Top Most Repeated HR Interview Question of the Day- For Experienced - Why Have You Had So Many Jobs?

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This Question may feel like a trap as they are clearly questions that are intended to trip you up. You can’t answer them yes, as this shows you in a negative light, while you can’t answer no, as it shows you to be arrogant. No one is perfect, but a job interview is not the place to confess of major or even minor problems. In fact, Give the impression that you are sincerely thinking about the question.

While the clear answer is yes, but don’t focus on it. Instead, focus on explaining why you feel the way you do. Don’t say that it was your fault or that you could have done better. Of course, if it was your fault, take responsibility for it; but underestimate it. The trick here is to not cast yourself in a negative way.

 

 

POINTS TO REMEMBER

- Highlight where and why things went wrong.

- Highlight why the situation was bad, and how it was out of your control.

- Don’t go into major problems or issues you had with your last job, For example, describe the disappointment you felt with a test campaign, new product launch, merger, etc., which looked promising at first, but led to underwhelming results.

- Talk about your accomplishments, and how you pulled through it.

- Don’t simply say “No” and move on, and never talk about a real problematic situation, major or minor.

- Don’t describe an incident that led to major consequences, Instead focus on something that did not have much consequence, or something that was out of your hands

- Be careful not to get too nervous

 

SAMPLE ANSWER :

- I performed well in all my previous assignments to the best of my efforts, same has been well appreciated by my peers and managers. Of course there is always a room for improvement, which I am working on it, to be even more better.

- While, there is always space for improvement, one instance does come to mind where I personally feel that we could have done better. We were launching a new product in the market.Even the  research showed that there was demand for it. However, the product launch was under whelming, as we later found out that the research was biased towards a specific market segment. If we had known that beforehand, or at least found out midway, the results would have been different. But you live and you learn. Now I always focus twice on the market research, as well as at how it was conducted.