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Question 53 of 54

Why should we hire you?

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Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.

To successfully answer this question, it pays off to understand your audience, that is your interviewer. Go into your interview with an empathetic understanding of how difficult their job is. They have to personally get to know every candidate they interview, regardless of whether they are only going to hire one individual out of the hundreds they've screened, and the dozens they've interviewed. So, go into your interview with some understanding of what their target talent looks like. Once you have a sense of that, you'll be better equipped to answer this question. As they say at Amazon, "past behavior is an indicator of future success."

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