WHY DID YOU LEAVE YOUR LAST JOB? | Best Answer (from former CEO)

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The best answer to the job interview question "Why Did you Leave your Last Job?" from a former CEO.
This is one of the standard questions in a job interview, yet most candidates forget to prepare for it. I will be exploring all the common job interview questions, including "Why did you leave your last job?" Please see the other videos in my "Get Hired" playlist for more tips.
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Welcome to another educational HR video on how to pass a job interview. Sometimes we leave a job. Sometimes we are laid off. Sometimes we are fired. How should we explain to an interviewer (whether they are a recruiter or hiring manager), and how MUCH should we explain. Well, it depends on whether it is a first-round interview or a later-round interview. What we say also depends on whether we were laid off, left/resigned, or were fired. I give broad guidelines and example answers in all of these situations, as well as several principles that are at play. Knowing these can help to frame your answer.
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I'm going to give you the best answer (from a former CEO).
This is the best way I've ever seen to answer this question, including its other forms: why did you quit, why did you leave you last position, have you quit a job, why are you seeking new opportunities, etc.
There is a big difference between what you learn in business school, and what you need to know in the real world - just ask any startup founder or business owner! My goal is to focus on the real-world aspects of business, giving practical tips and tricks that are not usually covered in school.
This channel is a platform to help entrepreneurs and business owners succeed. It is also to help the world at large to be more effective and successful. The world can certainly use more inspiring leaders, more successful entrepreneurs, and more capable managers - that is what I would like to help bring about.
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I am a practicing management consultant, former CEO, and entrepreneur. I have led many businesses to success, as well as several startups. Among other things, I have an engineering degree, an MBA, a master's degree in finance, and a master black belt in lean six sigma.
I have worked across five industries, and have worked in both large enterprise and small businesses. In the last five years, I have also been mentoring startup founders and teaching business at a post-graduate level.
Thank you for being here and reading this, and have yourself an amazing day!
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@TheCompaniesExpert Ай бұрын

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@AxiRyu Ай бұрын

Yes it was!

@nicholasdickens2801 22 күн бұрын

Yes it was.

@Fishhead217 19 күн бұрын

Probably the most hilarious answer ever! 😂😂😁😬

@jar9415 14 күн бұрын

I left my last job because it didn't serve me to give my all to a company that doesn't pay well and doesn't care about employees. To be honest our current society doesn't serve me or anyone below the 1% and I am happier now after leaving big corporations and uncaring companies behind.

@kH-bv8ix 3 күн бұрын

Yes, transitioning jobs is challenging. I gave up a very good promotion and huge career advancement because my my children were very young and needed me to be there (single mom). But I built a strong career around their schedule. This info is very helpful. Thank you!

@vielcollins9337 Ай бұрын

Because the company moved but they didn't tell me where.

@tiffaniwilliams6410 Ай бұрын

😂

@thecartinkerer Ай бұрын

Hahahaha

@bobbyt7448 28 күн бұрын

Funny 😅

@donnaleeah5075 22 күн бұрын

Lololol my Mom threatened to do that!

@L8rCloud 21 күн бұрын

I hate when that happens

@bledlbledlbledl 14 күн бұрын

Drill press operator: "job was boring" Forklift operator: "couldn't get a raise" Shoe salesman: "got kicked out" Stone cutter: "job was too hard" Chef: "couldn't cut the mustard" Human cannonball: "got fired" Trapeze artist: "couldn't get into the swing of things" Chauffeur: "it was driving me up the wall" Hatter: "because i FELT like it" Sewer worker: "it was a crappy job anyway"

@samanthahardy9903 3 күн бұрын

Sewing machine operator.. I felt hemmed in.

@ali773n 2 күн бұрын

Maybe dont start Drill Press operator, its one of the less obvious ones.

@catalhuyuk7 2 күн бұрын

You Rock! ASSuming you came up with these on your own that is.

@samanthahardy9903 2 күн бұрын

@@catalhuyuk7 The sense of humour of some people is great isn't it! Cheers me up anyway regardless where the jokes come from. Here's another one Wheelchair Maker.. "I got tired of being pushed around". 😆

@sovannv Күн бұрын

Taxi driver: "job was taxing"

@rickt10 Ай бұрын

We had a difference of opinion. I wanted to work there, but they disagreed.

@andrewcookjr7442 28 күн бұрын

Lol

@CassieAllNatural 22 күн бұрын

Love it! 🤣👍🏾

@spaceflight1019 15 күн бұрын

Shows you how much "company loyalty" matters.

@fmbighair 12 күн бұрын

Brilliant

@caveman3021 6 күн бұрын

@@spaceflight1019 At one time this meant everything. Now if someone is at a job for three years that's a long time🤷‍♂

@joenewmeyer8358 14 күн бұрын

You never win when you are smarter than the interviewers

@FJB884 Ай бұрын

I dislike HR and hiring managers. They're not open minded people and always place you in a department you never wanted.

@HawaiiFoodAndFun 14 күн бұрын

People quit managers, not jobs

@user-jq2le7wz2f 8 күн бұрын

Definitely

@afridgetoofar1818 Ай бұрын

Because I didn’t have one break or vacation in 15 years, and I was tired and burnt out.

@Fluffy_Penguin727 Ай бұрын

"Because I wanted to look for new opportunities."

@surlyGir 19 күн бұрын

That's crazy. I worked at Target for 11 years, NEVER had a vacation, I used my vacation time towards my check. I left for a bigger company that gave me 2 days off in a row. That alone felt like a vacation every week.

@jar9415 14 күн бұрын

@javastream5015 2 күн бұрын

In Switzerland 🇨🇭 you have 4 paid weeks each year. Sometimes more. Plus you can get unpaid leave.

@deathiswelcome2004 13 күн бұрын

Most recent interviewer (for the job I currently have) asked why I left. I responded by asking her if she's ever worked so much overtime in a month that she couldn't state her birthday, home address, and phone number. Then asked her if she had ever worked 12 hours a day for six months without a day off. After picking her jaw up off the desk she said I'd never work more than 8 hrs a day unless I wanted to and that weekend might happen once a month then she asked if I wanted to set my start date for a week later. Tbh I had become so used to mandatory overtime with the threat of being fired that I had no idea there were still places that just don't work over time and it nearly all volunteered if it does happen.

@ashleygalley4532 Ай бұрын

That was so amazingly stated: "We always tell the truth; but we don't always disclose everything." I've tried explaining that to quite a few people and you summarized it so well. Thank you for that.

@santafilipina9020 Ай бұрын

Thank you for removing the background music. It was very distracting. I always appreciate your advice.

@tommychicago1381 28 күн бұрын

Because my boss sucked, that's why I left my last job.

@marshallgraphic 9 күн бұрын

People quit poor leaders, not companies

@ftmt9568 3 күн бұрын

YOUR HIRED 😂

@delawarepilot 26 күн бұрын

It was a 3 hour daily commute.

@lovebug1180 15 күн бұрын

😱😱😱

@MCscarfacematt 16 күн бұрын

well because they refused to let me seek medical attention instead demanded i stay until the end of my shift or someone comes in to replace me but im not sure how they expected me to unload a truck with a broken arm flopping around so i said i quit and left

@JackGlick Күн бұрын

Call Morgan and Morgan and own the company

@awesomeadjutant Ай бұрын

What about mentioning litigation for disability discrimination at my last job? I imagine that's a minefield.

@andrearaimondi882 18 күн бұрын

There is a substantial difference, however, between being fired for most reasons and, for example, being fired for endangering colleagues or customers. If you were fired because you put your foot down to avoid/stop such behaviour then any company eliminating you from the pool is obviously not a company you should want to work for.

@leovenier1011 Ай бұрын

Worked for a great company for 34 years still in Cleveland 110 years old company the best in the world a diamond of a company nothing bad to say great benefits even today always have work Hats off to the president and owners I love that company🤖👩‍🔧❤👍

@paulgal 26 күн бұрын

Who

@leovenier1011 26 күн бұрын

Still in business mfg.

@teelakovacs208 12 күн бұрын

Interested, which company do you love?

@robinlowe2329 29 күн бұрын

My spouse was offered a great position in another state. After discussions with my management and HR, it was decided that my remote position could not translate to my working in another state. I consider it being fired-lite. That is what happened and that is the only way I can really present it. Those who are remote workers need to know that this can sometimes happen.

@lucysluckyday 9 күн бұрын

Because I am a go getter. I need a job that is highly rewarding where i can wake up thinking about it and go to bed dreaming about it.

@robertlipka9541 20 күн бұрын

... they did not want to raise my salary to match my responsibilities 😂

@spaceflight1019 15 күн бұрын

In the fall of 1999 I informed my boss that I was building and commissioning multimillion dollar power stations and making less than a truck driver. He told me that he was glad that I knew what my options were. He didn't like it when I exercised my options a month later. More money, less travel. Win-win for me.

@kainvonakenbak7966 19 күн бұрын

They asked me to do the work of at least 3 persons paying minimum wages. I went back to temporary work, 2200 euros for 35 hours a week for full month, before in my 'CDI' it was 1400 euros for 39 hours a week. 😂

@dmavs4131 Ай бұрын

One question I have gotten A LOT lately from recruiters is: “So, are you interviewing with any other companies?”, “Which company?”, “did you get to the final round?” Can you do a video on that one???

@TheCompaniesExpert Ай бұрын

Here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptB4fpeelcewpnk.html

@dmavs4131 Ай бұрын

@@TheCompaniesExpert thank you!!!

@hectorforth2671 15 күн бұрын

I left my last job, because we had finished the work and it was time for the new tenant to move in.

@AdamFiregate Ай бұрын

Diplomatic communication is very effective and efficient. 😉💛

@spaceflight1019 15 күн бұрын

The last time I left was because my son was going to Penn State and I needed more money. I paid cash for his degree, no student loans needed. I retired in April 2021. The plant closed a year later and is in the process of being demolished.

@1983jcheat Ай бұрын

I left because they broke many promises.

@imdeaded 21 күн бұрын

I was encouraged to depart my previous job in a situational response.

@th0rn3gaming Ай бұрын

I was ready to do more and now run a funded startup with no college degree.

@kbtken 27 күн бұрын

So why are you at a job interview?

@edsalinas9996 11 күн бұрын

I was asked a question, at an Interview similar to this, and answered that my Supervisor was excellent because he listens...the Interviewer looked at me like I said something wrong, thus I didn't get the job.

@johnhightshoe996 18 күн бұрын

My personal favorite, had a change in management and while I loved the job the new direction the management was taking the company and my 🎉career goals no longer lined up any more. In reality the new manager was a b word that ran the small ambulance service into the dirt and ran off over 100 years worth of paramedic experience in 6 months because she didn’t have a friggin clue what she was doing or how to treat medics that had been doing nearly as long as her smug a had been alive. No I’m not bitter about leaving that job, that community, or the amazing work schedule, not at all. A hiring manager will never hear me say any of that though.

@thatguy8005 12 күн бұрын

I have never been fired from a job. Strange but true. I’ve also loved everywhere I worked and the people I worked with. Many are still friends to this day that would not just go out for a drink with, but let me stay at there house when I’m in town. I’m actually doing this next month in Vegas. I’ve had to move on because the opportunities at the next place of employment were better than what could be offered where I was.

@Incognito-fe8cw 7 сағат бұрын

I didn't leave my last job, it left me !

@coinsinthecushion5800 2 күн бұрын

It's crazy that poor managers get to act the way they do but you can't talk about the behaviors in a interview

@raven4090 18 күн бұрын

Your advice videos are awesome! I really wish someone had told me this stuff 40 years ago.

@wshyangify 15 күн бұрын

Can't say, signed an NDA

@dave23024 14 күн бұрын

I left because I really, really loved it and wanted to stay... 😒

@samanthahardy9903 3 күн бұрын

I left my last job due to health and safety reasons. My mental health and their safety. 😂

@Yazz2014 23 күн бұрын

YOU are awesome!!! Thanks for the tips

@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart Ай бұрын

What happened to the background music??? I gotta say, I was initially turned off by it but then it became a signature for your channel and got me pumped to listen to you.

@rob6738 5 күн бұрын

I would personally say I don't feel comfortable with discussing anything negative about my previous employer, with future employers, because that's disrespectful and clearly that question is not asked with honest intentions. That's a scummy question to ask in an interview.

@InsatiableMonkey 16 күн бұрын

They cut our bonuses... While opening multiple new positions... ...which I was interviewing people to fill.

@kristianpeterson2571 18 сағат бұрын

The contract was fulfilled.

@user-tl1bs3ue9m 6 күн бұрын

Sometimes the truth hurts!

@jessieflores8788 6 күн бұрын

After 4 years and 5 surgeries due to stress by harassment, it was time to go!

@christine2175 Ай бұрын

How does one answer when the truth is that a person tried for 2 years to make it work and keep their job under a supervisor who doled out the full range of narcissistic abuses to 8 out of 10 of us in the dept. The person went on FMLA and was too ill to return, so resigned. The govt SF-50 personnel paperwork merely states "dissatisfaction with agency." Thanks in advance

@JustMe-qq3rc Ай бұрын

This is exactly what I did, except I interviewed for several jobs while on FMLA and that way I was still employed at my work place although on FMLA. I took a job really close to home so it worked out marvelously because I love my currrent workplace and my manager. I see myself retiring with a happy heart.

@bob_mosavo Ай бұрын

Thanks👍

@geraldf.1222 4 күн бұрын

I didn't get hired, maybe, because I told them the people at current job were running the company into the ground. Good thing, because the place I was trying to get into ended up going under!

@uyenrita Ай бұрын

I watched many of your videos so many times and they helped me succeeded in my recent interview earlier this week. Thank you so much!! They called me and confirmed their interest in hiring me and will be scheduling for a third interview (working interview). It’s been 3 days now, should I call them back and follow up ?

@TheCompaniesExpert Ай бұрын

Thanks, Rita! There's no real reason NOT to follow up, so if you want to, YES.

@citizen320 2 күн бұрын

They took my stapler

@ChristysChannelYall 11 күн бұрын

Because my boss was a narcissistic nut job and threw me under the bus one too many times.

@jennifercrosdale5391 Күн бұрын

Because my last job demanded that I cover 3 more states when I was hired to cover ONE CITY, the city I live in. When I voiced my opinion that no human can possibly cover this much territory effectively and safely ( I work in health care) in a 40-hr week, I got micromanaged so bad I had to go on disability for anxiety and depression. Why can't I just say the truth? LOL

@numberoneappgames 19 күн бұрын

Love this video. Don't disclose everything lols.

@KingArtexerxes 18 күн бұрын

I retired.

@nineseven420empire3 25 күн бұрын

My boss F'ed me over.......

@Xine051 16 күн бұрын

Been looking to actually move up in my current company to make more money (obviously lol) and get off my feet some more since my current job has me in steeltoe boots and on concrete floors for 8-12hrs/day 5-7 days a week. Just stumbled on this channel and going to binge a bunch of videos before/after work. I already know my resume is good enough for getting interviews for slightly higher positions, but my interview game is weak.

@KingSausage74 10 күн бұрын

My coworkers were trash.

@thegreatwhitesnark36 16 сағат бұрын

Literally, i was in waste management.

@thekingofbohemia1 7 күн бұрын

Yeah, I got fired. They wanted me to love them. But I hated them. So it didn't work out.

@cdmcintyre1854 22 күн бұрын

Retired.

@willvgo2950 9 күн бұрын

I was pressured into piling more on to an entry level position & vilified for wanting advancement opportunity.

@Zero82087 28 күн бұрын

How would I say that I am changing careers into a completely different field than my previous job? For example going from working in accounting for an accounting firm to going into software engineering.

@ToddMilner-pn5ud 21 күн бұрын

Tired of dealing with the public and customers,worked at a rental car company by the airport

@chrisheller8305 15 күн бұрын

I never left any job, but I did have two jobs leave me. With the first one even the building is gone now and with the other, they sold out to an entity that liquidated the place and consolidated the machinery and technology to other plants.

@user-jq2le7wz2f 8 күн бұрын

Because i didn't like working there two years before I quit

@thepatientartisan 21 күн бұрын

I was in the hospital for 3 1/2 weeks and was let go. Edit: Now in Trucking School pursuing a class A CDL. Guess I'll see what opportunities that may create.

@andrejensen7837 8 күн бұрын

They wanted to pay me 9 months of salary when I left 😂. That was actually an offer I couldn't say no to 😂😂

@Jupiterxice 8 күн бұрын

I left because I was no longer a right fit for that job. The job was a downfall.

@gogosupinsky7534 Күн бұрын

Other people I worked loosely with hated my boss and thought he was a total a-hole. But I wouldn’t say that.

@Kokopilau77 17 күн бұрын

I'm still having the problem of just getting to the interview... they feeling, I wouldn't write it was awesome

@MichaelLong-yj9qy 6 күн бұрын

I haven't been working since2009

@benkeegan9966 16 күн бұрын

I really tried to help,but you can't help people so demoralized they won't stand up for themselves.

@rayray2878 2 күн бұрын

I left because they took advantage and threatened and forced double shifts

@jimh4072 29 күн бұрын

I retired 😂

@Westkane11 3 күн бұрын

Because i didn't want to cook the books

@johnjosephfontaine2712 9 күн бұрын

Working up north in Canada 🇨🇦 outside 100%of the time minus 38 degrees at that temperature,farinheite /Celsius are the same 🤮🤮🤮🤮that’s why I quit,,,,, after 4 years 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@donotneed2250 25 күн бұрын

The reason I left my last job was because I was medically retired.

@dzmitrypruchkouski5250 Ай бұрын

Dear Mr. Todd, Is the offer "purchase two courses, the third one is for free" still valid? If yes, how does it go technically since all of them are on different platforms? Best regards, Dima.

@TheCompaniesExpert Ай бұрын

Absolutely! Use the same email to sign up for 2 courses. Then, send me an email, and that's it!

@dzmitrypruchkouski5250 Ай бұрын

Great! What's your email? I didn't notice it on the description page of this chanel.

@TheCompaniesExpert Ай бұрын

In on the "about" page for my channel

@dmitriipruchkovskii4824 Ай бұрын

@@TheCompaniesExpert I see. For whatever reason it is not visible in mobile app. I've easily found it in a desktop version.

@tinapope6457 29 күн бұрын

So is not fulfilling you probationary period the same as being fired as this is whats happening to me i had no lates no sick competent worker the thing that happened was thai i was not trained properly on doing paperwork which looked like i was not doing my main job properly as a housekeeper😢

@TheCompaniesExpert 29 күн бұрын

No. Those are two different things. Being fired is being terminated "for cause" (I.e. You did something bad). It sounds like you were "terminated without cause" which is like a layoff (I.e. They officially just didn't need you anymore, or could not afford to pay you anymore).

@soulstep967 10 күн бұрын

So I could retire early. And did.

@detiotinal 23 күн бұрын

Is good to say that you leave your last job because you want a better salary?

@TheCompaniesExpert 23 күн бұрын

No, because it makes you appear as the type of person who will leave because they only care about money. It may be true, and most people would feel this way, but SAYING it sends bad signals.

@spaceflight1019 15 күн бұрын

In my field of industrial instrumentation and process controls I had developed a very good reputation, and when the company I'd worked at for 18 years hosed me, I left for greener pastures. Do the best work you can do. Learn as much as you can. Develop your skills and reputation. Don't be afraid to use your skills and reputation to advance your career. Years of service are meaningless.