“So, tell me — why are you looking for a new job?”
If there’s an MVP title for interview questions, this one just might take the prize.
(“Can you share three of your greatest weaknesses?” comes in a close second.)
It’s a fair question, though. Your potential new employer wants to know why you’re leaving a (seemingly) perfectly good job. And, even more importantly, they want to know that — should they hire you — you won’t be leaving them in the lurch shortly thereafter.
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