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  • As you get more and more specialized, this starts to change. If my expertise is selling matts for large cranes, then there are like 3 companies that do that. The companies themselves are no special, but your expertise in that area does have a special alignment with what that company wants to do.

    Non-specialized positions, again, make this question worthless.


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    1 year ago

    I think good answers, in this case, are more than “I’m passionate about x”. A specific scenario where you were really interested in a specific scientific question related to the job at hand would be much better. Again, useful if you’re going to be an engineer at Tesla, not useful for a cashier at Taco Bell.


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    As I say every time I see this joke, it’s a stupid question when McDonald’s asks it, but a good when when more advanced or complex jobs ask it. A person who is passionate about science is a better candidate for a job at an engineering firm than someone who isn’t. Plus, the question, done right, is asking “why this specific company” rather than why do you want any job. “Why FLIR instead of Tesla?” is a very different question than “why McDonald’s instead of Burger King”.