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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.
The interviewer asks this question to discover how forthright you are about the conditions of your departure from your previous employer (whether you were fired, quit, laid off, etc.). They are also curious about what 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 that might sound defamatory towards yourself or others, try to keep those details to yourself. For example, when someone has outgrown a position, and it isn't advancing their career, looking for career growth elsewhere reveals a dedication to one's well-formulated career plans. Showing professional appreciation for what you gained from your previous employers can go a long way toward exhibiting emotional maturity.

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.
"My previous employer helped me incredibly since I started with them, but the growth opportunities 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 train my successor. I strongly believe that work relationships should last."

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