I have been placed on career transition plan for few months and my firm is helping me find a job. Technically I am still on the books of my company and getting paid. How should I respond to interview question why I want to leave? I work for big4 and I think some smaller companies may think I want to use their offer to to negotiate higher pay or title at my current firm, which is not the case. How should I answer so that shows I am genuinely interested

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Tell them you want work life balance. They all know that Big4 is toxic and will totally understand.

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Tell the truth on why you are leaving. People read BS easily so just being honest is the best policy. Talk about why you are leaving the big4 firm life and want something else

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I would just be honest. I don't think there is anything wrong with just telling the truth.

Well telling the truth would most likely put me toward the end of the list.

I was also on a PIP at one point which is similar. I would not bring it up. There are likely reasons that you could have decided to leave regardless of the career transition plan. A reason or reasons that is sincere is what you should lead with. Think of the interview process as a time to market yourself to a potential employer, while learning more about the potential employer and the position. You want to market yourself honestly but being honest does not require you to convey negative information that is not relevant to your SKEs.

Thanks, I have been focusing on positive and sticking with reasons that were true when I was looking to leave before this.

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