Why You Want This Job?

Target:

There are several questions that an interviewer asks the interviewee during the course of the interview. While some questions are asked to assess the experience, ability and the personal attributes of the candidate, other questions are asked to know more about the natural instincts of the interviewee and to get more information about his/her job search and job target.

Why Did You Apply For This Position?

If you are wondering how you should reply to this query, here is how you should answer the question:
The employer actually tries to ascertain if you are ambitious, energetic and enthusiastic toward the position they offer. He wants to find out and learn how serious you are about the position they offer – how committed you are to it.

The question can be asked in many ways:
☛ Why are you applying for this role?
☛ What motivated you to apply for this position?
☛ Why are you interested in this job?
☛ Why do you want to apply for this job?
☛ Why Do You Want This Job?
In general, the best way to answer the question is by talking about the positive aspects that the job you are applying for will have on your career and your future prospects.

Tips:

You can speak about the compelling aspects that getting the job would have to your professional life:
☛ You believe that your skills, qualifications and experience are tailored to the position you applied for and therefore you think you can utilize your abilities to the maximum.
☛ You consider this job opportunity (i.e. the offered position) to be perfect for enhancing your career as you will learn a lot about your line of work and profession.
☛ Another point you can stress is that you would always have liked to work in their (successful, resourceful, initiative etc) company and the enormous amount of knowledge and information that you would get and develop while working with them.
☛ Remember that, one of the best ways to prepare your answer for any question of the job interview is to make a mock up question/answer session.

First, ask yourself the same question – ‘what motivated you to apply for this position?’. Once you think about the answer for yourself, you can easily reply to the question asked by the interviewer.
Then, you can either take your friend’s help or you can even say the answers aloud to the mirror. This helps you in gaining confidence before the interview and also gives you a better idea of how your answers would hear.