This is how you wrap up negative job experiences in an interview

Berlin “Why do you want to change?” Sooner or later this question comes up in many job interviews. An honest answer would often be: Because I am underpaid, suffer from my manager or have the wrong tasks. Rather than openly discussing it, job candidates prefer to keep such experiences to themselves. After all, you want to leave a consistently positive impression.

Changing jobs will become more normal and more frequent in the future – and with it the fact of being able to talk openly about what didn’t go well in the old job. Patrick Pieles, application expert at the Robert Half HR consultancy, puts it this way: “Those who remain true to themselves in the interview are happier at work afterwards.” This includes honestly naming what bothers you about the current position and what improvements are desired .

Nevertheless, Pieles warns against badmouthing the old employer. The application expert and Inga Dransfeld-Haase, President of the Federal Association of Personnel Managers (BPM), use five specific situations to explain how you can wrap up negative job experiences in a charming way.