Anyone been asked to leave a firm before? How did you handle that with your interviews addressing it? Also why? I think that for me it was just that the expectation was too demanding, unreasonably so, and i was actually set up to fail.

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You don’t tell them.

You say you’re looking for a new career path because of… [new challenge, more focus/depth, greater ownership/accountability, etc]

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"Wasn't a good culture fit for me"

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Genuinely curious OP… did you actually plan to tell firms that you were let go? And that you were setup to fail?

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Depends on your runway with current firm.

If you are half way out and still on the payroll, email, access etc. I would position it one way

If you are already out the door and have none of the above, I would position is another

Either way, it’s about selling yourself and your value prop

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i had sex with my boss’ wife 😬

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That would be boss’ daughter

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SP1 is spot on.

You’re looking for new opportunities / challenges. Spin it to the positive. Try not to let there be a big gap - otherwise it starts to become obvious that you were asked to leave one firm before joining another.

Big gap? Found a startup. Only you know what really happened.

Yes - in interviews I have been open about one bad move I took which frankly was very much about that I bit of more than could chew trying to fix a bad team (a great learning experience actually). Talking in an interview about being setup to fail is tricky to land well. Bad culture usually resonates by comparison.

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