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No need to fall into us vs them rhetoric, you can just say the truth in a way that does not sound like you blame everyone but yourself and that will be good eno
by belval 3y ago
No need to fall into us vs them rhetoric, you can just say the truth in a way that does not sound like you blame everyone but yourself and that will be good enough for most interviewers.
The truth is most people are not complete sociopath, if you say "After working N years at X I felt the projects were not interesting anymore and that impacted my motivation at work. I want to explore a different tech stack/area/industry". Sure you can interpret that as "this guy will leave my company if he gets bored", but most people will hear "I just wanted a change" and as long as N > 2 years you are likely fine.
- charles_f 3y ago> No need to fall into us vs them rhetoric Sure. My point is that there is a lot of pig-lipstick application when you get generously offered two minutes at the end of an interview to ask questions. Not because they are sociopaths, I think a lot of it comes out of a sense that they should not bad mouth their employer, or that they have to seduce candidates or they won't come. > you can just say the truth in a way that does not sound like you blame everyone but yourself People are generally bad at interviewing. You might get lucky and find someone who has the finesse to understand the situation you were in and how it's not generally relevant to your performance in their own context - in my opinion and based on a significant number of data points, I wouldn't risk it. I have heard interviewers in debriefs for developer roles telling that the candidate wasn't motivated because they weren't looking at the camera or because they didn't ask strong questions during the last of 4 interviews, or that they were lacking a sense of humour because they didn't laugh at their joke, or that they had a weak personality because they were anxious during the interview.