On: Let's Stop Asking "Why Do You Want to Work for Us?...

[garspin]

> Pulling that off is the social skills test.

Surely the most significant side effect of any F2F interview is to evaluate social skills. An answer that the interviewer fully expects to be a lie just isn't required.

Anyway... "Why do you want to employ me over other candidates ? "

[s1artibartfast → garspin]

Who said anything about lies? In my experience, the primary goal of F2F interviews is to evaluate social skills like communication.

[lomase → s1artibartfast]

The only goal is to evaluate social skills.

For people who lack social skills the best way to pass those test is to lie, wich is pretty easy.