How to Answer, “Why do you wish to work here?” With Answer Examples!

Thank goodness you're watching this video because your answer to why do you want this job? Or why do you want to work here? Is so crucial. And you are going to get the best answer formula in this video because from working in human resources and hearing feedback on thousands of candidates, interviewers are looking for candidates who seem like they are for sure going to accept the job offer if it's extended, or at least are very likely to because they want people who show clear passion and interest in the role. But a lot of job seekers do this the wrong way. Fortunately, they're overly enthusiastic in a way that appears naive or rushing to intimacy, or they seem overly scripted and a bit insincere by talking about how they resonate with the company's mission. So in this video I'm going to give you the powerful answer formula and and an example answer and stay to the end because I will teach you a trick to insert your answer to this question even if they don't ask it directly. Because you want the company to see how interested you are in this opportunity and clearly choose you above other candidates, right? Also, hello. So good to meet you. If we haven't met yet, I'm Madeline Mann. I'm a human resources leader and job search strategist who turns job seekers into job shoppers. You may recognize me as a top job search instructor on Spotify and LinkedIn Learning, or you may have seen me on New York Times, Bloomberg, ABC, and more. Hey, be sure you're subscribed. So you're elevating your career. So I am in the room when candidates are chosen for roles by hiring managers and when all things are equal, the company always chooses the person who wants the job more. Companies want people who want them. And so I would say playing hard to get is a tricky game. I do not recommend you play it unless the interviewer challenges you to a game of tag. Your response to this question will really solidify in the minds of the interviewer how interested you are when answering why do you want this job? Why do you want to work here? You should touch on three potential areas. The the first is the role. This is the most important thing to talk about because they aren't looking for someone who simply loves the company is trying to get their foot in the door. No, they want someone who is all in on this specific role. The duties, the projects, the goals. They want you to be a master of it and see yourself in this role for years to come. So say specifically why this role is the best next career move for you. Geek out about what you like about this duties, how you're eager to jump in on the projects that you'd work on, and how you feel like you could make a great impact. Next, you can talk about the team. Talk about the people you've met in the interview process. If this question comes up a few interviews in and say their darn names, okay, it's going to sound like you're already a member of the team. Say specifics of what stood out to you in the conversations with them, how you could learn so much from them and vice versa, how you could see you all working well together and how working with great people makes all the difference. You know you're lobbing on that sweet praise of true things that you noticed about the team. Finally, you can talk about the company, discuss what you like about the product, what you're looking forward to accomplishing, why you're excited about the future of this industry, and how you feel that the company is aligned with your values. Now warning. I would say stay away from an answer that includes things like the location, commute, salary, benefits, because a lot of that is quite similar across roles and companies. Such as a huge mistake I see people making is they answer this question with one of the reasons being I'm really interested in this role because it is remote. Okay? Millions of jobs are remote. It's like asking someone why are they interested in dating you? And they say it's because you have brown hair. Not really a reason with any sort of depth that you would feel good about. Alrighty, let's walk through an example answer that is from my own life. I was interviewing at a company who reached out to me to come interview them. I had never applied. They found me. Which if you are an experienced professional, you should be having companies coming to you asking you to interview with some regularity. This is part of the job shopping strategy to get companies selling selling you on opportunities. And so if you want to attract more opportunities, dive more into those strategies. I will link a free masterclass below. Okay, so I decided to take the interview with this company and we were several interviews deep and an interviewer asked me why I wanted to work there and well, I was certainly interested to learn more about this position, but it didn't immediately jump out to me as perfect. But I always look for the best things about a company and I was able to craft an answer through that lens. This was a company that built software to manage shipping logistics. I know shipping logistics not so sexy. But what I recognized were some cool things about the business and do note that this interview happened when Amazon prime was just starting to get hugely popular. I know it's a mainstay at this point, but this was a different time. I said the reason why I'm so excited to work for for your company is I see entire industries going from brick and mortar to fully online and shipping is the centerpiece as well as Amazon prime revolutionizing what it means to have fast shipping and setting a standard for other companies and you all being at the forefront of this highly needed technology. So I'm excited to be at the bleeding edge of a facet of these industries that that is only going to get larger. And so I talked about the company and then I moved to talking about the role which this role would have been the first human resources hire on their team and their lack of HR has been noticeable.

All the leaders were disgruntled. One even said straight up that the culture wasn't very good. Yowza. So I dug to find some positives there. I said I'm interested in this role because I see a lot of low hanging fruit here where I could come in and make a big difference quickly. My specialty is building processes from the ground up, so I would be playing to my strengths and make all of the leadership's team's jobs so much easier. Notice I was complimenting the company in a way in the first part and then focusing on the value I could add to the company in the second. So you don't have to be in love with a company to see the great things about an opportunity. Now here is a really powerful strategy that you can use to ace an interview. Sometimes an interviewer doesn't directly ask you why do you want this job? Which that's not good. You want them to feel, feel and hear your interest because that will make it more likely that you will move to the next round or better yet, get the offer. So the way you can nearly guarantee that they understand why you want this role is through your answer to the most common interview question, tell me about yourself. So what you want to do is integrate your answer of why do you want to work here into into your tell me about yourself answer. Now I have a full worksheet of exactly how to do it that has led to literally thousands of success stories. We get emails about it all the time, so follow that free formula. It'll show you how to merge these two questions and have the best possible answer. So I will link that for free below. If you got some value out of this free video, please throw me a bone by hitting a like on this video. And don't forget to subscribe to this channel if you haven't yet. You've got this wifi high five.