Human Resource (HR) Interview Question:

Why should we appoint you?

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Answer in terms of the qualifications, skills and interests that you have which are relevant to the position, i.e. summaries your suitability. Where a job description is available before the interview, make sure you have studied it thoroughly as part of your preparation for the interview. Your reply should be based on the required skills outlined in the job description. Do not compare yourself with other applicants even if you know some of them. If you are invited by the interviewers to compare yourself with other applicants, politely state that you are not in a position to judge others, and leave that side of the interviewing to them!

Tell us about yourself

If this is asked at the beginning of the interview give a quick run down of your qualifications and experience to date, and then ask whether the interviewer(s) would like you to expand. If the question is asked towards the end of the interview and you have already talked a lot about yourself, then this is the opportunity for you to elaborate on any positive points and put across any messages you have not had the chance to give so far.
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