Tricky Job interview question. Advice please.

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Garth

Discussion Starter · Mar 28, 2007

I am currently in the job market. I've got some interviews this week & need help to answer that most common question: "Why did you leave your last job?".

The REAL answer is that I had to give it up on doctors orders. I've spent most of my life in warehousing & doing heavy lifting. I now have osteoarthritis in my back & the doctor told me to get a desk job. Easy for him to say.

Of course I can't tell that to my next prospective boss because they'll think I'm a wimp & wont be able to handle the job. Contrary to doc's orders, I'm not going for a desk job because it would drive me insane. I'm still looking for warehousing work, just nothing as heavy as I've been doing all my life.

So how would you answer this question in these circumstances?.

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Chester B. Dickens

· #2 · Mar 28, 2007

"I have decided to take my career in another direction."

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Ender's Mom

· #3 · Mar 28, 2007

Wait though it sounds like it's the same direction so you can't use that line...

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Trickster

· #4 · Mar 28, 2007

Do you know what the job is about in terms of how much you are expected to lift? I think I would get that clear before I went to the interview.

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Chester B. Dickens

· #5 · Mar 28, 2007

Whoops - I misread, thinking we were asking for a desk job.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

"My doctor suggested that I find a position with less heavy lifting. I am still eager to bring my warehousing expertise to XYZ company, but in a capacity that uses my experience a little more than my sacroiliac."

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Labs4life

· #6 · Mar 28, 2007

I wouldn't mention back problems. I would say that you had heard wonderful things about the company and you would love to bring your valuable experience to this organizationn blah blah blah. The high cost of workans comp. in our area would be red flag if you mentioned a bad back.

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· #7 · Mar 28, 2007

You feel you have out grown your position and are looking for something more rewarding.

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Trickster

· #8 · Mar 28, 2007

"My doctor suggested that I find a position with less heavy lifting. I am still eager to bring my warehousing expertise to XYZ company, but in a capacity that uses my experience a little more than my sacroiliac."

Nice!! I like this.

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