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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] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I’ve heard “Besides ‘I need the money’, what’s a reason this company interests you?”. It immediately breaks down the obvious reason and sees if they did any sort of look at the company to understand how their role may interact with it.

[–] [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.