hi it's Don with job interview tools
calm I got a question today from the web
about why do you want to leave your job
and why are you going to stick around at
this job if we do hire you okay the
questions from Marie Marie writes in she
says Don I need your help
let me tell you a little bit about my
situation I met with the controller of a
company for the first and second
interview now this third interview that
I'm going to go to is with the president
and the VP should I prepare any
differently really nervous about this
one
she says I'm going for a staff
accountant position for a small to
medium size company the hardest question
I have to answer is why do you want to
leave well right now I currently work in
large corporation and I'm just not happy
with my job she says I was misled by the
positions responsibilities and there was
more clerical work and accounting than
anything and I just don't really know
how to answer that question in a way
that's going to satisfy an interviewer I
also want to let them know that I'm not
going to leave gotta stick around and
stay there for a while so I really need
to seal the deal for this third
interview which is tomorrow morning any
help would be greatly appreciated well
Marie congratulations on making it to
the third interview now one of the best
reasons you can tell people any any job
interviewer that you're leaving I
personally like to use it as this
company that I'm working for lacks
advancement opportunities I think that
orb training opportunities I think
that's one of the best answers you can
actually give when you tell them that
you feel your growth is stifled by the
company you're working at and it really
just makes you sound like a go-getter
sorry now I want to say congratulations
making it this far I'm sure they are
strongly considering you for the job
having made it this far in the interview
process and especially since you're
going to interview with the VP now I
really don't know anything about the
position for which you're interviewing
for but what they're probably going to
focus on are behavioral questions now
all the questions about why are you why
are you looking for work tell me about
yourself
why
you leave your last job those are
generally answered in the first
interview now they already feel you're
qualified for the job or you wouldn't
have made it this far in the process now
they want to know how well you will be
able to do the job what is your work
ethic how well do you work with others
are you a leader are you a follower can
you work under pressure now describe a
difficult problem and how you dealt with
it I can't say for sure because every
interview is different but these are the
types of questions that I would prepare
for now don't just give a simple yes or
no answer to these what you want to do
is make those back up your answer with
real life examples from your past
experience I have a lot of these inside
the complete interview answer guide and
once you get a gist of how to answer
these questions from my examples it
makes it a lot easier for you to take on
any type of question and come up with
your own answer now the third interview
is also a time for you to close
I usually don't outright ask for the job
but I do edge closer I mean after all
I'm here for a third interview I'm here
for the job
I might start asking some questions like
when do you expect to have a final
decision or when can I expect to hear
from you or how many others are you
considering to offer this position to
that's just what I would do now in
closing tell them that you like
everything that they've told you about
the company the job the opportunities
and how much you would like to work
there and that you feel you'll be a
valuable asset to them and the company
now I don't know if training is involved
I'm in this opportunity to get you up to
speed but usually I'd like to tell them
that with all my previous experience and
training that I feel I'll almost be able
to jump into this position and be
immediately productive this takes a big
weight off their minds because usually
it takes three months to bring an
employee up to speed but if you're
saying you can come in and jump in on
day one and start being productive
that's going to give you a huge
advantage over your competition
now depending on the job new employees
are usually not immediately productive
they require training which just slows
down the whole process thus the company
is not as productive during your first 1
2 3 months and that's why it's generally
so expensive to bring on people because
the first 1 2 3 months is just wasted
money companies are making an investment
in you and if you show that you can
start being productive right away they
don't like that and that's what I like
to tell them that I'm ready to go out
the chute I'm going to be productive and
profitable but whether you can say that
depends on your situation you can't lie
about that you really need to back that
up and say because I've done you know
this this and this in my past job here's
how I'm going to be able to do that for
you and you have to really seal any
objection in their mind about any doubt
they might have about whether you can do
this job so oh no you need to stand out
in the third interview as someone who
can do the job requires the least
training and will work well with
everyone else with lots of emphasis on
the ladder because if they don't think
you can get along with new co-workers
you won't get the job at all I hope this
helps I wish you all the best on your
next job interview I really hope you get
the job this is Don Georgevich for
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