how to answer why should we hire you
well to start with that's the entire
purpose of the interview isn't it it is
for you to give answers to why they
should hire you if you do a great job in
interview and implant your messages of
why you are the best candidate then
there will not be that question a hiring
manager will not waste his time asking
that question if you if you already made
him feel that you are the right
candidate and you are the best candidate
I am Dennis social let me get this
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continue so let's say the hiring manager
isn't sure yet
and he still asked that question what do
we do well that's what I'm going to
share with you today watch until the end
of this video to learn the best way to
answer this question trust me it's going
to be awesome
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soon you will learn the best way to
answer this question but I just need you
to be patient let's first analyze the
situation first things first what are
your main objectives what do you need to
accomplish with your answers
well you need to convince them that you
will fit in well with the organization
culture right you possess all the skill
sets and experience required hiring you
will make them look smart
you can deliver great results right so
these are the messages you need to
implant right so in order to give these
impressions you need to understand the
requirements of the role so far so good
so think about what skills are required
in the job description what are what are
what are mentioned in job description
what experience and skill sets are they
looking for now I think we got the
fundamentals out of the way so it's
about time we take this one level
further I believe you probably fit one
of the two categories
you're either an experienced hire with
many years of experience or a fresh
graduate with limited experience so
let's start with the first one shall we
if you have years of experience then you
need to know that the time has long gone
for you to take more than you give right
you're not a fresh graduate anymore you
have years of experience so we expect
hard core results from you right you may
even be joining the organization to
solve a particular problem maybe
increase the problem also maybe increase
Pro maybe increase the revenue increase
the profitability who knows but you are
there to add a very strong value so you
just have to prove in the interview that
you can generate those results to do
that here's what what is very important
I suggest you use a presentation when
they ask you why you why should we hire
you then you should just take out your
printed out presentation and demonstrate
your abilities and past experiences you
can use these slides and these ones here
and then just walk them through one by
one right so these slides are really
good but if you want you can make them
even further and while preparing and
crafting the slides think about the
examples from your own career example is
the absolute proof that you did before
and you could do it again so so it's
very important and the examples should
illustrate that what was a problem what
did you do and what was the result and
if you can even you should even talk
about the methodologies you applied and
this is especially true if you're
applying for a consulting role men
especially management consulting role
because we are really interested in
application of methodologies so that's
it for the experience hire now let's
talk about this section the fresh
graduates right so if that is the case
and you are a fresh graduate or with
limited experience then your job will be
a bit different you need to the impact
slides that I showed you a while ago it
won't work for you because you haven't
accumulated enough experience to
showcase and demonstrate your past
experiences right so don't do don't use
those slides you it will look fake
but you can use this one
I like how I do this so and this is
where you can showcase your skill sets
it's just a one slider and the entire
purpose of that one is you know you have
the ability to rank your skill sets from
one to ten because think about it you
don't really need decades of experience
to have skill sets in a particular
domain right even with a six-month
internship you may be already developing
so many skills that are really really
important or even at college degree you
don't even need a work experience at all
to have skills so I think this one could
be a very good tool alright so let's
take this now even a step further
and let's look for an edge right so well
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let's continue I have one more great tip
for you that I don't know if anyone else
knows about or talks about but what it
is is it's the unwritten requirements
from time to time I talk about this in
my in my videos but I think it's very
important so unwritten requirements are
those that are too long to list down in
a job post but they exist they exist in
the mind of the hiring manager he knows
them inside out afterall imagine all the
things you will be doing in that job all
the tools and the software you'll be
using would be even remotely possible to
list everything in a job post in a 400
word job post it's impossible right
impossible so let's look at the examples
for example you may talk about your
ability to use Salesforce if it is a
sales role right you may talk about your
ability to use Primavera MS projects
anything all right anything but as long
as it is very job related and the only
way to of course know these is if you do
a proper research before you go to that
interview right another one for example
I say you're on your own accountant and
you can talk about your expertise in
using IFRS or local GAAP you know the
generally accepted accounting principles
again if it is project management it
could be a mess projects it could be
Primavera it could be it could be the
framework of from project management
institute the PMI or it could be the
methodology from prince2 for example so
once more mentioning these unwritten
requirements will really really work
wonders with your with your interview
especially with your hiring manager
interview but be strategic about this if
they ask what should we hire you don't
go about it and say you should hire me
because I know how to use Salesforce so
obviously won't work for you right
so you know just make sure you mention
them in your pitch but almost like
subliminally right I mean you you
mentioned those words and all but not
necessarily in their eyes because at the
end of the day so that collecting points
right
so once the interview is over the hiring
manager is gonna sit down and think of
the think of the impression right so how
do I feel about this guy how do I feel
about Jane how do I feel about Joe it's
not going to be like very methodologic
Alaura you got 3.5 you know
points from X and you got four point
seven points from this it's not gonna be
like that so it's all about the
impression all right so once more please
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