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I Quit! Talking about Job Loss at Interviews
Learn strategies to answer questions about your job losses at interviews, especially when you have quit or were fired.
Last month, I shared a quandary I faced: do I stay at or leave a job that conflicted with my values. I sat on the question for a few days and decided that I couldn’t stay at an organization where I didn’t trust the leadership. Values alignment has always been important to me, so the decision felt comfortable to make. I didn’t feel the need to throw anyone under the bus but leaving felt right for me.
The next challenge: how do I talk about leaving the job at the next job interview.
Especially since I had left my most recent previous job under similar circumstances. Talking about quitting one job felt easy to talk about. Talking about two seems impossible.
If you were, or are, in a similar situation, how do you plan to address these parts of your job history and answer questions about your job loss?
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