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the why are you leaving question

  • 09-06-2009 7:28am
    #1
    dade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭


    Right so looking for work (for obvious reasons) and had an interview yesterday. I was asked the above question. I explained that the company had lost some major clients and had not been financially stable in the last 8-10 months and that this was a common theme in the company. it tends to go through high a low cycles every couple of years.

    the reason for this i feel is the top management, i studied Business and IT and can see some of the warning signs of a failing company here.

    anyway obviously i don't want to bad mouth the company at an interview so what would you guys think is the best approach to handling that question. I was thinking about mentioning the financial viability of the company and also mention that if the company decided on cut backs that about 80-90% of my role could be completed by others on the team where as i wouldn't be able to do theirs. what you think?


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  • #2
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,536 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Always keep it positive and upbeat. Don't air dirty laundry. It's a small world, and you never know when something you say can come back to bite you.


  • #3
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    Whatever my reason for leaving a job I always say it is because I am looking for a new challenge or something like that. I usually give reasons as to why I'm not getting that challenge in my current role but as said above keep it as positive as possible.

    Someone was interviewed where I work recently and was asked the above question. They answered that on the anniversary of their employment with the company they work for they see what else is out there and go for some new jobs. Now that is a pretty stupid answer! Why would you employ them if you knew that in a years time they would be looking to see if they could get anything better?!


  • #4
    doolox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭doolox


    When asked that question I was able to point to restructuring and downsizing as the reason.
    I has started in my previous job in a certain area which was 100% relevant to my qualifications and experience. I found it challenging and a struggle to keep abreast of the changes involved as the sector changed product every 6 months or so and the longest you would have a particular item to work on and get to know was 2 years. A very demanding and stressful situation.
    I did an internal transfer to a different area after the first area closed down but I was always the junior operator in the new area which was mature and settled in its organisation with little or no room for upgrading or promotion because the stuff was all new to me. I took redundancy in 2007 when it was offered to me for a second time in order to break free and try a new direction.
    I did a years course in FAS and it has stood me in good stead.
    At the interview for a new job I stated my case as to why I left, keeping it as neutral and objective as possible so as not to sound like an embittered nark and lose any chance of getting a new job.
    Hopefully the new position will work out better than the old one as I will have brought many experiences from the old job which should stand to me in the new.
    I gave as references people who I worked with (struggled with????) in the old job so they must have stood by me when called for references. Thankfully my final departure from my previous job and previous boss and colleagues was cordial and nothing bad happened.


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