Ask HN: Dear Recruiters Stop Asking why do you want to work for our company

2 pointssyed1236y ago3 comments

Nothing worthwile came out of this question. At the end of the day everyone wants to get paid.

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To me the real purpose of this question is to see if the candidate did a minimum of homework about the company and what it does.

ziddoap6y ago

I don't understand the beat-around-the-bush approach to this.

"Do you know what we do here?" "Did you find anything interesting about our history?" "Have you done any homework on the company and what it does?"

Ask straight questions, get straight answers. Ask round-about questions, expect round-about answers. In the second case, it's a lot of words without much being said.

Driky6y ago

then they might as well ask for that.

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