Have you heard about Facebook’s go-to interview question? lots of companies are borrowing it, so knowing the best way to answer it needs to become a key part of your job hunt preparation.
On your very best day of work, the day you come home and think you have the best job in the world what did you do that day?? we really like this question because there’s so much more to it than meets the eye, here’s what we mean :
Most of the hiring process involves companies trying to identify your skills to determine if you can succeed in the position, they’re looking to fill, they’re trying to find out what you’re good at.
Facebook’s favorite question on the other hand, is trying to suss out what you love doing. Maybe what you’re good at and what you love doing are perfectly aligned, to be honest that’s pretty rare so here’s the trick to answering Facebook’s favorite question; just be honest! every hiring manager knows there can be a gap between a person’s passions and their skill set, it shouldn’t be huge, and usually it’s not! so don’t try to game your answer, instead open up about what you love doing, crunching numbers until a solution pops out, coaching a junior colleague through a tough assignment, mention the stuff that makes your heart sing, don’t be afraid to go there . Because even if your passion isn’t intrinsic to the open position, being honest about what you love doing won’t diminish the skills you have, in fact being enthusiastic about what you love doing can make you a better more rounded more real candidate and what’s not to like about that.
