How to Answer "What Motivates You" in an Interview - 3 Best Strategies | Indeed Career Tips

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Employers often ask "What motivates you" in order to gauge whether you will be propelled by the demands of the role and to determine whether you are self-aware of your work habits. Jenn, a certified career coach at Indeed, shares three considerations for crafting a genuine answer that best aligns with the role: What did a great day at work look like in previous roles?; What made you choose your profession or field?; and What prompted you to apply for the role when you read the job description?
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Why do employers ask "What motivates you?" in an interview?
2:13 How to answer "What motivates you?" based on what your previous work experiences + example answer
4:30 How to answer "What motivates you?" based on your longstanding professional interests + example answer
6:05 How to answer "What motivates you?" based on your interest in this new role + example answer
7:37 What to avoid when answering "What motivates you?"
8:33 Recap of strategies for answering "What motivates you?" in an interview
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Basically if you're not a self-motivator, you not able to get a decent job? Even if you can and will do the job but at the minimum you need your work not to be only reprimanding with any and all temps to do the job. Especially when trying to be creative with task.

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[@dabe00]

@8:12 overall the actual advice is to be phony and just tell them what then want to hear. I appreciate the effort she put in and the way she explains everything clearly, but the underlying message is "we are all pretending". I'm not sure why companies prefer people who would lie to them, I guess it's better to be obedient than it is to be qualified in their eyes. Nobody gets motivated by "overachieving his quarterly goals", people get motivated by their salary, prospects to grow and get a better position, work/life balance, good environment - meaning a supportive team and a manager who shows empathy, trustworthiness and good moral values. These answers are going to get you straight to the 'rejected' bin, so let's stop pretending such questions help employers identify the best fit candidate, they identify the most prepared to lie candidate and that's that.

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