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Joining a company isn't a marriage. If you were on a date and you were asked, "so what made you decide to go out with me?" that would be a totally reasonable qu

• aaronchall 9y ago
  Analogies always fail me. I always feel like we should jump straight to the most precise and concise description instead. I would say that a hiring process is about starting what both parties should hope to be a "long-term working relationship." Although the analogy isn't great - a marriage could also be described as a long-term working relationship. But the expectations are vastly different.
• chrisbennet 9y ago
  And if the company said: "so what made you decide to interview with us?" that would be a totally reasonable question as well. The thing is, perhaps from years of being conditioned to expect desperate applicants, some companies haven't internalized that candidates aren't desperate enough that they want to work for your company even before they've talked to you. It's when the question is phased with an implied assumption that "You would totally work for us if we let you, wouldn't you?" that it bugs me.