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Old 9th May 2012, 10:56
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Bealzebub
 
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You have put the emphasis on the sixth word, when you should be putting it on the third. They want to know why you want to work for that company. If you are simply looking for any job, it is not indicative that you have any real interest in that company, or that you would be committed to them.

They are interested in what your answer is. There may be any number of interesting responses all of which would be quite satisfactory and likely to help build up a picture of the individual.

I am not sure how somebody else is supposed to answer this for you. My answers would likely be different from somebody elses. The response would show something about myself and something about my research and understanding of the company I was applying to. The response may well be different from one company to the next.

You have made the mistake of locking your mental model into there being an "obvious" answer, or that it is a trick question.
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