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Q. I need some help with a question. The question is "What reason do you give a prospective employer for leaving your previous job if you were terminated from that job due to incompatibility?"
Career advice from Norman Miranda, principal consultant at executive search company Resource Dynamics:
This is a difficult situation and I do fully appreciate the problems faced by yourself and others in a similar situation.
The honest situation is, often unfairly so, that there is generally a knee-jerk negative reaction among hiring organizations to such a situation. But you must work to overcome it.
The first thing I will tell you is this is not as uncommon a situation as most people think and it happens even to top performers.
My recommendation is to not hide or disguise this information. However, you must explain fully the circumstance to the hiring manager or search consultant and complement that by emphasizing your strengths, the value and experience you bring to the organization and the lessons learnt from the episode.
My strong advice is also not to hide it or give false information, this is small market and if your prospective employer or the search consultant finds out (and we can), it reflects even more negatively on you than the actual termination.
Importantly, always do your homework and due diligence before deciding to take a job so that the chance of such a thing happening in the first place is minimized. Have a clear idea of your role and what is expected of you on the job.
Further, do background checks on the company and also have an honest self assessment and ask yourself if you can really perform in the role.
Lastly, speak to a mentor with some seniority and get advice.
Best regards
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