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QUESTION: Why do you want to leave your job?

A NS W € R 1 : After working there three years, I don’t feel I’m going
anywhere. Morale isn’t very good, and the managenient
doesn’t reward us according to our productivity. I really
don ’t like working there anymore.

ANSWER 2: After working there thee years, I have learned n great
deal about nzanaging people and developing new markets.
But it is time for me to move on to a larger and more
progressive organization where I can use ny marketing
experience in several dgerent areas. I ani ready to take
on more responsibilities. This change will be a positive
step in ny professional growth.

Again, the first answer communicates too many negatives. The second
answer is positive and upbeat in its orientation toward skulls, accomplish-
ments, and the future.
Most interview questions can be answered by using positive language
that further emphasizes that you are competent, intelligent, friendly,
spontaneous, honest, and likable. This language should project your
strengths, purpose, and enthusiasm. If you feel you need to practice
formulating positive responses to interview questions, examine the sample
questions outlined in the remainder of this chapter. Consider alternative
positive responses to each question. You also may want your spouse or
friend to ask you interview questions. Tape record the interview and
review your responses. Are your answers positive in both form and
content? Do they communicate your strengths, purpose, and enthusiasm?
Do you use specific examples to support the claims of success you male?
Keep practicing the interview until you automatically respond with
positive yet truthful answers.

How to Overcome Objections and Negatives

Interviewers are likely to have certain objections to hiring you. Some of
their objections may be legitimate whereas others are misunderstandings.
Objections might relate to any of the illegal questions outlined at the end
of this chapter - marital status, sex, or age. But many objections are
perfectly legal and are common ways of differentiating one candidate from