The intriguing thing about a job interview is that even questions that have a perfectly reasonable answer can throw you off balance. When a recruiter or a hiring manager asks you “Why are you job-hunting?” you may feel your throat tighten, just for an instant.

Just take a look at these examples of job-seekers who decided to share the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth:

Why are you job-hunting?

Here’s Ronke’s answer:

The investors are getting ready to pull out of that company and I have overheard so many shouting arguments between the CEO and the principal investors to still hang around.

Here’s what Mariam has to say:

My boss was a creeper who started sexually harassing me and then retaliated when I didn’t respond to his advances the way he wanted me to.

He trashed my reputation at that company by falsely accusing me of stealing someone else’s work. I was devastated but the Director of HR in that company is useless and told me to my face that she wouldn’t go against my boss. I had no choice but to look for another job.

Finally, here is Emma’s response:

I was overlooked for two promotions and I know why. One of the women who got promoted told me that there’s no way I would advance in that company because I had already let them know that I plan to go to an Acting School in a few years. “That sounds like disloyalty to them,” she told me.

The other woman who got promoted told me that the HR made her swear she wouldn’t have kids in the next five years. That’s sick, not to mention illegal! I didn’t want to job-hunt but here I am.

honest and realistic, isn't it? But, we are trained not to say anything bad, even if it’s true, about our past employment because recruiters and hiring managers can freak out very easily. It's even worse to say you were fired.

They can be skittish, and start to think that anyone who has anything negative to say about a past job must be a problem employee. That is not true, but you can’t help it. The mindset persists in large and small organizations everywhere.

Basically, by making it socially unacceptable for you to tell the truth about the reason you’re leaving your current job or the reason you left your last job, they’re forcing you to tell a white lie.

That’s okay! Here are two perfect lies to the question “Why are you looking for a new job?” that will make sense to prospective employers without forcing you to spill your guts on the interview table.

Why did you live your last job?

I had a great time at ABC LIMITED and I learned a lot, but then the learning slowed down and eventually stopped. It was obviously time to move on in order to keep learning and growing!


XYZ GROUP is a terrific company and I have great friends there, but they’re going in a direction that won’t make the most of my passion for [eCommerce, e.g.] and I owe it to myself and my new employer to work in the area where I can bring my best!
I believe the two answers will do for now. Good luck

source : http://jobtrends.com.ng/why-did-you-leave-your-last-job-lying-is-allowed/

Hmmmm interesting responses

It's [size=20pt]LadyF [/size] again

I left my last job cos it was a contract job with FGN (NYSC). .


That kind feeling, when you r in between two ladies. . . The previous poster and the next. .


BTW, Has Introvert Changed her moniker to LadyF or she's one of her trainees or what??

Happy Sunday, Nairalanders!!

Wetin concern me

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I forget wetyn I wan talk.

Was paid about 500k, was too small compared to my work rate. Went for a better pay.

Nver

No reason

.nothing

Found a better career prospect. For less pay though.

Left it to become an entrepreneur that I am today

because the pay was fucking high

Went for Masters

This is interesting.

1. The pay was short of my expectations in life
2. It was a job i loved doing bt it became boring bc of its monotonous nature.
3. It was a one man business & d owner qas nearing 70yrs of age. It was widely nlieved dat if he dropped dead the company dies.
4. It was an Oil servicing firm and such companies are like slave drivers
5. I saw better career prospect in d new company.
6. The pay and allowances of the New company was like over 5 times more.

I didn't leave o! I ran!!!!!
They wan finish my life-gigabyte, but God win!

Make una give me job first,then I go know how I go take leave am.

"If you get a better job and pay, would you leave"

How do you answer this one?

Seun please reply my mail

Ask Google. Because enough is enough.

K

My Oga then na one badt guy. 2 weeks to pay day he would be remembering me after giving me the money to pay laborers and other workers.

My Oga: Unknown, how many weeks to your pay day?
Me: 2 weeks sir
My Oga: ok

Fast forward two weeks, he wouldn't talk about it again. When he finally pays (always within 2-3 weeks after the 'pay day' week) , I would have borrowed enough for transport and feeding.
I just stopped coming to his site and till now he hasn't called me, I left my May salary with him.

Better answer...

I left by mutual consent between myself and my boss when he discovered that I was too good to keep receiving how much he was paying me. He gave me his blessings though.

Moral of the Storyh

Don't change your job.

The OP is right. A job isnt abt answering everything right. You might answer it awkardly in a sincere manner bt if dey will pick u. Its YOU!!! Coz if not, all the ones most of u(s) have answered right still havent gotten d job. Most of us dont even know der are sum questions recruiters ask dat u shud let him/her know d question is beyond der limit or answer dem wit sumtin lyk "dats my private, lets not talk about it".
But cuz we are desperate. We tend to forget our right all in d name of job-hunting.

Sum will even be asking wch church you attends............sum sef na "wch state/tribe u from". Like sey na job measurement. Mtseeeew!!!

The woman i work with always think of how her business will move forward without taking into consideration on how to increase our salary. She will want us to work day in and day out.