The Noble Pagan Forums - I need a little help here ...

Opportunity has come knocking ...

I have an interview for a very good position in Portland, Oregon on Friday. I'm nervous as hell because they are looking for someone who can handle cardiac cath labs and MRI / CT. I can do both, but they are extremely high priority in the life of the hospitals. They are the money makers, so employers don't just hire anyone for these positions.

I have experience on them, but not factory trained experience and so there would be a period of familiarizing myself to the equipment. As well there's a catch in how to approach a specific question.

Thus I come to you for assistance.

I was fired from my job because one director complained multiple times that I was not communicating well enough for her. I provided daily emails on equipment status, whenever there was a downed unit I left a voice mail every 2-3 hours until the unit was back online. I spoke with the technicians on-site for every repair, and the directors whenever they were available to speak. However, this still was not enough.

She went to my employer and told them she was no longer confident in my abilities and that any future contracts with them would be contingent on whether I was still there or not. I'm not going to go into what I feel happened ... but the question I need guidance on is:

How does one answer the question "Why did you leave your previous employment?" without setting yourself up for failure?

If I tell them I was fired because I could not make one director happy, then I'm a customer service risk. If I tell them I was let go or left for other reasons, I'm lying and that can come back to bite me in the ass later.

help?

This is the best opportunity I've ever had in my career as far as where I'm wanting to aim my career path, but I don't want to fuck it up at the interview ...

I was thinking of something along the lines of:

"After five years with the company there were conflicting thoughts on how my career should progress, the direction the company is going is not in agreement with the direction I would like my career to go."

thoughts?

help?

After five years with the company there was conflicting opinions on how my career should progress. However the direction in which the company sought was not congruent with my career goals and lacked fruitful opportunities in the near or distant future.

They will ask where you see yourself in x number of years. Discuss what you've learned, what you hope to achieve and where you want to take your career. You hope that your career goals will affect the hospital in a positive way and you becoming an asset to their team.


^_^

I do na have the wording here ( just woke up from a nap which failed to alleviate my headache) however make it sound like a mutual let go thing.
They let you go becaus blah blah and that is okay becaus you were gonna leave anyways because yo wanted to find employment back in th NW region.

It na a lie or anything.

Hope that helps.



C/S/

Well that was officially the most grilling interview I've ever had the pleasure of handling.

They beat me up and I'm physically exhausted ... but I was able to answer their questions as best as I could. Here's to hoping that it goes well.

It's going to be awhile before I know anything of course, so now is the time for good energies.

Thank you for the input folks ... by the way ... the never asked me if I was fired or why I left the company ...

Good example for "too much worries" then ;-)

keeping fingers crossed

I think these days why you don't have a job is kind of a moot point as LOTS of people have been let go recently for any number of reasons.

Sending happy employment thoughts at ya!