I absolutely joke with the interviewer by saying I like being able to pay my bills. It always gets a laugh, and then I go into fake reason I want to work there.
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.
“Well I want this particular job because you called me back for an interview and the others didn’t”
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.
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.
