Clinical Research Mock Interview
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What are the benefits in leaving your current job for this position?
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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"My current position is a summer placement which was part of my terms of graduating with my Bachelor's in Medical Technology. This will be my very first career move as a new clinical researcher. It's important to me that I start my career on the right foot with a reputable organization such as yours."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I have been pleased with my current position and have been part of an amazing research team. However, I am looking at what's next for me, and I think it may be exciting to work in a more innovative industry, like cancer research, and to partner with a world-class research team. This is why I've applied to work for your organization."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
The interviewer would like to know if you are making a lateral move by joining their organization. As all hiring managers know- the better the movement is for you, the higher chance that you will stay.
It is essential that you express how this new position will help you grow in your career. This is not an invitation to focus on what you dislike about your current position. Avoid being negative and speaking poorly of your current or most recent employer. Always end on a positive note by referring to your excitement for this job!
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I am excited to join your clinic because of your focus on diabetes research. This is a subject of great interest to me, and I am not able to focus on it as much as I would like in my current position. I feel the growth this position offers is what I need to catapult me into an amazing and fulfilling career."
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I have a very good relationship with my current employer and will leave on good terms. I want to leave my current job because I'm ready for a fresh challenge with a new and exciting company and to be a partner with the world-class research team.
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It's great to hear that you'll be leaving on good terms with your current employer. As a hiring manager, it is always refreshing when I interview candidates who have nothing but good things to say about their current employer and are instead leaving in hopes of experiencing a new challenge.
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