If there's one potential interview question that stands out above all other
potential interview questions in medical interviews, it is this one.
"Why Do You Want the Job?"
So in this video, I'm going to break down that question for you.
Hi there, I'm Dr.
Anthony Llewellyn a real doctor who's made a career out of the medical HR process.
I'm here to help doctors like yourself with your medical career.
By the way, if you are looking for more
help with your doctor job interview skills, then I highly recommend my course
entitled Funnily enough. The Doctor Job Interview Course,
where I cover how you can tackle questions like Why do you want the job?
As well as go over in a lot of detail
about what the panel is looking for and how you can implement a successful
and effective interview strategy for your next job.
So why do you want the job?
Why is this such an important question
for you to practice and how should you approach this question?
Well, let's start off with the why before we get into the how.
Now, there are lots of reasons why this is
a critical question for the interview, but the three key ones are as follows.
Firstly, it's one of the most likely questions to be asked of you
in the interview, usually as a first or opening question.
And if you're not asked literally, why do you want the job?
As an opening question, you're very likely to get something
similar like Why should we give you the job?
And because it's most typically the first question, you get more points for giving
a good answer to this question than for others.
Or to put it in another way, it's the question you really want to nail
as it ensures that you make a good first impression.
The second reason why this question is important is that it is part of the key
question that the panel is trying to answer about you, i.e.
Regardless of all the selection criteria, central, desirable, et cetera.
What the panel deep down wants to know is
what value do you bring to the role that they are offering?
So by knowing why you want the job,
you'll be able to not only articulate what the strengths are that you can RACS
the job, but also what challenges or problems you can solve in the position.
And finally, what the job offers to you in return.
Now, thirdly and finally, perhaps the biggest reason why you need
to be able to answer this question for yourself is that even if the question
is not asked in the interview, you need to know for yourself why you want the job.
Going for a job without thinking
and knowing why you want the job isn't best lazy and at worst, extremely foolish.
If you don't know why you want the job,
you are not going to have the confidence that you need going into the interview.
You're not going to have the focus,
and you're not going to have the right mindset.
In short, you're very likely to fudge your interview and not get the job.
Think about it this way.
Would you give a job to someone who didn't know why they wanted that job?
Okay, then let's turn to how you should approach answering this question then.
Now I am going to discuss a fairly well known framework for answering this
question, which is the Cant framework, C-A-M-P.
But before I do do that, to answer the question of why you want
to do the job, you're going to need to do some research and preparation.
You should, at the very minimum,
review the job description and the organization's website.
But I would encourage you to go further and talk to people like the current job
incumbents and the key supervisor or manager to get a real feel
for the challenges for the job and what they're looking for.
What skills and capabilities are required for this medical job?
Are there any key challenges that you need to be able to address or procedures?
Maybe you need to be able to perform in the role.
How does your current skill set stack up against these requirements? Does the job
allow you to demonstrate your capabilities in a more independent way,
along with allowing you the opportunity for personal growth or development? Can
you articulate this? Well, because you will be expected to do so
in the interview. What appeals most to you about the job?
What is it that you like about
the physician or the team or the hospital or service?
Now that you've researched and thought
about these things, you're ready to put this into a model framework using CAMP
So CAMP stands for clinical,
academic,
managerial, or sometimes I put my other skills down.
And finally, personal reasons for clinical,
we want to identify the two or three maybe best points about you that represent your
clinical capabilities as a doctor aligned to the job role.
So this could be years of relevant experience, qualifications.
You have procedural capabilities or levels of current entrustment that reflect
the level of trust that you'll need to take on in the new medical job.
The academic.
Again, we want to identify the two or three best points about you that represent
your academic capabilities to do this role.
So this could be things like past academic
success, current progress, particularly for the training role,
teaching skills, or research skills for managerial or my other skills.
Again, we want to identify a couple of points about you that represent your
ability to perform the other components of the role.
So this could be about leadership experiences, skills in quality improvement
and clinical governance, or other unique skills that you can bring to the job.
So the C. A.
And the M are going to form your pitch for the job.
Finally, for personal,
we want to identify a point of like and resonance with the role.
What is your story to sum up your pitch.
What heartwarming story are you going to tell that will indicate to the panel
that you would indeed be grateful for the opportunity.
Now this doesn't need to be anything complex or elaborate.
It might be for example that you've worked in this particular hospital before and you
really enjoyed your time and the team culture.
If so, say that that's the how in the how to answer that.
Why do you want the job question?
Obviously you will need to practice your
answer to get it sounding smooth and authentic.
You'll also need to practice giving the same or similar answers to similar
questions such as the alternative why should we give you the job question?
If you're wanting more help or inspiration
then check out my other videos on the channel.
I have several about the interview process or even better head on over
to my advancemed.com au site and enroll yourself in the interview skills course
today and I will see you in the next video.
Bye for now.
Bye
you.