Job interview answers for why you want the position  Target
Senior Merchandiser, Lauren Glasenapp, left, welcomes
prospective  Target Senior Merchandiser, Lauren Glasenapp, left,
welcomes prospective candidate Daniel Martinez, 20, as hundreds
of prospective candidates interview for job openings at a Target
job fair in Los Angeles. (Jan. 10, 2013) Photo Credit: AP
advertisement | advertise on newsday  DEAR JOYCE: You recently
gave some very good answers to what job seekers being
interviewed can say when asked why they have been out of work
for so long. Can you give sample answers for when an interviewer
asks why a person wants the job? -- J.G.L.  advertisement |
advertise on newsday  A reader interviewing for an office
cleaner's job recently asked me how to answer a similar
question: "Why do you need the job?"  Other than a suspicion
that the interviewer is trying to find out how desperate you are
and how cheaply you can be hired, this question suggests an
inept interviewer. Here's what I told the reader to s