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I treat interviews like client presentations. I want the other person to feel nothing but positivity and enthusiasm. They don’t need to hear my negative experiences at my current job. I’ve left a job because of harassment, and I was happy to mention it once I got my new offer (and prior, but no one did anything). But no...I wouldn’t mention it in interviews. Can’t see the benefit.
It's an interview, not a venting room for you to talk trash about your previous employer.
Talking about sexist work culture is not trash talk
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Part 2: The answer is ALWAYS “I am excited about this opportunity because of X, Y, and Z”
I left my last job for this reason. But no way would I ever tell a prospective new employer that this was why. When people lack first-hand visibility into these kinds of topics, they almost always assume negative. I just told them about the other reasons I was excited about the role when they asked why I was looking - like that I was excited about digging my feet in at an in-house organization versus being stretched across multiple brands and businesses at the agency I came from.
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I stood up to a sexist boss then got transitioned off my team and laid off a few weeks later. I did not mention this while interviewing bc as ACD1 mentioned it doesn’t do much for you in that stage to bring the negativity with you. The classic safe go-to answer to “why are you looking to leave your job?” is “I want to feel more challenged”
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Keep it positive. They know the drill.
Y tho? What do you expect them to do about it? Sympathy hire you? Don’t mention it