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Out of many common interview questions the "Why should we hire you?" (sometimes "Why should I hire you?") job interview question is probably the most confusing one. Hundreds of career books are answering the "Why should we hire you?" question. Thousands of web site are trying to answer the "Why should we hire you?" question. And still there is no one-size-fits-all answer.

It happens for a very simple reason - approaching that question in a straight forward manner we are not able to produce a sound answer:

* we do not know the competition (other people applying for the position)
* even if we do know them our judgment cannot be exactly identical to the judgment of decision making people at that company
* moreover, the hiring decision is not necessarily 100% logical. It might be somewhat (or sometimes very much) emotional
So, with all that said how do we approach answering the "Why should we hire you?" interview question? Why employers ask that question anyway? Is that just another way of asking "What can you do for our company?"

First and foremost the employer is trying to find out if you are really confident in yourself and your ability to successfully perform the job duties. Also your answer might demonstrate your actual interest in the position if you show that you did the research on the company, its products, technology, job requirements.

Another aspect: being unprepared to answer that question practically disqualifies the candidate.

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[lelouchlibritannia]

Bullshit question. Asking a question that is not only cryptic but also loaded (fallacy) in no way evaluates the quality of the applicant. Just because a question cannot be sufficiently answered doesn't mean it should be used to weed out potential employees. Hell, why not ask "why does my wife like to stick her finger in my butt during sex?" is you really wanna cut down your pool by 90 something percent.

[JobInterviewTips]

@lelouchlibritannia

I think the entire class of tough interview questions is considered to be TOUGH because it is very much open ended and provocative. It does help to reveal attitude problems sometimes, lack of honesty or intelligence.

Besides all that - there is a game with its own rules. At this point each of us has two choices:

- learn the rules and win the game

- criticize the rules and lose the game

[dirrtydozen22]

What if I were fired for a gross misconduct at my last job? How would I explain that during my interview?

[JobInterviewTips]

1. Try to avoid talking about that at all

2. If the conversation goes into that anyway find an explanation, showing that it was not something, which happens to you regularly. If gross misconduct is not how you normally behave then it really resulted from some sad circumstances.

3. Folks around us are very compassionate. You just have to convince them that nothing like that will happen in the future. So, they are not risk hiring you.

[yankelmoskauer]

Misha, this is plain great and better than ever before. However a lot of people (me included) manage to screw up the best scenario you design for them. You really should first of all (!) teach the people not to screw up their opportinities and follow directions precisely. That's especially true for Russian people, who are famous for being too much creative - up to the point when they are unable to follow the best path to the goal they are striving to achieve.

[JobInterviewTips]

There is another video I made a few weeks before: 50 Job Interview Mistakes (it has 2 parts) where I am addressing how people fail to get the job. But, everybody should first get to the point where somebody elses specific suggestion is to be used rather than to be ignored. And I am not sure that process can be accelerated from outside. We all have our learning curves. We all are listening to something and not listening to something else.

[Skyy2121]

thanks alot!!!!

[infinityprodinc]

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[veshification]

very very good and is in detail that can guide a candidate well

[dosenmagnet]

Great

[1nektarios1]

I almost do not want to work for a company that asked such a nebulous shallow question that is so overused and ineffective. The act of scheduling an interview is all about whom to hire. sample question: If we decide to hire you what would your expectations be from us and what could we expect from you?

[ullajioo7]

awesome lines learn the rules and win the game loved the lines

[FrOoOstBite]

Why not.

[wasimsworld]

@JobInterviewTips To a certain extent it is about just playing the game. The thing is you might not actually love the job you're going for but might need it to get by for a while and even in that case people play the game to get the job. the whole thing about doing this is to in a way dishonest too and it work both ways.

[guardiola821]

Very useful content. Thank you very much.

Please take some time to keep posting.

[torres2019]

I really like the tips and info your giving out. I've already learned a lot from you! more power!