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  • How to answer; Why Should We Hire You?

  • Well, to start with; that's the entire purpose of the interview, isn't it?

  • It is for you to give answers to why they should hire you.

  • If you do a great job in the interview, and implant your messages of why YOU are the best

  • candidate, then there will not be a question ofwhy should we hire youat the end

  • of the interview.

  • A hiring manager will not waste his time asking that question if you already made him feel

  • that you are the right candidate.

  • I am Deniz Sasal.

  • I am a manager with PwC Consulting, the creator of Landing Interviews Guaranteed and The Career

  • Mastery.

  • I try to help unemployed and underemployed find amazing jobs through my free video training

  • series.

  • Alright let's continue.

  • Let's say the hiring manager isn't sure yet and he still asked.

  • What do we do?

  • Well, that's what I am going to share with you today.

  • Watch until the end of this video to learn the best way to answer this question.

  • Soon you will learn the best way to answer this question.

  • But I just need you to be patient.

  • Let's first analyze the situation.

  • First things first.

  • What are your main objectives?

  • What do you need to accomplish with your answers?

  • Well, you need to convince them that; - You will fit in well with the organization

  • culture - You possess all the skillsets and experience

  • required - Hiring you will make them look smart

  • - You can deliver great results Great!

  • So far so good Now, in order to give these impressions, you

  • need to understand the requirements of the role.

  • So, think of about - What skills are required in the job description?

  • - What experience are they looking for?

  • These are different things.

  • Now, I think we got the fundamentals out of the way.

  • It's about time we take it one level further.

  • I believe you probably fit one of the 2 categories; You are either an experienced hire with many

  • years of experience or a fresh graduate with limited experience.

  • Let's start with the first one, shall we?

  • If you have years of experience, then you need to know that you the time has long gone

  • for you totake more than you give”.

  • You are not a fresh graduate, you have years of experience, so we expect hardcore results

  • from you.

  • Right?

  • You may even be joining the firm to solve a particular problem.

  • Maybe increase the revenue if it's a sales role, or whatever.

  • It's No big deal.

  • You just have to prove in the interview that you can generate results.

  • To do that, I suggest you use presentation.

  • When they ask you why should we hire you, then you should just take out your printed

  • out presentation and demonstrate your abilities and past experiences.

  • You can use these slides on the screen.

  • I will be sure to put a download link in the description below as well.

  • Anyway, let's continue, while crafting your slides, think about the examples from your

  • own career.

  • Example is the absolute proof that you could do it before, right?

  • That means you can do it again.

  • Each example should illustrate; - what was the problem

  • - what did you do - and what was the result.

  • If you can, then also write down the methodology you applied while solving the problem.

  • This is especially true if you are applying for a consulting role.

  • We are really interested in application of methodologies.

  • That's it for the experienced hire.

  • Now, let's talk about candidates with limited experience.

  • If that's the case, then your job will be a bit different.

  • And you will use different slides to impress them.

  • Using the impact slides I showed earlier will not help you as much as it will hurt your

  • chances.

  • They may consider you are simply BS'ing them.

  • Because you really haven't yet accumulated enough relevant experience.

  • However, this is important, you have indeed developed certain skillsets that you can definitely

  • leverage in the interview.

  • I suggest you develop a 1-slider, something similar to this one.

  • Because to develop skills, you don't necessarily need to have decades of experience.

  • Again, I will put a download link in the description.

  • Alright, so we covered the basics.

  • Now, let's take it even further.

  • More advanced stuff.

  • Shall we?

  • If you are saying thatDeniz, I need to go even extra mile.

  • I need to just freaking rock that interview.

  • What can I do?”

  • Well, I have an answer for that too.

  • First, if you like the video so far, please do me a favor, give me a thumbsup and subscribe

  • to my channel.

  • Cool?

  • Ok, let's continue.

  • I have 1 more great tip for you that I don't know if anyone else knows about or talks about

  • at least.

  • What it is, the unwritten requirements.

  • This is important.

  • Unwritten requirements are those that are too long to list down in a job post.

  • But they exist.

  • They exist in the mind of the hiring manager.

  • He knows them inside out.

  • After all, imagine all the things you will be doing in that job, all the tools and software

  • you will be using.

  • Would it be even remotely possible to list in a job post?

  • Impossible.

  • Let's look at the examples; For example,

  • - You may talk about your ability to use SalesForce.

  • This would be really suitable for a role that you know the company uses SalesForce.

  • This is something again that will work great with Hiring Manager.

  • HR wouldn't even know that the company uses SalesForce.

  • But Hiring manager will like the fact that you are great at SalesForceagain assuming

  • that they are using SalesForce - Another one, for example, your expertise

  • in using IFRS or local GAAP for an accounting role.

  • - Another one, MS projects or Primavera for project management roles.

  • - Or, Your knowledge in project management framework from PMI or a project management

  • methodology like Prince 2.

  • Once more, mentioning these unwritten requirements will really really work wonders with your

  • hiring manager interview.

  • But be strategic about this.

  • If they ask, why should we hire you?

  • Don't go about it and say you should hire me because I know how to use salesforce

  • Just make sure you mention them in your pitch.

  • Remember it's all about collecting points, and increasing the likelihood of them liking

  • you for that role.

  • You gain a few points from here a few points from there and that's how you get the job.

  • Before I conclude this video, I have to more things.

  • First, if you benefited from this video, could you please give me a thumbs up.

  • Also, this is a very new channel and I will only put more videos if people subscribe.

  • So, it will be a good indicator for me to see if more people want to see these insider

  • tips.

  • So, please subscribe if you wanna see more videos.

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  • This is where I teach how to prepare, pass, and land interviews with multinational companies.

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  • See

  • you

  • next time.

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