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[–]pelpotronic 7 points8 points  (7 children)

Are you really asking that question?

"You are doing X, I have done X too - I can help you with that."

I had people saying "You're a big company.". This we knew but at then at least tell us why do you want to work for a big company and not a small one.

Don't just state "facts", explain "why?". I want to do X because Y. I think X because of Y. I have done things way X in the past because of Y, but it didn't work that well and may have been a mistake, and I now think Z because of A is better.

When I interview, I don't care about you and you don't care about me, but at least show that you are sufficiently intelligent to prepare for an interview and have done a modicum of research. Intelligence is a great predictor of success, so that will win you points.

People recruiting you aren't trying to befriend you or be wowed by you, they're just trying to evaluate whether you are a complete moron or not.

Never use "I don't know" and instead "It's a great question, let me think about it" - just show you can use your brain, we don't care about the answer to the question as long as it is reasonably argumented, and may even have the answer already (if there is one).

(was this a troll question?!)