[Help] Job interview - advice needed

Triggaaar said:

It may depend on the type of work you're doing, but I'm not sure there's any benefit in telling them.

Also, why were you let go (rhetorical)? Is the answer something that would put your prospective employers off you?

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

If your application states you are employed, you are still employed so there is no need to declare a change of circumstances.

If you are asked directly whether your employment circumstances have changed you should then explain the situation.

If the new company will take up references from the old then you should briefly mention the circumstance change at the end of the interview, I suspect, along with the reason why you have been 'let go'. But others may have better advice in this regard.

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scooter1 said:

The current company is in financial shite, and as it scales right down to the bare bones every staff member is taking a hit. My hit, being the largest...... Losing my job, is not a reflection of the quality of my work

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scooter1 said:

I have a job interview next week, however I have just been let go by my current employer and am now working out a notice period.
Should I tell the interview panel that I am now out of work, or does this shift the power of negotiation(salary etc) to the prospective employer if they know that i'm no longer employed?

The above doesn't have any bearing on a prospective start date, as this would still be 7 or 8 weeks away

Thanks in advance

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scooter1 said:

The current company is in financial shite, and as it scales right down to the bare bones every staff member is taking a hit. My hit, being the largest...... Losing my job, is not a reflection of the quality of my work

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scooter1 said:

The current company is in financial shite, and as it scales right down to the bare bones every staff member is taking a hit. My hit, being the largest...... Losing my job, is not a reflection of the quality of my work

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Thunder Bolt said:

You may be asked a direct question in regard of working a notice so therefore be honest.
If it isn't relevant to the interview, then don't volunteer the information.

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hans kraay fan club said:

In the 20+ years of interviewing prospective recruits, I can't remember ever NOT asking them why they were choosing to leave their current role.

It is a good leading question, and allows the opportunity for very good (its not challenging enough / I wanted a role in an organisation with a clear structure for career development / I just really liked the look of this position) and very bad (I didn't get on with anyone there / the management were all ****s / the job was too much hard work) responses. I can't imagine not asking it - so be prepared to give an honest answer if they do.

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Commander said:

As an MD of a recruitment company, my advice would be that you have two options: Come clean and give them the full facts, or commit to the lie but be prepared to get caught out. Coming clean definitely lowers your negotiation power a bit, but it shows you are trustworthy. Depending on the reasons you have been let go.

The problem with not mentioning it is that, depending on how small a world your industry is, they may well find out. I had this happen a few months ago, I interviewed someone who told me she was working for a company I used to work for years ago, and wasn't smart enough to realise that I would probably still have some contacts there. I did some digging and found out she'd left a few months earlier. That was the end of the process. Had she been up front about it, I'd have probably hired her.

That said, had she not been working for a company I had contacts at, I may never have found out, and she would have been able to negotiate a better package than she would have had done if I'd have known she was out of work.

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hans kraay fan club said:

We actually got this answer last year, from some chubby, chavvy, middle-aged woman who applied for one of our admin roles.

"Why are you looking to leave your current (very, very similar) position?"

"I'm looking for an easy job. They keep asking me to do too much work"

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

A job interview is a two way process. As well as you selling yourself to your prospective employer, they need to sell their company to you. Don't put yourself on the back foot. Good luck!

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