10 Ways to Lose a Job Offer, Part 2 (Once You're in the Room)

Send us Fan Mail You didn't lose the offer because you weren't qualified. You lost it the second "so, why are you leaving?" turned into a ten-minute therapy session about your old boss.This month, Lauren's teaching you how to lose a job offer in ten ways, so you can go do the exact opposite. Part 1 was the stuff you can mess up before anyone even meets you. Now you've made it into the room, and there are two brand-new ways to talk yourself right back out of it.In Part 2: the Trash Talker (and why dragging your last boss tells them everything they need to know about you), the Oversharer who treats "tell me about yourself" like a diary entry, and the exact line between honest and way too much. Plus two new frameworks: Bridge Don't Burn for explaining a rough exit without lighting a match, and the Ninety-Second Formula that finally makes "tell me about yourself" easy.This week's mailbag: how honest you're really allowed to be about leaving a genuinely toxic job.Got a career horror story? Send it in. Lauren reads every one, and yours might end up on the show.Ready for real help instead of guessing? Book a free thirty-minute consult atcareerbloomsolutions.com/free-consultations. Résumés, career, or interviews. You bring the mess, we'll sort it out together.New episodes every Thursday. Find Lauren at @lonestarflower. Support the show@lonestarflower