Why should we hire you?
28 March 2014
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Here is one of the most frequent questions during a classic job interview. Who hasn't heard it at least once? How to answer it without making a mistake? Ask yourself the question beforehand: "Why me and not someone else?", what do I have to offer that is more, even different, even better adapted, even more precise? In what way can we talk here about suitable skills and abilities?
Ultimately, concretely, what do you have to offer in response to the company that presents its needs?
Take the time to think and define...
Yes, allow yourself all the necessary time during your interview preparation to consider this fundamental question from all angles, and to find what could be vulgarly called your "added value", that little something extra that will decide the recruiter to hire you.
Practice calmly, CV in hand and memories to support you, to identify in the course of your career your professional successes and to be able to talk about them clearly, present them, develop them orally. Suggest some positive points but only if they are directly related to the position you are applying for in order to concretely prove what you are saying. What are the missions, carried out smoothly, that you could talk about? Highlight your ability to find solutions, to react calmly and to put into action all your dynamism and your great efficiency, in order to be able to bring your professional added value.
Absolutely avoid...
Focusing the discussion on yourself and your needs. It seems useful here to recall that the question asked by the recruiter is not supposed to be about you or the reasons that push you to apply. It's quite the opposite!
You are not asked why you are aiming for this position but how this position is waiting for you, and not someone else, how you are able to meet a precise and declared need of the company. It is up to you to convince your interviewer that you have the potential.
Remember that it is perfectly useless, on the other hand, to recount and relate your success stories if they are unrelated to the position that interests you at that time. It is also useless to highlight your personal needs (work, family, money). Only those of the Company will be heard and taken into account, at this point.
Therefore, whatever happens, remember to...
...Answer this question, even if it is still possible that it will not be asked of you! Yes, answer it, by finding the right time and the best way to place, in the discussion, what you understand as the reason(s) for hiring you for this sought-after position. Develop this point X to make it the common thread of the interview, this major axis around which you will present your application: the needs advanced by the Company and the adapted answers you have to bring to these needs.
The ReKrute.com Team
Ultimately, concretely, what do you have to offer in response to the company that presents its needs?
Take the time to think and define...
Yes, allow yourself all the necessary time during your interview preparation to consider this fundamental question from all angles, and to find what could be vulgarly called your "added value", that little something extra that will decide the recruiter to hire you.
Practice calmly, CV in hand and memories to support you, to identify in the course of your career your professional successes and to be able to talk about them clearly, present them, develop them orally. Suggest some positive points but only if they are directly related to the position you are applying for in order to concretely prove what you are saying. What are the missions, carried out smoothly, that you could talk about? Highlight your ability to find solutions, to react calmly and to put into action all your dynamism and your great efficiency, in order to be able to bring your professional added value.
Absolutely avoid...
Focusing the discussion on yourself and your needs. It seems useful here to recall that the question asked by the recruiter is not supposed to be about you or the reasons that push you to apply. It's quite the opposite!
You are not asked why you are aiming for this position but how this position is waiting for you, and not someone else, how you are able to meet a precise and declared need of the company. It is up to you to convince your interviewer that you have the potential.
Remember that it is perfectly useless, on the other hand, to recount and relate your success stories if they are unrelated to the position that interests you at that time. It is also useless to highlight your personal needs (work, family, money). Only those of the Company will be heard and taken into account, at this point.
Therefore, whatever happens, remember to...
...Answer this question, even if it is still possible that it will not be asked of you! Yes, answer it, by finding the right time and the best way to place, in the discussion, what you understand as the reason(s) for hiring you for this sought-after position. Develop this point X to make it the common thread of the interview, this major axis around which you will present your application: the needs advanced by the Company and the adapted answers you have to bring to these needs.
The ReKrute.com Team
