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Anyone actually say during an interview that the reason they want the job was because they need money? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 46 points 1 year ago* (17 children)

They're not asking "why do you want a job" they're asking "why do you want this job".

As in, out of all the jobs that will pay you money, why do you want this one in particular?

There are other points during an interview process to lay out your pay expectations.

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  • [–] [S] 40 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    "Well I want this particular job because you called me back for an interview and the others didn't"

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I mean, sure, if you don't want to try any other answer to help convince them to hire you out of all the other applicants.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    "I can eat a standard pack of instant noodles in less than 30 seconds"

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Hired!

    Cooked or uncooked? Either way, you seem like a good fit for the team.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Baked dry and then snorted through my tear ducts.

    Thanks boss, I look forward to designing 2 stage rockets with the rest of my equally qualified coworkers!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've been very pleased with your performance since joining the family 30 seconds ago. How would you feel about joining our management training program? Double the work for 10% more pay. I'm so proud. Can I call you son?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I failed out of school in kindergarten but I know double and 10% mean numbers going up so I'll say yes. And since you're so nice about it I'll even do half the work for 10% more because I've seen those numbers on cartons of cream and I know the cream rises to the crop or something, which is good.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    "Why did you apply here and not every other company in the world?"

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    It's about how you say it though.

    If you can manage to not be weird about it, you can turn the concept into corpospeak ans do just fine.

    Paraphrasing, because it's partially going to depend on the interviewer. "Your company has the market position to offer a pay scale that matches my quality as an employee" can end up nailing an interview.

    Saying "I don't care where I work as long as I get paid", less so.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    As in, out of all the jobs that will pay you money, why do you want this one in particular?

    "Because you're the only company out of 300 that emailed me back"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    "I'm looking for a role where I can make good use of the skills I bring to the table" (because implicitly, the 299 places that didn't email back don't have a role where you can fit in and be useful (even if that's only true in the sense that they didn't hire you so therefore you can't contribute there))

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