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Let's Stop Asking "Why Do You Want to Work for Us?" In Interviews (nelson.cloud)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except - it's impossible to know anything about how a company actually functions internally.

I saw this having worked with dozens of companies as a contractor. What they seem like from the outside is never what they're actually like.

My response to this stupid question is "I don't know, why should I want to work for this company?"

But I've also walked out of interviews when they started that STAR nonsense - it's insulting and a waste of my time. How would they feel if I handed them 3 sheets of paper with answers to all the STAR questions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I know in my hiring I’ve generally used it as a “did the candidate even do a cursory look at the place?” I don’t care how far off they are (within reason, don’t just make stuff up and lie) or did they not even care.