joe is always talking about this company
he loves the people that he works with
he thinks that the leadership team is
awesome and well i got to tell you just
from what joe has said i'm excited to uh
be sitting in this chair interviewing
with you today
well my name is bill benoist i'm a
certified professional career coach in
silicon valley and i'm here to tell you
that answering this question
why is it that you'd like to work here
the way i just did is not going to fly
you know this is a really common
interview question in fact from my
experience with clients it seems to be
asked about once every three or four
interviews
and a lot of people
they answer this the wrong way they
answer it from the perspective of
what is it that the company is going to
do for them versus what is it that they
can do for the company
so
you know as an example they may answer
well i see this as a great stepping
stone in my career or even a little bit
worse off you know i've done my research
on companies in the area and i know that
your company is one that offers some of
the best benefits or
even worse than that you know one of the
highest paid salaries in the industry is
with your company
or
oh you wouldn't believe the uh how short
of commute this would be for me this
would be a great opportunity for me no
what's in it for the company not what's
in it for you
so typically if you're in career
transition or you're looking for a new
job you've been applying for some time
you've probably talked to a couple of
recruiters maybe you've submitted your
resume to some staffing agencies out
there
hopefully you've customized your
linkedin profile so it's working for you
24x7 and by the way if that's not the
case make sure that you check out my
free training in the upper right hand
corner i'll have a link to that as i do
go over customizing your linkedin
profile and making sure that your resume
is working for you how best to answer
numerous interview questions
thing is is
it could be a position that you applied
for a couple of weeks ago you looked at
the job description it looked like a
really good match for you or maybe a
recruiter has recently reached out to
you about this position they talked
about the
about what the responsibilities are
they've maybe touched a little bit about
the company but you really don't know
that much about the company so you know
what if they ask you the question why is
it that you want to work here
those are a lot of times the typical
response is because an individual hasn't
done their due diligence on the company
and if they were to do this they might
even find that it's not really a company
that they want to work for
so
in doing your research i want you to
answer this question i want you to
prepare your answer using two elements
the first element is going back to the
job description itself and how your
skills will relate to that
responsibility this job position
and i want you to highlight a couple of
your accomplishments but we're not going
to stop there we're also going to go
through a detailed search of the
company's website we can use dnb uh dud
and bradstreet and i'll put a link to
that in the notes section below because
that's also a great way
to research the company as well as even
looking at their linkedin page
and finding out how
their company
relates to your core values because you
know again i'm all about making sure
that you find a position out there that
fuels your
passion rather than zapping it
so let me give you an example of an
answer
make believe for a moment that i'm
applying as a manager in technical
support and that hiring manager is
sitting across from me and they say so
bill why is it that you would like to
work at this company here's an answer
that i can provide
based upon doing my research in the
company as well as relating my skills
and knowledge to the position at end
so joe i know from your job description
you're looking for someone who is
customer oriented who really understands
the needs of the customer
and i think i'm a great match for this
because well number one according to the
gallup strength finder my number one
strength is connectivity i'm definitely
a people person
and i think i can validate that from my
last position where i managed a service
desk that was recognized by the help
desk institute as one of the top 50 out
of 3 000 and this was in the world not
just the united states so i definitely
have that behind me but the other thing
is and i think this is even more
important i did a lot of research of
your company and i know on your company
web page under policies you talk about
how your company is committed
to
improving their practice to combat
slavery and human trafficking and is
taking steps to ensure that this is not
taking place in your supply chain and i
just think that's so admirable because
this is also these are the kind of
organizations that i'll actually donate
money to so you know when i read that it
just really resonated with me
so you see what i've done is that i have
answered this question with two elements
number one i've really highlighted how
my skills
can relate to what the position
requirements are looking for and i want
to promote that to the hiring manager
but i also want to show that i've really
done my due diligence in researching the
company and when i say
why it is that i want to work for this
company well it's really carrying a lot
of value so this is what you need to do
you really need to go through a fine
tooth comb
use google use the web page of the
company use the linkedin page use dun
and bradstreet out there i'll put a link
to that in the notes section below
because there's a lot of free available
resources with that resource
and prepare your answer because you want
to knock this out of the park so i hope
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