I have been working in finance with ~7 years of experience, interviewing for a similar role at another firm (it would be a direct lateral move).

I've now completed the final round, passed all the technical assessments, and done about 10 panel interviews over 6 weeks. The conversations about my skills and work went well. But the hiring manager, HR and the (external) recruiter they hired for this job search keep circling back to me with the same questions:

- Why leave my current company for the same kind of role? They suspect it's about a bad boss or environment, and one person even said to me that my current company has great career progression, they don't see any reason for me to look elsewhere. They are very pushy for me to reveal anything bad/real reasons for me to look elsewhere.

- HR asked which other opportunities I'm evaluating, saying it's hard to put in the work for an offer if I might reject it or consider something else.…