u/RaptureInRed

I (42f) am out of work at present. I have an interview for an attractive job tomorrow.

I can handle any question they throw at me, but I'm not sure how to handle the matter of my last job.

I was fired, ostensibly because I didn't know how their systems worked (I spent about 8 weeks looking for training on them, and was brushed off).

I've never been fired before, so I'm not sure how to broach that subject.

I'd welcome the advice of anyone who has ever had to deal with the same situation.

Thank you all in advance.

Edit: worth mentioning that I was hired to assist with processing an oncoming client. Client didn't come on board as anticipated, and they lost another major client a few days before i was axed. As it was, they were blatantly overstaffed, and had at least 5 more people that you need to that job. no idea why they thought they needed me in the first place.

They kept singling things out that i was "underperforming" on, I would work on the thing they singled out, and be the best on the team at it within the week. they were clearly looking for an excuse.

What I do is pretty niche, so I need to keep this vague.

I was working for a medium sized Irish company, and left to work for a major European company. I can't tell you what I was doing, but it was a very specialised capacity in finance. I have 12 years experience and several qualifications.

There were red flags in the interview I ignored. Once hired, the environment was strangely uncomfortable, and I was made to feel extremely unwelcome (and harassed by one specific colleague).

After two months, my manager told me I had misrepresented my abilities relative to my qualifications (which is nonsense, and I easily disproved) but I understood the was a prelude to being fired.

I spent the next six weeks asking to be assigned work, or given training on the in-house systems. Six weeks later, I was fired for not knowing how to use these same systems.

Is there anything that I can do at this point? Very frustrated that I left a permanent job in a fragile sector in pursuit of more job security.