Few of the most important job questions actually seem to be quite harmless when asked, but they play a very important role in deciding whether you are in for the job or not. One of them is the interview question – ‘why are you looking for a job change?’.
Simply put, there might be many reasons that a person looks for a new job.
For example, one might be getting stagnant in his current position, or might needs relocation and or simply because one was not happy with the salary package.
Basically, there is no one size fits all answer to this question, and when it is asked by the employer, one should think twice before giving a reply.
Therefore, you should decide for yourself before the job interview whether it would be all right for you to inform about the real reason or to ‘find a way around it’ tactfully.
The top reasons that you could provide for the question are:
- You are not growing in the job: Job stagnancy is one of the most common reasons that people leave their jobs, and it rings true in most of the cases.
- Other reasons: If a person has been a victim of cutting down size in the previous company, or if he was forced to leave the company because of relocation, he can be quite frank with the interviewer.
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