When interviewing for in house jobs and leaving public what do you normally say when they ask why do you want to leave? I know I should not be putting my current job down in any way but trying to prepare for the inevitable question that is always asked and wanted to hear others prospectives

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Noting i want to leave for better work life balance and reduced stress levels

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I don’t think this is a question you should be worried about. The vast majority of people leave at some point and most of the interviewers will also be former Big4. I would, however, not say better work life balance, personally.; it suggests you don’t want to work hard.

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Deloitte 2, have you ever been in-house? I suspect not based on these statements. I agree balance is different for everyone but the truth is in-house you have a lot less flexibility in many areas. Less vacation, less parental leave, lower raises, fewer resources to call on when things are busy…

Less bureaucracy, to focus on your projects and be able to complete them to a higher standard, that you have the time to do this.

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This is great response. I feel this way as a manager and way underpaid on top of that.

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I told them how I wanted to learn more about the full circle of a business and get a more complete nature of tax (I was coming from specialty, and wasn’t really involved in the entire process at my firm).

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It needs to be very positive. I am ready for the next step. I want to be part of a company and a bigger vision and team. I want to have ownership or a process/function and be able to mature and evolve it.

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So many variables to help craft a good story or message. But Staff/senior I don’t think it’s bad to say you want to bring the skills and knowledge you have to help improve the company and that to often in public you test, document and move on without being able to help think thru change without impeding independence. Manager/SM PwC had a great response. I tend to through in someone along the lines of more and more of my time is consumed on selling and I want to be able to focus on delivery/execution and building talent. But like I said, so many variables you can use to not be negative.

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Better WLB, different learning opportunities. I left back in December and was very up front that I was looking to work no more than 40 hours per week. It helped me weed out the companies that still wanted 55+ hours

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Coming from EY you could also say leadership. With the failed split last year and the change in CEO

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Most of us praise the Lord every day that the split dur not occur! US leaders saved the day!

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More exposure

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If you’re coming from audit say you actually want to create value within an organization and see the value come through, which is not always prevalent due to independence.

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What do you mean by "in house" jobs? Are you interviewing for positions at your client?"

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Yeah but you mentioned OP’s clients which is why I clarified.

Thanks all so much this is super helpful and in line with my thoughts, appreciate having your inputs!

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