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I had an interesting call once asking me to interview for marketing job at a women's online fashion business. I said to the person "not sure IM the right perso

I had an interesting call once asking me to interview for marketing job at a women's online fashion business. I said to the person "not sure IM the right person, I'm male and have zero interest in fashion". To which she replied "That's great because I've got plenty of that fit, I want someone that looks at this more as a business than personal interest" I never interviewed as they salary was low, but I really liked that approach. I find that 'must love and be passionate about our company products' a little overdone, especially in the US. Its healthy to have people with different points of view, and staff that use alternatives and can discuss why.

jacques_chester 6y ago
Some (not all) recruiters are salespeople. They'll say any old thing, just so long as you hop on the conveyor belt.
alisonkisk 6y ago
Being "passionate about the business" is overmuch, but for the employer, it's important that candidate respects the business, in the sense that the candidate believes that what the business is doing matters (quality product that will make the world better, boss recognizes good work and rewards it, customers deserve to be fleeced, or what ever gets you out of bed), so that you want to accomplish progress at work and not just do the minimum for the paycheck.
proc0 6y ago
That's rare in my experience. It seems every startup wants you to think their area is the most exciting in the world and you are full of ideas of how to move the product forward. It's like wanting detailed specs means you are unmotivated, just because you're not interested in making decisions in that space, whether to use one color over another or think ahead about the behavior of the feature, for development it is technically irrelevant, as it's all just translating to code, but business people will have none of that attitude lol.

jacques_chester 6y ago

Some (not all) recruiters are salespeople. They'll say any old thing, just so long as you hop on the conveyor belt.

alisonkisk 6y ago

Being "passionate about the business" is overmuch, but for the employer, it's important that candidate respects the business, in the sense that the candidate believes that what the business is doing matters (quality product that will make the world better, boss recognizes good work and rewards it, customers deserve to be fleeced, or what ever gets you out of bed), so that you want to accomplish progress at work and not just do the minimum for the paycheck.

proc0 6y ago

That's rare in my experience. It seems every startup wants you to think their area is the most exciting in the world and you are full of ideas of how to move the product forward. It's like wanting detailed specs means you are unmotivated, just because you're not interested in making decisions in that space, whether to use one color over another or think ahead about the behavior of the feature, for development it is technically irrelevant, as it's all just translating to code, but business people will have none of that attitude lol.