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[quote=Anonymous]Here's a link to www.askamanager.org:

http://www.askamanager.org/2008/09/answering-have-you-ever-been-fired-in.html

Q: I was in a job interview the other day and everything was going well, until I was asked if I had ever been fired, and if so what were the reasons.

So my question is, how can I answer this question honestly? Is it a trick question?

A: It’s not a trick question. It’s exactly what it seems to be — a genuine desire to know if you have ever been fired before and, if so, why. If you put yourself in the employer’s shoes, you’ll probably understand why an interviewer would want to know this. It’s not that no one who has been fired could ever be the right fit at a different job — but it certainly does provide useful information about problems that the candidate has run into in the past (even if only personality conflicts). And perhaps most importantly, there’s a lot to be gleaned from the way the candidate discusses it now. Do they just seem bitter and angry about it? Have they learned from the experience? How has it changed how they conduct business? And so forth.

It’s hard to tell you how you yourself should answer this question without knowing more specifics, but one option might be talking about how you ended up in that situation, what you learned from it, and what you do differently now as a result.[/quote]

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