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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 understand what motivates you, what distracts you, and what kind of work environment might suit you best. Interviewers often look for a genuine answer.

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.
Keep your answer focused on you and what you loved about your last job. When it comes to what you liked least, be honest, but stay focused on the positives.

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.
Avoid laying blame on former colleagues for what you liked least. Don't hold everyone you work with to unrealistic standards or expectations. Communicating such points will reflect more poorly on you than on them.

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 have nothing but good feelings about that position and the team I worked with. I feel grateful for the experience. Ultimately, it moved me along my career path. I loved how everyone supported each other. They've encouraged my decision to leave the company and sincerely expressed that they're sad to see me go. It's that support and the lessons I learned that helped get me to where I am today. My least favorite part of the job was leaving. They are a great group, and parting is such sweet sorrow."

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 believe micro-breaks are integral to productivity and avoiding burnout. At my last job, they encouraged micro-breaks and gave us quite a few of them throughout the day. I loved that, but I am not a fan of the water cooler. I know it sounds cliche, but everyone congregates around the water cooler. Most of the time, they talk about sports or the weather. I'm not much of a sports fan and don't find talking about the weather very interesting. So, I dodge the water cooler and go for a quick walk on my microbreaks. I love having a quick change in environment, rain or shine."

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