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Why are you changing jobs so frequently?

Why are you changing jobs so frequently?

In last ten years you have changed five companies. Why you are changing jobs every two years?
The interviewer is asking you on your frequent job hopping. He needs to understand your motivations. How will you convince the interviewer?
Do's
• Show that you have been shortlisted based on your overall experience
• Show the value you can bring to new role
• Show that change is due to stagnation or any other reason- Project closure etc.
• Show that your goal is to learn and contribute and not to change
Don'ts
• No ill talk about previous companies
• Reasons for job change should be linked to salary increase
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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