Hi, I have a job interview in an hour. Trouble answering the question on last job?

Question

I don't know how to answer why I quit my last job. The thing is that I am supposed to build myself my own hours which I didn't. I asked the director for the pay raise that he said he would look in to and he didn't raise my pay because I didn't raise my hours selling my services. I am very good teaching tennis (my job ) but apparently selling my service is more important than doing it. I think I stink at that. Hey no messed up answers.

Thanks to all who respond sincerely.

Answer 1

Whatever you do, NEVER TALK BADLY ABOUT YOUR LAST EMPLOYER, EVER, NO MATTER WHAT. It will only reflect negatively on YOU. Instead, find a positive way to spin it: if you didn't get the raise you wanted, tell your interviewer that you had no room for growth because you had gotten as far as you could with the company. Tell him/her that you are always looking for new challenges. DON'T say that you feel that your last employer felt selling services was more important than teaching ~ it will make you look like you aren't interested in doing your job, even though I agree that's insanely annoying. Good luck!

Answer 2

If you are good at what you do the recruiter, or whatever the persons position is will know about that. It's a small world and often I know why or how people left former jobs because as a recruiter I'm supposed to know.

If you want my professional advise think from the angle he/she all ready knows. So no big deal, they seem to be interested anyway. But don't lie, just tell them you left because your former boss was unable to give you the amount of hours you needed or wanted.

Don't let yourself be drawn into discussions on why he couldn't... thats where you can get yourself in trouble. Make it clear that you don't know. It's not your job marketing his business, you do what you are good at that's teaching tennis... And hey,, thats just what they are looking for.

Don't make a big deal out of something that isn't. If you do I would get suspicious... but if you are a tennis teacher teaching tennis and not really into the business tactics of your former boss. Well no problem

hope this helps....

Hans

Answer 3

Say you were caught up in teaching and things were getting chaotic on your part. So you took the decision to leave your job in order to uphold your teaching skills for tennis.

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- sarah