Dr. Nneka Unachukwu explains why asking candidates why they left previous jobs matters in interviews. Watch for red flags: if someone repeatedly blames past supervisors, it signals potential interpersonal problems. Legitimate reasons like relocation, family time, or sabbaticals are normal.
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If it is not their absolute first job. I asked them why they left, right? I asked them why they left. And this again, is a very important question because some people will say, I mean, there's so many reasons why people leave, right? Life changed. They had to move, they had to take off from, you know, they decided to take a year off because they wanted to spend more time with the children and all of those things. But sometimes people will then tell you, you know, about their boss, and it was like that boss from two jobs from them. And, you know, they, you know, they were. They were a boss from hell and they just go on and on and on. And it was a boss and there's a supervisor and it was everybody. Again, is it a deal breaker? No. Could it be that that's actually what happened? Yes. But could it also be that this is a person who's just not going to work well with other person, other people? Yes. So you want to pay attention to that.