arose? Or experience the rush-outs once every few months (during the hot season), while the rest of the time you have a “sleepy kingdom”? The second and third options are the normal situation in many companies or the specifics of individual business sectors, and they will not understand you there if you call it refining. There are also such professional areas where even the first option - alas! - in fact, the norm, so it’s naive to look for other conditions without changing this professional area.
How can you. “My functionality was designed for a minimum of two, my boss understood this, but the company, unfortunately, for so much time could not find a resource to expand the staff.”
When naming this reason, be prepared to tell in detail what your functionality consisted of, how many tasks and how much volume you performed per month, weekly, per day, how you tried to optimize this volume and how often you discussed the problem with management.
Only in this way your interlocutor will be able to understand that the reason for the processing is not your personal inefficiency, but that the work really was too much for one. The ideal option is if you broke up with the ex-boss in a good way and he can recommend you, confirm your words about the amount of work and the company's inability to take another person.
Another respectful option: you put up with a huge amount of work for a long time, because it suited you, but now you have changed circumstances (for example, family), and at your previous job there is no way to switch to normal mode. Just talking about the new circumstances, make it clear that they do not force you to work half-heartedly - just you are not ready to live at work.
“I'm not going to wait for an increase for years!”
Healthy ambition is good. But only if they did not grow out of nowhere. A person who “is waiting for an increase”, but cannot explain why he believes that he is ready for it and in what specifically he has outgrown his usual functionality, gives the impression of an infantile who owes something only because he worked a certain amount of time at the company . Moreover, such an impression is created if a person is clearly offended by the fact that instead they raised someone else who came to the company much later.
How can you. “I outgrew my usual functionality, but there were no opportunities for either upward growth or participation in related projects.” But you need to understand that this answer is only relevant if you have worked in that company for at least a couple of years and really can boast of results.
Justify why you are ready for more complex tasks and greater responsibility. For example, you began to cope with your usual tasks twice as fast, figured out how to increase the efficiency of the entire department, easily gave out KPI higher than that of colleagues.
And one more thing: if you think that you deserve more complex functionality and a higher position, then it is strange to get a functional and position similar to those that you had in your former place. So, you should apply for a position higher or explain why it seems to you that the functionality here is richer than in the old place, and there are more opportunities for rapid growth.
“Oh, there was such a mess!” (“Such a swamp!”)
Yes, there are such organizations from which I want to run away, barely finding myself there. But if you worked there for quite some time, then they will certainly ask you why you didn’t leave right away, as soon as you realized that everything was terrible there. You can’t - you will be suspected of cunning.
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