Comic #4374: why-do-you-want-to-work-here

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Panel 1: Interviewer: So, tell me why you want to work for this company. Candidate: I dunno. Why do you want to work for this company?

Panel 2: Candidate: I don’t in particular, but I convinced the last job interviewer to hire me anyway. Candidate: How? By responding to stupid requests, like “Tell me why you want to work for this company” with apparently sincere answers.

Panel 3: Candidate: I now have a job that I maintain by hearing the stupid requests of my employers and acting as if they are original and insightful. Candidate: My job exists because this corporate bureaucracy lacks the wherewithal to quickly eliminate it. By the time they get around to it, I’ll have the requisite experience to get a similar job elsewhere.

Panel 4: Candidate: Modern work is only Kafkaesque so long as you expect it to make sense. The moment you let that go, you’ll be fine.

Panel 5: Interviewer: So, why do you want to work here? Candidate: I have a passion for whatever it is you do.