I know this question will come up in an interview so I just need advice on how to handle it. I was fired from an accounting job and I need the experience on my resume because it's good experience and I did amazing at the job. Even my manager was amazed at how quickly I picked up not only my job, but helped with all the backlog that the previous employee left for years before she quit. Why did he fire me then? Here's what happened. I am honest, honest to a fault, and never in a mean way, it's not my nature. When I interviewed for the position I bluntly asked if it was an entry level position. I had recently graduated college and I wanted to build my career. I wasn't looking to settle for being stuck in a crappy job with an even crappier salary forever. So, when he asked my salary expectations, I negotiated based on his response that it was entry and that there was movement in the company. Fast forward nearly 4 months of long hours, dedication, and me busting my butt proving myself to him, we are in a meeting (A STAFF MEETING) with the entire department, mind you, and I said something about my work ethic because I had doubled everyone else's numbers and I was also doing the backlog and taking extra classes on my lunch break. (above and beyond) I loved what I did so I wasn't doing this to prove anything. Well, he then stated that it wasn't an entry level position and that I was already making several thousand dollars more than everyone else in the department, including people that have been there over 10 years, and how would I feel if I was that person? He continued that he had to get my salary approved by the board. (Mind you my salary was pretty low, and MIGHT support a single person living in an apartment in Texas, or maybe a trailer) Needless to say after this happened, the entire department started treating me badly and sending all calls to me instead of taking them. I didn't care because I could handle it, and I didn't even mind the hostility because when I needed an escape instead of calling another department I just walked over and dealt with them in person to escape. However, what I couldn't handle was the fact that he lied to me about the movement in the company. I couldn't survive on that income with a family forever. So i informed him (I know a big mistake) that I wasn't impressed with his deception and I would be looking for employment elsewhere. And 3 days later he fired me. So now with that long story, I know not to talk bad about a previous employer and I have a problem with saying too much and being too honest. How do I tell the story without oversharing and not making anyone look bad?