Skip the details and be brief and that should be enough to satisfy them, so you can move on in the interview and talk about why you’re there which is to interview for this job, not explaining why you were fired. Whatever it was, tell them that straight out. Remember, spare them the details just say, “I was let go because I didn’t meet expectations. So, that’s why I urge you to just tell the truth, “This is what happened to me”. So, you need to figure out how you want to approach this. That means they’re not buying what you’re selling. So, after you tell them why you were let go, if they start asking you follow up questions, any kind of questions, that means they’re not satisfied with what you told them. If they’re not happy with what you say, they’re going to start asking you questions. So, take responsibility for being terminated, don’t blame anyone but yourself and be brief. And then when you get to this point, they’re less likely to believe anything you say even, if it is the truth. And if you have to, you can tie in a personal reason for this.īut if you talk and you talk and talk about why you were let go, that’s just going to open up a can of worms and it’s going to invite more questions. I could have done better, but I just didn’t”. Just go in there and say, “You know what? I was let go because I didn’t beat performance expectations. Don’t make it a long story about how you were fired and why it’s not your fault. You want to admit as many of the messy details as you can. That’s a completely different story.īut the key here is brevity. But I’m sure you weren’t let go for something really bad. They just want to make sure that you weren’t fired for something really bad, like embezzlement or whatever. You’re there to talk about what you can do for them the value that you can bring to their company. That’s between you and your past employer. Remember, you’re not there to defend why you were fired. When you tell employers something else, when you try to skirt the issue and you go around it, then they’ll start digging and pressing you for more information because they don’t believe what you’re saying. When you admit that you were wrong and you were fired because of performance or policy or whatever it was, it’s hard for them to have any type of follow up questions about that. And it also shows that you’re not trying to hide anything. When you take responsibility for what happened, this shows courage. This shows a prospective employer that you are willing to stand up and admit that you were wrong and you paid the price for it with your job and now you’re here looking for a new job. You need to accept responsibility for your actions. Otherwise, you’re never going to be able to explain why you were let go so that it’s not an issue for a new employer whether you were let go for performance reasons or a policy violation, whatever it was. You have to accept that you have to admit fault. But if you look at it from your employer’s point of view, it was your fault and that’s why they fired you. This might be hard for you to swallow, because maybe it really wasn’t your fault. So, it’s so important that you accept responsibility. But you know what? From an employer standpoint of view, it sounds like you’re whining, it sounds like you’re complaining and that’s not the kind of person that they want to hire. They’re like, “Oh, they didn’t like me” or “It was too hard there” or “They were mean to me” “I was bullied” and some of these things may be true. Most people, when they go into an interview and they try to explain why they were fired, they’re always placing blame on the employer. So, the first thing you want to do is Accept Responsibility for what happened to you. There’s three simple steps I’m going to walk you through that are going to show you how to explain why you were fired, laid off or terminated and why it’s not an issue or why it shouldn’t be a concern for them. If you were fired, terminated or laid off from your last job and now you’re interviewing and you’re trying to get a new job and you’re wondering how you’re going to explain why you were fired, I’m going to show you how to do it today.
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