So when I get asked why I'm leaving my firm, whats the best way to phrase "I realised that its a toxic environment that exploits the anxious overachievment of traumatised perfectionists, and I finally got enough therapy to feel good about myself"

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“I enjoyed my time here, learned a lot, but am ready for a new adventure.”

Or

“Deuces los b*tches!”

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“Culturally I felt there was a misalignment with my long term aims and I feel like your firm (whoever you’re interviewing with) is a much better fit with the direction I see my career going in and where I can see myself contributing and building a future”

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Well, what I like about your firm based on my conversations with your colleagues and my research to date, is the way you do XYZ, the commitment you show to XYZ and the way you treat your people. Those are factors that are important to me culturally and what I feel is reflected here.

(Trying to turn a negative experience into a positive to sell yourself on your firm “fit”)

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“We are never ever, ever getting back together~”

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Say it exactly how you wrote it

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Probably not though

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