Reason For Leaving Current Job Best Answer - Interview Question Tips

Reason For Leaving Current Job Best Answer - Interview Question Tip. If you're interviewing for a new job and you're asked this question, here's a great way to answer it. As a recruiter, I'm going to show you how to answer behavior based interview questions to land your dream job.
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[lentilgod]

"Passive candidates are focussed on the opportunity first, and they know the pay will follow."
I respectfully disagree.
The pay IS the opportunity.
I don't care what type of cool project you want me to work on. There are 17 other companies that also have business problems i can solve. I will get challenged, i will get exposure, i will get hands-on experience in pretty much ANY role at ANY company.

[CT-ycgd]

Christ. It's like 2 people who are kind of into each other but both are playing hard to get.

[AndrewNguyenOfficial]

Solid advice and thank you for this video. However, I'm so tired of the whole interview process these days. So much time wasted on tip toeing around questions and answers, trying to give the perfect PC answer. If both sides were brutally honest, it would save everyone time and likely better hires.

A 15 minute down-to-Earth conversation will be more beneficial than a 1 hour long smoke and mirrors interview.

[Ishn]

That job seeker who wanted a 200% increase didn't waste your time and his by setting up the interview, you wasted both your time by not being upfront with how much the position paid. Job seekers aren't mind readers!

[jeanc]

Relationships that are formed out of deceit from either end are doomed to fail. But then again, it's the game we must all play to remain gainfully employed.

[firstlast]

'opportunity first and the pay will follow'. No it won't. If they won't offer a decent wage from the start, they probably never will. Unless you use them as a stepping stone to a better employer.

[adambickford]

"opportunity first and the pay will follow". I have 20 years of software dev experience that says this is *complete* bullshit.

If the pay isn't there, its not an opportunity. They will gladly pay you in 'atta boys' and kudos if you let them. And when you finally call their bullshit, there will be another sucker working for promises. Free Beer Tomorrow!

[Mpheston]

Sorry but when I hear things like "If you're only motivated by a paycheck" that's a red flag for me. In the end Corporations are only motivated by the bottom line and don't care what motivates you. They want to know how much they can squeeze out of you before they deem you useless or too expensive. Let's stop pretending that corporations don't care about what they can to to make a few more bucks, at least individuals that just want higher pay are honest about it. What you are asking for is someone to lie to you just as well as the corporation lies to it's employees.

[TheDMLairPlays]

"Go out for opportunities to enrich your role" - I love how companies can twist anything into being the employee's fault. I was literally doing what you were paying me to do -- with excellent performance evaluations year after year -- and yet it was boring to me. I didn't go out and go above and beyond... why? Because the company 1) wasn't going to pay me for it and 2) if I do do that, I will set the EXPECTATION that I'll keep doing it. Then if I stop, that comes back on me.

It is possible to just be BORED with a job that is too easy or you've been doing for too long so you're looking for something different.

[seantellsit]

IMO, the best (simple) answer to "Why are you leaving your current employer" which I've used for
My current role has become very routine over the past X months and I'm looking for new challenges. What challenges would you have for me for this role?

A) This gives a valid reason. (or at least believable).
B) It shows you're engaged in the question by asking a question. (Remember, you're interviewing the employer as well).

[althunder]

I don't engage with unsolicited headhunters. If you contact someone out of the blue and haul them in for an interview I'm not surprised they highball their salary requirement, After all, you went after them so there is a perceived demand for their services.

[ThatsNotVeryFunnyLol]

A comment that I like to give is “I am looking for a job/role where I can further maximize my skillset and utilize my talents even more. Im looking for a bigger challenge, thats one of the things that motivates me. A dynamic and challenging environment where I can stimulate my brain more”

Its a decent response I’d like to think

[michaelcosta]

"They know the pay is going to follow." coughbscough

[kdel]

"....the pay is going to follow." Nope...not most of the time. You make your best deal going in, and that advice still holds true.

[AYCHMENG]

I'm not going to lie. What he is saying is so dead-on, however, it makes me realize how dumb this cat and mouse game we play in the hiring process. From the company perspective, I get it, but in my opinion, there are some questions that just need to be left unsaid. Honesty is not your best policy in an interview. You have to alter your words and omit the truth when necessary lol.

[cliftondugan]

I had a future employer ask me why I had 3 jobs in the past 3 years and I asked them. How many employees have you had in three years???

[prxZen]

If I'm not looking but you call me unsolicited anyway, wanting me to quit my job to go with what you're offering, it is _literally _*_your_*_ job_ to figure out why I would even be interested in a meeting. If I'm not looking, then higher wages is #1 ranking among reasons why anyone would hear you out. So if you don't feel out whether or not we could likely line up want vs offer on that point, before the meeting, then _you_ wasted _both_ our time. Don't blame me for having to agree to and attend a meeting with you, before you were willing to tell me what's on offer and ask me "what it would take". That is something you should have done within the first 120 seconds of that phone call.

[archiehendricks]

Well I retire at 56 and want to share my experience with your company.
This is why your company will be blessed by my life experiences.

[ArtifexExMachina]

I agree on the not badmouthing previous employers but the whole "being thankful for the experience" shtick when it was toxic as fuck is just gross. Have some dignity, don't do that.

[theDMLair]

So what I'm really hearing as I read between the lines here is that companies are sleaze balls and don't recognize The Human Experience. I have to give them a song and a dance to tell them what they want to hear to appease their fragile egos. They aren't human beings who understand that horrible bosses make people leave companies? They don't understand that the only real reason that most people work at companies is for the paycheck? They don't get that we don't care about their cultures? We just want to live our lives and pursue our passion. And those things have a little to nothing to do with where we work.