They want to know your backstory. How you answer could speak to your planning and loyalty or raise potential red flags which could lower your professional worth. If you're still employed, they'll want to know why you are considering a different job. If you quit, they want to know why you did so before lining up another job. Focus your answer on your career planning, growth, advancement, development, and how you are seeking opportunities more aligned with your values.

The assessment vendor will evaluate your answer for signs of dishonesty or exaggeration. They'll analyze verbal cues such as repeating a question before answering, speaking in sentence fragments, displaying a change in speech pattern, irregular speech, and rising and falling tone. The assessment vendor will also use nonverbal cues to evaluate your honesty, including gaze avoidance, the direction of your eyes, fidgeting, restless foot and leg movements, frequent body posture changes, grooming behaviors such as playing with hair or pressing your fingers to lips, stroking your chin, covering your mouth or your eyes, and excessive fidgeting. When your words don't match your gestures, your gestures will be seen as the truth. So maintain eye contact and confident body language, be comfortable, and speak from the heart.