Originally posted by Danish Saeed:
What would be a brief and vague answer to this question so that the interviewer can quickly move on to the next question. Simply saying it was time to move on sounds like textbook stuff.
For that you need to be very clear on why you left your last job. And in many cases esp in India, IT, it is subconsciously "time to move on" and the better salary becomes the primary reason.
To be honest I have changed jobs twice and could never convince myself on why I am leaving the current company. Although I was able to convince the interviewee by giving reasons like "Concerns on Organizational policies" or "Overgrown in current project and could not move out". I have a bag full of these reasons(excuses is more like it)
I have been performing outstandingly in all my companies yet after 2-3 years, I feel that I have outgrown the company and see inertia creeping in. It is this reason more than anything else that makes me look around. Yet its difficult to convince interviewees esp in India (who are mostly techies gorwn into managerial roles by virtues of their ageing factor and can never think beyond HOT technologies being reasons to quit).
Hope I make sense.