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I have my big interview tomorrow and I'm wondering what to say about my current boss. She hasn't done too much over the past few years and I have taken on a lot of her duties otherwise they just wouldn't have been done. I want to let the interviewers (who are also her bosses) know how much work I have been doing to show them what I'm capable of, but I don't want to come across as some arrogant so and so who thinks she can do a better job than the boss. Is it bad form to slate your current boss at an interview and if so, how can I put across what I want to say without appearing to criticise her?
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Don't criticize your boss, but tell them that she has given YOU a lot of opportunities to which you have risen to the challenge with what you consider to be with considerable success based on the advice given to you by your boss.
Now...if you don't want the job.....jump in with both feet and *** her off.
Don't criticize your boss, but tell them that she has given YOU a lot of opportunities to which you have risen to the challenge with what you consider to be with considerable success based on the advice given to you by your boss.
Now...if you don't want the job.....jump in with both feet and *** her off.
What Sqad and boxtops said. The position you need to adopt is ...
Your boss is a good boss.
She is good at delegation (as effective bosses need to be)
You have accepted the duties that have been delegated to you
You have performed admirably at these duties (be prepared to give examples or, if appropriate, evidence - i.e. take material in with you)
The maxim is "If you can't say something nice, say nothing". A job interview is not the place to be raising doubts about your current boss and could well damage your prospects, either because it calls your own character into question or because you become seen as essential in your current role ...
Your boss is a good boss.
She is good at delegation (as effective bosses need to be)
You have accepted the duties that have been delegated to you
You have performed admirably at these duties (be prepared to give examples or, if appropriate, evidence - i.e. take material in with you)
The maxim is "If you can't say something nice, say nothing". A job interview is not the place to be raising doubts about your current boss and could well damage your prospects, either because it calls your own character into question or because you become seen as essential in your current role ...
That is sort of my point though ellipsis - my current post is going and my boss is moving to another branch. The new post is a combination of both of the old posts plus a little extra. I want to be able to say I have been doing pretty much both jobs so it would only be the new stuff I would have to learn - and that is new to everyone, so there will be no one who has experience with that. I think I'll just have to be as diplomatic as possible while letting them know what I've done - it's a fine line to tread though!