Interviewing for a cool new role. During the call, the recruiter let slip that the last person in the position quit after three months. Should I be worried, or is that just a sign of unrealistic expectations?

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THERE ARE A MILLION REASONS WHY SOMEONE WOULD LEAVE A JOB.

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BSHAHAHAHAHAHA AGREED

I think a lot of people are taking jobs. They don’t necessarily want now in order to have a stop gap till they get one they really want.

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I do too and that is why I am being really careful with hiring.

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Did they explain why they quit after 3 minths?

Just ask why the role is available - and push them for why the person quit. It might be a culture fit, it might be unreasonable expectations that the company has learnt from.

Can you find the previous person on LinkedIn? It’s always good to get insight from former/current employees. As others have said there are a million reasons people quit but it would concern me a little.

When I was hired my employer made the outgoing SMM train me the first 2 weeks. During that time she told me she was there for about 3 months and quit because the CMO is on leave and the CEO isn’t hiring anyone to temporarily take her position, so it was left to her (the former SMM) to take over the CMO’s duties. The CEO never told me this, so consider emailing or messaging the former manager to see if they left due to work culture

If the interview process is reasonable (3 interviews without free work for example), go through with it and address that question if you get an offer. It could be a concern, but you want to know why when they've already decided they're investing in you. Then be sure to ask to speak to their peers that were not part of the interview process, don't just ask the HR person or hiring manager to explain it.

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