“Why do you want to leave your current Job / Employer ?” or “Why are you looking for change ?”
Dear Seniors and Readers
This is one of the dreaded questions asked in the Interview, and this topic is famously discussed at this forum before. However I have not found my answers, what answer justifies this question ?
Answers : Perception by Interviewer
· Better Prospects : Greedy, may jump at another offer
· Management Issues : Not able to handle pressure, lacks people skills
· Relocation : Acceptable, if convinced.
· Personal Reasons : Yeah !! Like what ??
· Better Profile : Lack of self Initiative
· For Growth : Why dint you grow at current setup ??
· Stress : Go home and sleep, its neck deep stress here.
· Laid off : Unimportant resource ! shall we hire him ?
· Terminated : God bless you ! sorry !
· Company Closed Down : OK, acceptable !
· Career Shift : Couldn’t perform, now want to try something else !
· Branded Employer : Mr / Ms Jumpy ! wants only fame !
From Kuwait, Salmiya
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30Dear Seniors and Readers
This is one of the dreaded questions asked in the Interview, and this topic is famously discussed at this forum before. However I have not found my answers, what answer justifies this question ?
Answers : Perception by Interviewer
· Better Prospects : Greedy, may jump at another offer
· Management Issues : Not able to handle pressure, lacks people skills
· Relocation : Acceptable, if convinced.
· Personal Reasons : Yeah !! Like what ??
· Better Profile : Lack of self Initiative
· For Growth : Why dint you grow at current setup ??
· Stress : Go home and sleep, its neck deep stress here.
· Laid off : Unimportant resource ! shall we hire him ?
· Terminated : God bless you ! sorry !
· Company Closed Down : OK, acceptable !
· Career Shift : Couldn’t perform, now want to try something else !
· Branded Employer : Mr / Ms Jumpy ! wants only fame !
From Kuwait, Salmiya
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As a HR professional, what would be your perception? However, except of the few, all have very pessimist perspective.
From India, New Delhi
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From India, New Delhi
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Dear Mr. Hussain Zulfikar,
Why can't we reply, as the offered profile gives us a good and challenging opportunity to prove ourselves, and the profile offered fits my qualifications?
We can see that change is the only thing that never remains the same in this world.
From India, Kumbakonam
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Why can't we reply, as the offered profile gives us a good and challenging opportunity to prove ourselves, and the profile offered fits my qualifications?
We can see that change is the only thing that never remains the same in this world.
From India, Kumbakonam
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Very true Bhaskar... "change is the only thing that is constant," and each and every one goes through this constant thing.
Being honest and straight saves so much of hypocrisy... Remember the '3 Idiots' interview... Raju was very straightforward and spoke his mind, which really impressed the recruiters.
Do such recruiters exist? Or was it just 'filmy'?
From India, New Delhi
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Being honest and straight saves so much of hypocrisy... Remember the '3 Idiots' interview... Raju was very straightforward and spoke his mind, which really impressed the recruiters.
Do such recruiters exist? Or was it just 'filmy'?
From India, New Delhi
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Hi tas05,
To be frank, even as an HR professional, when I have conducted interviews and asked this standard question, I often received rehearsed answers. I used to accept those answers based on the expectations outlined. However, I always delve deeper to uncover the true reasons behind the responses. These reasons may align with the categories I mentioned earlier, but they are justified by the candidates. This is provided that candidates are given an opportunity to clarify or if the interviewer approaches the situation with an open mind to understand the reasons impartially. However, does this scenario occur in reality, as you rightly questioned?
Let's see what insights our seniors and readers have to offer!
From Kuwait, Salmiya
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To be frank, even as an HR professional, when I have conducted interviews and asked this standard question, I often received rehearsed answers. I used to accept those answers based on the expectations outlined. However, I always delve deeper to uncover the true reasons behind the responses. These reasons may align with the categories I mentioned earlier, but they are justified by the candidates. This is provided that candidates are given an opportunity to clarify or if the interviewer approaches the situation with an open mind to understand the reasons impartially. However, does this scenario occur in reality, as you rightly questioned?
Let's see what insights our seniors and readers have to offer!
From Kuwait, Salmiya
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Hi Bhaskar,
Your response falls into the "Better profile" category, where the perception of the interviewer is that the offered profile is usually more or less similar. This is why candidates are sourced for a particular opening based on their experience and qualifications from their current job.
The answer provided is often standard and monotonous, such as "looking for a fresh, growth-oriented, challenging, exciting profile as offered."
Many times, the truth about changing jobs may not be very pleasant. How do employers perceive these truthful answers when determining the selection of candidates?
Thank you.
From Kuwait, Salmiya
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Your response falls into the "Better profile" category, where the perception of the interviewer is that the offered profile is usually more or less similar. This is why candidates are sourced for a particular opening based on their experience and qualifications from their current job.
The answer provided is often standard and monotonous, such as "looking for a fresh, growth-oriented, challenging, exciting profile as offered."
Many times, the truth about changing jobs may not be very pleasant. How do employers perceive these truthful answers when determining the selection of candidates?
Thank you.
From Kuwait, Salmiya
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Dear Mr. Hussain,
Will you accept if a person tells the reason for change as "I am unable to handle/tackle the Politics in my Present Office"?
To hide the nudity we have to dress up. If we dressed up properly means it is not that we do not have nudity inside our dress. Even though I am having 5 degree/diploma certificates, getting a handsome salary, good facilities, good respect, and all in society, the practical thing and reality is that I am only controlling 3 office boys, 4 First Aiders, 5 Office Assistants, some sweepers and scavengers and extracting the job from them. That's all. It can be done by even less qualified persons too. If I opt for change, you can easily deny that I do not have any experience without seeing the caliber in the candidate.
For example in a chat with my cinema friends, the cinema in the entire world can be easily brought into 11 categories. Like that the job hopping also can be categorized into the 12 categories you have mentioned. But, for those vacancies, why you all are not selecting the candidates who ever work in your organization by giving promotion to the employee to that post, further for future requirements by engaging brand new candidates directly from the College campus. Because, You want to have the experienced, means you want to do the skilled manpower-pulling from another organization. So you are ready to throw more perks to the new employee and the existing loyal employee will have to wait and suffer for his genuinely due promotion. And in severity to that he may join in the new company, as like you pulled, some other company also will engage in manpower pulling, for which many consultancies are readily available to help you for some commission basis.
There is a tradition in Indian Marriage system, Before Marriage, the Bridegroom family used to visit Bride's house and see the girl and ask about the details about the girl, that time surely no one will tell anything negative about the bride. But after marriage only the Bridegroom family will come to know the truth. Like that in the Interview also you cannot trace out the real caliber of the candidate correctly.
The real fact is that if the candidate is lucky enough then he is passing through the interview process successfully in a good company and fails in a worst company, and If the good company is lucky enough they are selecting the right candidate. The selection process is nothing but a trial and error method approach of candidate selection.
Let us wait and see how our learned members are responding to this question you have raised, Mr. Hussain Zulfikar.
From India, Kumbakonam
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Will you accept if a person tells the reason for change as "I am unable to handle/tackle the Politics in my Present Office"?
To hide the nudity we have to dress up. If we dressed up properly means it is not that we do not have nudity inside our dress. Even though I am having 5 degree/diploma certificates, getting a handsome salary, good facilities, good respect, and all in society, the practical thing and reality is that I am only controlling 3 office boys, 4 First Aiders, 5 Office Assistants, some sweepers and scavengers and extracting the job from them. That's all. It can be done by even less qualified persons too. If I opt for change, you can easily deny that I do not have any experience without seeing the caliber in the candidate.
For example in a chat with my cinema friends, the cinema in the entire world can be easily brought into 11 categories. Like that the job hopping also can be categorized into the 12 categories you have mentioned. But, for those vacancies, why you all are not selecting the candidates who ever work in your organization by giving promotion to the employee to that post, further for future requirements by engaging brand new candidates directly from the College campus. Because, You want to have the experienced, means you want to do the skilled manpower-pulling from another organization. So you are ready to throw more perks to the new employee and the existing loyal employee will have to wait and suffer for his genuinely due promotion. And in severity to that he may join in the new company, as like you pulled, some other company also will engage in manpower pulling, for which many consultancies are readily available to help you for some commission basis.
There is a tradition in Indian Marriage system, Before Marriage, the Bridegroom family used to visit Bride's house and see the girl and ask about the details about the girl, that time surely no one will tell anything negative about the bride. But after marriage only the Bridegroom family will come to know the truth. Like that in the Interview also you cannot trace out the real caliber of the candidate correctly.
The real fact is that if the candidate is lucky enough then he is passing through the interview process successfully in a good company and fails in a worst company, and If the good company is lucky enough they are selecting the right candidate. The selection process is nothing but a trial and error method approach of candidate selection.
Let us wait and see how our learned members are responding to this question you have raised, Mr. Hussain Zulfikar.
From India, Kumbakonam
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Hi Seniors!
I have qualified in the written test conducted by NPCIL for the post of Dy. Manager (HR) and am going to attend the interview on July 22nd. Can you please provide guidance for the same, such as how to prepare and what type of questions we can expect? I would appreciate it if you could respond as soon as possible.
Thanks in advance! Have a great day!
Regards,
G.R. Rani.
From India, Vijayawada
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I have qualified in the written test conducted by NPCIL for the post of Dy. Manager (HR) and am going to attend the interview on July 22nd. Can you please provide guidance for the same, such as how to prepare and what type of questions we can expect? I would appreciate it if you could respond as soon as possible.
Thanks in advance! Have a great day!
Regards,
G.R. Rani.
From India, Vijayawada
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Have you seen the answers at How to Answer the Question, Why Do You Want to Leave Your Job and Legit to Quit: When to Accept a Candidate's Reasons for Quitting ? Both found at Google
Have a nice day.
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Have a nice day.
Simhan Learning and Teaching Fellow (Retd.) The University of Bolton, UK. Brief profile in "About us" at <link no longer exists - removed>
"It is never too late to learn or improve oneself"
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All HR professionals know the answers, but they need people. Aren't HR professionals constantly jumping from one organization to another? It is all money-related; it is the naked truth. A layman knows the reason for your shifting from A to B (with a few exceptional cases).
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