It is supremely stupid and a waste of everyone’s time to ask a question that everyone knows the vast majority of people are going to parrot some variation of the same lie too.
You’re operating under some weird assumption that people get multiple job offers within a timeframe that can be considered competitive.
You are assuming the majority of people lie in interviews. That is a strategy, and one my parents actually recommended, but I dont think its the most effective.
But they aren’t “parroting the same lie”. Asking why are you interested in this job is the most basic way to learn more about the candidate. “I just want any job and applied to all postings I saw” is never going to be true for anyone, because no you didn’t, the same person doesn’t apply to be a civil engineer for roadside construction, restaurant chef, and computer animator.
You have filtered the job postings in some way, presumably by your skill set, and so you have some criteria or reason you applied to this company and not another. And that reason is not a lie for most people. They applied to be a restaurant chef because they know how to cook and that’s what they say, referring to their past experience.
No, why do you think so? This has nothing to do with having multiple offers.
There are two issues with your entire argument.
It is supremely stupid and a waste of everyone’s time to ask a question that everyone knows the vast majority of people are going to parrot some variation of the same lie too.
You’re operating under some weird assumption that people get multiple job offers within a timeframe that can be considered competitive.
You are assuming the majority of people lie in interviews. That is a strategy, and one my parents actually recommended, but I dont think its the most effective.
You have filtered the job postings in some way, presumably by your skill set, and so you have some criteria or reason you applied to this company and not another. And that reason is not a lie for most people. They applied to be a restaurant chef because they know how to cook and that’s what they say, referring to their past experience.