Addressing Red Flags in a Job Interview

Addressing Red Flags in a Job Interview
Hi, I'm Katie Roney, on behalf of Expert Village. We are discussing how to have a successful interview. Right now we're going to discuss what you need to do when you have some concerns on your resume. May not seem like concerns to you, but potential employers are always going to be curious about gaps of employment, job hopping, any time off and things of that nature, you should expect to go over them. As a candidate be honest about them. First and foremost, if you've taken time off, let them know why. If you have hopped jobs, let them know why. It's going to be important for them and it's very relevant for the job itself. Also, never throw your former employer under the bus, so to speak. You don't want to let, you don't want to let this company know that you would walk away speaking ill of them. Phil I noticed that from two thousand and four, to May of two thousand and five, you weren't employed, is that correct? Yes. Okay, what were you doing during that time? Well, the position I had in two thousand and four I just, you know, me and my boss didn't really get along and, the commute was kind of awful anyway, and some of the people there were kind of snotty, and, you know, just, just, just wasn't a good deal. So it just wasn't a cultural fit, yeah, yeah. Okay, and then again from two thousand six to two thousand seven, there was additional time off. Did you ah... Yeah, again it was just you know, I, I, there was that gap before and I kind of just took that job out of desperation, yeah. You know it just wasn't a good fit for me and you know, just didn't like it there. So were you continuing any education during that time? No, nope. Okay. Okay, the good thing about what he did was tell the truth. The bad thing was that he tainted his relationship with his past employer right in front of you. You definitely wouldn't want to give that much information. If it was an employee to employee problem, just say, the company and I, we weren't perfect fits, or maybe that our values didn't match up together. That's okay. Everybody understands and we'll probably go through that at some time. You don't want to make excuses as to why you've had employment gaps, but if you've had a child, or you've had an illness in the family, let them know. They're humans, they'll understand.