Sunday, March 09, 2025

For those of you who have asked or were asked whether they or you were terminated from any job at any time in their lives, what were the winning answers that helped them land the job?

 

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For those of you who have asked or were asked whether they or you were terminated from any job at any time in their lives, what were the winning answers that helped them land the job?

Could a reason for being terminated from a previous job, ever help the job applicant land their next job? What answers would constitute winning answers to such questions, when the applicant has in fact been terminated from previous places of employment?

 

 

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[–]nu_pieds 1 point  

That and check to make sure you're smart enough to at least lie about it if it was a terrible reason...

I agree though. One of the few questions I actually care about when I'm interviewing people is "Tell me about a mistake you've made, and what you did about it."

The way to ace that question with me is to a) actually own up to a real mistake, not "This one time I was so focused on doing my job superduper well that I annoyed my lazy, slacker coworkers." B) clearly have spent enough time thinking about it to know why you made the mistake, and c) have done something to reduce the chances of making the mistake again.

[–]OnyXerO 1 point  

100% this. We all make mistakes, the only ones that matter are the ones we don't learn from.

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