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Why were you not promoted since five years?

Why were you not promoted since five years?

The interviewer is keen to know that while you say you did terrific job but you were still not promoted in your current job since last many years.
How do you explain?
Tell reasons which don't hurt.
Do's
• Show your work, contribution and learning
• You are here to contribute and learn
• Talk about policy, lack of experience or downturn
• Be truthful
Don'ts
• Do not talk ill about boss or the previous organization
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• We are hardwired to make these mistakes • Few biases are simply evolutionary • These errors affect all of us including the bright ones • Experience is just not enough to overcome • but expertise is required to recognize and overcome

Few of biases as below · Anchoring - When an individual depends too heavily on an initial piece of information during decision making · Fixed pie - When we assume that our interests conflict with the other party's interests and we play adversarial · Framing - When we decide on our options differently when the options are presented with positive or negative connotations · Vividness – When we pay attention to strong features at the expense of less, that could be more impactful · Over confidence – When our subjective confidence is greater than the objective accuracy · Escalation – When initial decision is followed up with an irrational decision to justify the initial decision

Few ways to mitigate these biases are · Learn to recognize the bias · Use slow, effortful and logical thinking (System 2) · Avoid fast, automatic and effortless thinking (System 1) · Avoid negotiations which are thrust upon when not ready · Learn through use of stories, examples, exercises · Bring an outsider perspective