Dealing with questions on repetitiveness in job interviews

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I have AS DX and the line of work I am trying to get into is accountancy I have good qualifications 8 GSCEs A-C 3 A Levels A-C yet I seem to struggle with interviews

My main problems is dealing with questions regarding the repetitive aspects of the job as I seem to struggle deal with such questions

My current job is in retail so it is very boring and highly repetitive, interviewers for some bizarre reason tend to ask why I want to leave me my current job frankly I do not see why that is not blindly obvious or alternatively they will ask how I will deal with the repetitive aspects of the jobs (or both)

I try to answer the question as best as I can highlighting that I have been on an evening course in accountancy (AAT) for the last two years spending over a thousand pounds of my own money to be on the course

I find it difficult to saying anything about my current job as I find the job really boring and depressing to be working with my level of qualification whilst other people from my school have gone onto get good jobs with career prospects usually people with less qualifications

I think the goal in this situation is to make the interviewee (YOU) look as good as possible to the interviewer. It's an unfortunate NT situation, in that it seems that you are supposed to basically not talk about your own negatives (i.e. "I HATE my current job because it's boring and repetitive and I have to constantly deal with stupid people" -- not something you're supposed to say) and highlight your strong characteristics (i.e. "I'm leaving my current job because I am looking forward to a career doing something more challenging. I enjoy accounting and tend to enjoy the checks and balances nature of the position you're offering").

In an interview like this, you're basically selling a product. You are the product. It's probably not a natural feeling to try and sell yourself (it never has been to me), but if you can list all of the REAL reasons why you're leaving your current job on a piece of paper, and then you (or even a friend) turn all of those negative reasons into a POSITIVE reason, it will help in the interview process. You also would benefit from thinking ahead all of the silly questions that an interviewer might ask -- "if you were an animal, what kind of an animal would you be?", which is their effort to kind of psychologically throw you off, and at the same time find out what kind of worker you might be, and you answer "a cheetah!" they will think you're a hard worker, and if you answer "an ostrich" they'll think you want to hide in your office and never interact with others.

Good luck in this process.

Kris