General Motors HireVue Mock Interview
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What circumstances led you to apply for this position?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I'm a bridge-builder, not a bridge burner. My last job was great while it lasted. I developed my five-year career plan when I was accepted into college and have updated it every year since. My previous employer helped me incredibly since I started with them, but the growth opportunities present a few years ago are no longer a viable option for me. So, it is with mutual respect and gratitude that I left them. I gave them almost two months' notice and helped to train my successor. I strongly believe that work relationships should last."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
The assessment vendor will evaluate your response for signs of how comfortable you feel about answering this question. Many candidates who were fired, quit, or laid off will try to re-contextualize the conditions of their severance from the previous employer. So the algorithm will evaluate your performance for your honesty. They are also curious about the terms your employment was severed, amicably or acrimoniously.
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Focus on the positives. Don't reveal anything that would paint you in a negative light. If there were reasons which might sound defamatory towards yourself or others, try to keep those details to yourself. Focus your answer on what you gained in your professional development from your previous employers, where you'd like to develop your skills next, and the manners in which you feel this position at GM can accommodate your career goals.
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