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Carilee Moran is a retired automotive engineer with 30 years of experience writing and editing technical reports.
In all probability, 'I hated my last job' is not the tack you are going to want to take here, even if it is true. Surely you can put some lipstick on that pig. It might be as simple as thinking through WHY you hated your last job. Just tell the interviewer what you want out of your next job, without speaking negatively about your last one. If you worked at your last job for less than three years, this explanation needs to be pretty convincing.

Carilee Moran is a retired automotive engineer with 30 years of experience writing and editing technical reports.
"I worked at ABC for five years. I learned a lot about the automotive industry, and I learned - I won't say I learned everything about my job function, but I learned enough to be highly proficient at it. I would like to take on a different challenge, and while I did ask the question, it didn't look like there were any opportunities to change job functions at ABC in the foreseeable future, so I decided to look elsewhere. Here I am. I want to work on more than just one component of an emissions system. I want to be a part of making the whole thing work. I want to broaden my base of knowledge. I find that challenging, and I think it makes me more valuable to the company I work for"

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