Yeah when I was 15. 😂 The manager suddenly got huffy. The interview was at Target, so no big loss.
I say it sometimes as a bit of a joke. It depends on when it comes up. It’s moreso with third party recruiters through forms that refer your resume to other places because they ask things like “what are your top 3 wants.” So I’ll typically say salary is number one because I wouldn’t work for free.
If the question is ever “why are you looking?” No. I wouldn’t say I “needed money”, even if I was taking a sort of unpaid sabbatical and ran out of savings. The reality is everyone knows you need money. Another reality is looking “desperate” is a negative at times. Frame yourself as someone confident and ambitious. “I’m looking for the next step in my career journey.” “I’m looking for an increase in responsibility and an increase in compensation to match.” Things like that.
No, because I need that job to get money but saying so would most likely prevent me from getting that job and, by extension, money.
I see you’ve played knifey-spooney before
Aww, 20 dollars. I wanted a peanut!
Wait! 20 dollars can buy you lots of peanuts
Explain how?
No
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The Redditification of Lemmy lol
If we were allowed to be honest that’s what everyone would say. But honesty doesn’t pay. Lying does. Spinning a yarn of bullshit about opportunity and gratitude yields a better result sadly.
Kinda, but it was for a temp job doing physical labor.
Always, every time.
“Why do you want to work here?”“Because you have an opening, and the pay looks commensurate for the responsibilities. So far, the role looks like a good mutual fit. But I’m going to need more details to ensure we’re good for each other.”
I have the ability to do the job you require and am willing to do it in the listed times for the price stated. Let’s get this going.
I bloody hate having to be all “yeah im really passionate about mopping floors at 6am? There’s nothing I love more than getting yelled at by customers.”
It frustrates me because having to suck them off like that is the only technique that works because why don’t interviewers see straight through it? Their entire purpose at that point is to hire the best guy for the job, and consistently they just fall for bullshit.
Tell them “I need this job because working 40 hours a week at the sperm bank is very exhausting”
They’re not asking “why do you want a job” they’re asking “why do you want this job”.
As in, out of all the jobs that will pay you money, why do you want this one in particular?
There are other points during an interview process to lay out your pay expectations.
It’s about how you say it though.
If you can manage to not be weird about it, you can turn the concept into corpospeak ans do just fine.
Paraphrasing, because it’s partially going to depend on the interviewer. “Your company has the market position to offer a pay scale that matches my quality as an employee” can end up nailing an interview.
Saying “I don’t care where I work as long as I get paid”, less so.
I would never want to work at a place where I have to talk like this unironically. It’s ridiculous.
If you are competent, you show it directly. No need to hide behind bullshit buzzwords.
Well, at least that’s my reverse filter for companies.
My current team leader interviewed me in a band shirt and we deep dived into realistic brainstorming for how I would approach real problems and we instantly vibed.
I immediately knew that’s a good place.
“Well I want this particular job because you called me back for an interview and the others didn’t”
“Why did you apply here and not every other company in the world?”
“Sorry, you must not have heard me; you called me back for an interview and the others didn’t.”
“Because I am capable of doing the work and can commute to the work location in a manageable amount of time.”
I mean, sure, if you don’t want to try any other answer to help convince them to hire you out of all the other applicants.
“I can eat a standard pack of instant noodles in less than 30 seconds”
Hired!
Cooked or uncooked? Either way, you seem like a good fit for the team.
Baked dry and then snorted through my tear ducts.
Thanks boss, I look forward to designing 2 stage rockets with the rest of my equally qualified coworkers!
I’ve been very pleased with your performance since joining the family 30 seconds ago. How would you feel about joining our management training program? Double the work for 10% more pay. I’m so proud. Can I call you son?
I failed out of school in kindergarten but I know double and 10% mean numbers going up so I’ll say yes. And since you’re so nice about it I’ll even do half the work for 10% more because I’ve seen those numbers on cartons of cream and I know the cream rises to the crop or something, which is good.
“I want this job because employmesayswhat”
As in, out of all the jobs that will pay you money, why do you want this one in particular?
“Because you’re the only company out of 300 that emailed me back”
“I’m looking for a role where I can make good use of the skills I bring to the table” (because implicitly, the 299 places that didn’t email back don’t have a role where you can fit in and be useful (even if that’s only true in the sense that they didn’t hire you so therefore you can’t contribute there))
Yes, when discussing pay. I said flat out “I need to be making X/week, is that realistic here?” Got that job, working it now. I don’t have time to mess around.
This is a sales job, though.
Yes, but the wording sounds more like “I’m eager to put my time to productive use”.
Yeah. I’m brutal in the interview. I’ll let them know they are a finalist, but that I can ultimately only choose one employer for the daytime role.
But I want to weed out the egotists and ‘family’ shops so everyone understands. I’ll connect stand-by, OT and hybrid work rules to a higher wage given more demand and bad architecture, and ask them to justify de-prioritizing reliability and proper architecture with band-aids. And we’ll talk about the cost of living around the mandated office location and how 4x a 2/2 rent compares to their entry wage.
Sometimes, though, I’ll wordsmith it a bit to get the answers and then only review their answers later in the competition before confirming that their position as a candidate for my next employer has ended.
They humour our statements that we want to work for their company for altruistic reason but suggest that they give us some cash anyway.
We humour their protestations that the job spec in any way resembles the actually work we are expected to traverse.
It’s an ongoing dialogue of falsehood in the understanding that no-one will break the spell.
I’m essence, yeah. I had nothing but nice things to say about the current company I was working for. Liked my job, like the company, boss, etc. Whenthe interviewers asked why I was leaving I told them that it was a small, family owned business (not my family). I loved working there but I’m only making about half the market value for my degree. The current boss told me from the start that he wouldn’t be able to pay what I’m worth, but asked that I learn what I could there, then let them know when I’m going to move on. I relayed all that to my interviewers and they loved it. Later they cited that answer as one of the reasons they hired me.
Hi essence, it’s nice to meet you
Hahaha cursed autocorrect
I almost always say this. I usually turn down the job and state that the pay being offered is a little too low … they sometimes raise it.
Let’s reverse roles for a second. You’re the employer. What reasons would there be, for you to advertise an opening? Could your primary motivation possibly be paying people money? (Rhetorical question) Considering you already have a team, what kind of person do you want to fill the position? What profile should they have? And how would their motivation reflect on their expected performance?
P.S. I’m not saying, not to talk about money, but there’s a time for talking about that vs. finding out, whether you’re a fit. And answering a question about your main motivation on why you want to be part of their team with money, doesn’t reflect well on you or any expectations of you.
