I think you and @[email protected] should state where you’re from. I feel like this is an American phenomenon people in eg Europe never encounter.
I’ve never been asked this question either in Germany. The closest equivalent was being asked what I know about the company. And what I wanted to know beyond that. Maybe why I’m switching jobs.
But never why I’m applying. If I were ever asked that question I would end the interview there because it would be a red flag to not work there. It shows a severe lack of understanding of the whole process. And if they started wasting my time with such a useless and mundane question chances would be great that other parts of the job would be equally nonsensical.
It shows a severe lack of understanding of the whole process
I feel like this is an American phenomenon
Murica in a nutshell. I remember seething for years about insurance as a requirement given its unwillingness to pay out, and USians (on other sites) would bluntly tell me that’s how things were, almost hinting at a great system they had like some brainwashed head-down bullshit. Then Luigi happened and everybody changed tune overnight.
I think you and @[email protected] should state where you’re from. I feel like this is an American phenomenon people in eg Europe never encounter.
I’ve never been asked this question either in Germany. The closest equivalent was being asked what I know about the company. And what I wanted to know beyond that. Maybe why I’m switching jobs.
But never why I’m applying. If I were ever asked that question I would end the interview there because it would be a red flag to not work there. It shows a severe lack of understanding of the whole process. And if they started wasting my time with such a useless and mundane question chances would be great that other parts of the job would be equally nonsensical.
Murica in a nutshell. I remember seething for years about insurance as a requirement given its unwillingness to pay out, and USians (on other sites) would bluntly tell me that’s how things were, almost hinting at a great system they had like some brainwashed head-down bullshit. Then Luigi happened and everybody changed tune overnight.