When You’ve Long Been in the Same Job

What some may consider stability, others may see as fossilization. Your chief strategy is to look industrious, ready to take on any challenge that comes your way, and adaptable to new ideas.

Because you’ve been with your last employer for so long, do you think you may have a hard time adjusting to a new company’s way of working?

ShowStoppers

Not at all. Give examples of how you’ve already learned to be adaptable — how your previous job was dynamic, provided a constantly changing environment, and shared common links with the new company. Note parallels of budget, business philosophy, and work ethics. You plan to take up mountain climbing and sky diving when you’re 80 — figuratively speaking.