a jobseekers decision and for tardy here
your career success coach and today it
is all about answering job interview
questions and answers with today's
question being well why did you decide
to apply to this job I'm going to give
you the best advice and how to answer
this question and if you stay tuned all
the way to the very end you are going to
get my favorite section the career
success bonus tip for underrepresented
populations for ups so stick around
let's get right into it why would an
interviewer ask you or why did you apply
to this job interviewers want to know
that you have applied to them
intentionally that you are not just
applying to some random job or you are
not just stumbling across their job and
you happen to apply they want to know
that you chose them for a specific
reason
and perhaps you've done a little
research along the way so here's how you
do not answer this question do not tell
the interviewer that you are so ready to
leave your job your current job because
they're frustrating you so much that
you're willing to apply to anything
also don't tell the interviewer that
this job is in your backyard and so you
were ready to apply to it along with
millions of other jobs out there that
you applied to also don't tell the
interview that you apply to this job
because your mom your dad told you to
apply to the job those are not good
answers
speaking of answers to common questions
did you check out last week's video if
you didn't make sure that you check out
this video because we're talking about
how to answer the question what are your
weaknesses so check that video if you
haven't had a second now if an
interviewer has asked you why did you
apply to this job what sort of interests
have you given in the past
I'm curious I'd like to know drop me a
comment in the comment section
and let me know how you've answered this
question previously now moving on here's
how you answer a question like this you
want to make sure that you connect your
answer to something related to the
company that shows or that demonstrates
that you've done your research about
that company so when they ask you why
don't you apply the shop connected to
the mission of the organization some of
the the goals of the organization that
you've researched and you found out may
be the reputation of the organization or
its brand maybe you happen to be on
glassdoor.com and you saw that people
that it was one of the top companies to
work for and died another died and you
decided that you wanted to come and work
for a company like that but whatever you
do when you answer this question connect
it to some research that you've done on
the organization and it will end up
being a great answer for you
as always we are at my favorite segment
in this segment is all about career
success tips for ups or underrepresented
populations so if you are a member of an
underrepresented population I do want
you to know that it is completely
acceptable for you to tell the employer
that one of the reasons one of many
reasons that you've decided to apply to
this position is because it fits a need
of yours so for instance if you happen
to be a working mother and you saw an
award for this organization because they
are a top company to work for if you are
a working mother now make sure that that
is only one of the reasons that you've
decided to work there make sure that
that is probably the third reason where
your number one reason could be the
mission of the organization number two
that it has a very strong sustainable
future ahead of it because it already
had long term gains and blah blah blah
blah blah and also you happen to notice
an award that was won in the company
which is recognized for for working
mothers it's recognized for its
diversity efforts is recognized for you
know its commitment to military better
is recognized for anything that that
positively affects your your
underrepresented population okay so if
you are watching this video you are
probably interviewing and just as you
are listening to how to answer this
common interview question I have a free
copy a free downloadable PDF guide of 25
common interview questions and top notch
answers so if you want to know more be
sure to go to the detail section check
out those questions and answers and as
always I hope that you appreciate it
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more videos coming your way soon I hope
to see you with the next video I'm
Jennifer tardy your career success coach
and I'll see you soon take care
you
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