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Work life balance
Subject Expert
It’s not a given at all, and there are plenty of jobs with worse work-life balance than consulting.
I am going to industry and said it was because as I moved up in consulting, the focus was more so on selling and I enjoy driving work forward and delivering. They loved it because that is what was needed at this job rather than selling. So I’d say to find an aspect of your current job that is not needed in the next one and just say your job was focusing more on that but you’d rather focus more on [insert whatever is important for the next role]
It’s always nice when it has the added benefit of being true.
I said that I wanted to be able to have more ownership of the final product, and be able to drive the decision making process. In consulting, I did the work for clients, and I wanted to do the work for my company.
I excited consulting in December.
Subject Expert
How about starting with the truth? Why do you actually want to leave?
Subject Expert
...so say that.
You almost never want to say anything bad about a current employer, and you have to keep it positive. I would NOT say wlb as others have mentioned. Just think as if this were your company. What would you want to hear from someone who wanted to work at your company? You’d want to hear something like that they weren’t even looking but someone sent them your job post and you had always wanted to work there so you just had to apply. Just think in that way, flip it and what would you want to hear. Make it about them is what they want to hear. Make it about their specific job as the reason you wanted to make the move.
I’m in a new role out of consulting and definitely said I was looking for better work life balance. Probably depends on what the role is, but if you’re looking for something strategy-related, chances are the hiring manager knows what consulting hours are like. It’s reasonable to want a job where ~60 hour weeks aren’t the norm. This was also helpful in my search, as some companies were clear that there wouldn’t be a change in hours.
I said that I learned a lot from the fast pace of moving from project to projects where my job is vastly different (I also switched practices in my firm from the tech consulting side to mgt consulting). However I do not feel like I am truly making impact if I’m skipping around all the time and want to fully focus and commit to one area now.
I also focused my answers on the job dynamics and then plug in the and it’s an added plus that I’m not in an airplane living out of a suitcase every week to lighten the mood but I do not use personal reasons when answering the question. I want my interviewer to see I’m looking for this job bc of the work, not bc I can coast the hours.
I would think you don’t want to tell another company the truth. If you say WLB it sounds like you don’t want to work much for them. You’re telling them you expect to put less effort in than you do currently. Not sure how they would perceive it. I would focus more on some story on how their type of work is a better fit.
If a company does not hire you because you want wlb, it probably means you weren't gonna have wlb in the first place.
Assuming you have some ability to frame your ideas without sounding lazy.
1. Work / life balance
2. Unhealthy culture
3. Rather than working on many different projects each lasting a few months, I’d like to focus on one specific aspect within the industry.
4. Lack of age diversity. I don’t enjoy working with only young people.