Don't Badmouth Former Employers During the Interview

Now, an interview isn't exactly a police interrogation like the above-referenced clip. However, the interviewer is bound to ask you questions regarding your former employers, and let's face it- many of us have had not-too-pleasant experiences with some of them.


The key is this: keep negative opinions of former employers to yourself. If for nothing else, the interviewer realizes that they may be your future employer, and they wouldn't want you badmouthing them as you did (assuming you did, of course) to your former employer(s). It seems an obvious point, but I have heard story after story from interviewers about job candidates airing their former employers' dirty laundry during the interview. It's one of those situations in which, even if you have a burning desire or conviction to tell the truth, don't. You're the only one who will lose in this scenario.