Have you ever thought about turning the tables during an interview? #shorts

By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter

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They always ask you why you left your last job. It’s also important for you to turn things around.

You know how they always ask you why you left your last job? Have you ever thought about turning things around? I’m Jeff Altman, big game hunter. People hire me to provide no-nonsense job coaching and career advice around the world because I make the process of finding and succeeding in a job easier.

For years I’ve joked that everyone lies during interviews. You lie, they lie, each positioning themselves to gain significant advantage. Well, I call it posture. You pose up, they pose up, and they always ask, “Why did you leave your last job?” They make you feel guilty.

Now here’s an interesting scenario: why don’t you ask them? I’m not talking about hiring managers, I’m certainly not talking about HR, but when you meet with your team members and they ask, “So do you have any questions for us?” why wouldn’t you ask them? “Has anyone been in this role before? Has it been? Why did they leave? What happened to make them leave?” “Well, they left for a better opportunity.” “What made it a better opportunity?”

Even if they don’t answer, their lack of answer will tell you a lot because if it’s embarrassing, they’ll hide something. “Oh, they left for more money.” Well, you can live with that, right? But sometimes their body language can tell you something about the hiring manager that can be useful to you. Maybe when they look to the side at you like they’re trying to get advice from someone, that’s telling you something. You know, it’s worth a million dollars to you to avoid making mistakes.

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