how to handle this interview question..

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I'm having a difficult time at work right now - have posted about this before - but looks like I'm being pushed out following a change in top management.
I've been assured there are no performance issues and it's a case of office politics/my face not fitting.
I've been in the role under a year, although I've worked within the overall company for getting on 5.
I'm still in post but many of my key responsibilities which I enjoy and excel at have been removed, with presumably the intention of handing them to someone else known by the new team.
Given the writing looks to be on the wall and I can feel my confidence diminishing by the day, I'm exploring other options.
I have an interview for a new job with another organisation which looks interesting.
Inevitably the question of why I'm leaving the job so soon will come up. Not really sure how to handle this.
Don't want to insult the interviewers' intelligence but also don't want to bad mouth the current organisation or come across as negative,
I'm not sure I can get away with saying its mat cover/secondment either as the industry is quite small.
I'm worried telling the truth will make it look like I have problems fitting in more broadly. I'm genuinely interested in the role and want them to consider me on my abilities and not on assumptions.
Wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and how they handled it?

When I didn’t want to say I’d been bullied out of my previous role, my reason for leaving was ‘no opportunities to progress’

many of my key responsibilities which I enjoy and excel at have been removed, with presumably the intention of handing them to someone else known by the new team

Could you focus on this, and say that the role has changed, and you no longer enjoy it as much?

My usual go to answer is 'although I still enjoy my current role i now longer feel it challenges me enough, I have reached a crossroad where I can choose to stay comfortable or challenging myself further in learning new skills. After researching the job position and you as a company I feel that this would be an exciting opportunity as I also respect your values'.

'Because your job looks great' is the answer! So you're looking for a new opportunity in a new organisation having been where you are for five years. You like x, y and z about the new role and the organisation fits with the industry you want to work in etc. You're overthinking it op. Good luck

thanks v much all - food for thought. Yes @Knobknob I'm probably overthinking it!

Generally it’s better to talk about why you want the job you are going for rather than why you dint want your current job

new job is great / old job turned out not to be what you thought. but focus on new job.

I would focus on the new company. What do you like about them? Frame it as you couldn’t miss the opportunity to work for them because of x, y & Z.

It is totally normal to want to move and progress in your career. Focus on the positives of what you like about the job you're being interviewed for.

It's not inevitable that they will ask, but it's good to be prepared. It is however 99% likely they will ask why you want the new job. So prepare an answer for that which is all about the new job and 0% about the old job. Eg, I'm excited by this field, love these sort of tasks and have experience in X, Love xyz about new company ....

If they DO ask why you wanted to leave your old job. I had a similarish scenario where I had a big negative reason causing me to look for a new job. But I didn't want to badmouth the old employer - partly its not diplomatic in the same field, partly voicing anything negative in a job interview doesn't make you look good in my view.

I said; I've been looking for a while for a job which is [slight change of type of responsibility], and I'm also aiming to increase my salary.

I felt like this was an opportunity I couldn't ignore.

I’m in exactly the same position, are you me? 🤣
I’ve had three interviews and I’ve been honest that my current employer isn’t for me, the lack of communication and lack of training has made me look elsewhere, but that I’m not in any rush and can wait for the right offer to come up.

I got offered a new job last Friday!