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How about “my values didn’t align with the companies and rather than distract from their mission and how they wanted to do things I decided to explore other opportunities”
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Agree with SM, while this sounds like the shiny nice political answer, the hiring team is going to pick at this and wonder we’re there actually problems with the company or is the person I’m interviewing the problem? And you’re bringing that concern into the interview now.
You don’t have to get into the details. For all they know you left to accommodate family changes, take care of a family member, because you were ill, etc. You can be as general as you want.
Something along the lines of wanting a healthy company culture that better aligns with your values could work. It’s not a lie and people read between the lines (the other place was toxic).
What type of company did you leave? What type of work do you do? What type of companies are you targeting?
The context may help folks advise further.
It was a corporate setting, my undertitle was hr but the actual title was OM. But I didn't actually have OM responsibilities.
I would say that I found that my future career goals did not align with the career path in that role and I wanted to take some time to reflect and find a role that aligned better with my goals.
Would recommend steering clear of speaking negatively about the last company or role even though it sounds like it was awful. Hiring managers don’t usually want to hear it. Focus on your strengths, what you bring to the role. Focus on forward looking things so you don’t get stuck on the past in the interview. I find this also helps keep my demeanor positive so I can show up better for the whole interview. Otherwise I start to connect back to the emotions and memories of the awful situation.
I like this, because I have been taking courses and classes to get certified I. The role I want so that would also open the window to explain naturally.
You can also say that you wanted to take some time to home school your child and had the opportunity to do that for a little while. You can also say that you quit to help your spouse or a family member start up their own business and had the ability to do that for and gain some exemplary start-up experience. You can say that the previous role wasn’t challenging you enough, you can say that you left to make more money as you were hired into a role that didn’t have a solid commission structure but you took the role anyhow to grow your skills.
Would not recommend this (talking about leaving to care for family) at all especially for a woman in corporate. It’s starting out with the idea that you can’t balance home life and work and way too much personal info imo. Men would almost never do this especially in an interview. And you can frame things with more positive language (e.g, I’m looking for x, y, z which this role has instead of saying the last role wasn’t challenging enough).
Always put a popsicle spin on it. Refer to what you wanted and focus on that those opportunities are what you see in the new company. If example is asked find one but make it a focus of intention and not negativity.
Were you an HR?
This feels good to me. Feels honest and not oversharing and just emphasizes the misalignment. Thank you so much