Dealing with an interview when you cant get a reference
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Just looking for some advice on how to handle a forthcoming interview.
A bit of back ground....
Ive been a freelance site manager (construction) for the previous 5 years. The last contract i was on ended with me leaving 4 weeks before the proposed end date. The reason for this was a build up over a few weeks of colleagues withholding information from me and other various concerns which made executing my role very difficult and frustrating. I had brought this up in meetings with the project manager on numerous occasions but nothing ever seemed to be done about it. It got to a point where i had to leave for my own sanity and had a it down with the project manager and made it clear to him why i was leaving. I thought i had gone about it in a mature and amicable way but when all was said and done his closing words were along the lines of....'people who leave like this shouldnt then expect to come to me for any future references..etc etc'. This annoyed me some what as i had been asking him for support for weeks.
So this brings me onto an interview that ive got this week for another contract. Despite it being a different site its part of the same development and i am fully expecting them to ask about my previous job. What do i do? do i tell them the truth which has the potential to make me sound resentful or skirt around the issue?
ETA: This is the first time i have left a job early in my 5 years of contracting.
A bit of back ground....
Ive been a freelance site manager (construction) for the previous 5 years. The last contract i was on ended with me leaving 4 weeks before the proposed end date. The reason for this was a build up over a few weeks of colleagues withholding information from me and other various concerns which made executing my role very difficult and frustrating. I had brought this up in meetings with the project manager on numerous occasions but nothing ever seemed to be done about it. It got to a point where i had to leave for my own sanity and had a it down with the project manager and made it clear to him why i was leaving. I thought i had gone about it in a mature and amicable way but when all was said and done his closing words were along the lines of....'people who leave like this shouldnt then expect to come to me for any future references..etc etc'. This annoyed me some what as i had been asking him for support for weeks.
So this brings me onto an interview that ive got this week for another contract. Despite it being a different site its part of the same development and i am fully expecting them to ask about my previous job. What do i do? do i tell them the truth which has the potential to make me sound resentful or skirt around the issue?
ETA: This is the first time i have left a job early in my 5 years of contracting.
mike9009 said:
2. Why did you leave the role before getting another role? Always easier to find something else when you have something.....
Thanks for the input so far guys.To address the quoted bit.....due to the hours i work and the need to achieve some sort of work/life balance i tend to take a few weeks off between contracts. When i left the previous role i wasnt too fussed on finding a new contract straight away as i was ready for my few weeks off.
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