Recruiter: Why you choose this company to work with?

Me: I didn't choose it, I have other interviews.

Recruiter: So why we should hire you?

Me: So I can pay my bills.

Exactly more money, Bitch

Im always surprised at why these questions come up, why do you want to work with us? (A real estate company) well, I dunno, cause I like money and I like programming, I mean, no offence but I dont give a fuck about real estate, just how to build an API...just give me enough money to forget this is boring real estate and we're good!

I didn't ever heard or experienced any job interview without this shitty question of "Why should we hire you".
And i did interviews in 4 languages at 5 countries all ask it all languages.

I have an answer for this question that totally incapacitates any interviewer.

- Why would you like a to work for us?
- I don't know you haven't told me yet.

In the current market (at least in my area) it's more like: Why would I want to work for you, where did you get this number, please stop stalking me, no I do not want to have a lunch date with you (#firstworldproblems).

There's just so many startups and recruiters hunting for developers, and good devs are a scarce resource.

If you are a skilled developer without work, you are probably an extremely unpleasant person, or you should move out of that shitty rural town you live in.

@bittersweet where are you from?

@lazyDev I'm Dutch, but the whole area between Berlin, Luxembourg City and London is quite good for developers. Munich, Frankfurt, Brussels, Stuttgart, Antwerp, Eindhoven and of course Amsterdam... the demand is in favor of devs pretty much everywhere.

I think in the US & UK the biggest challenge is to balance income and cost of living, with the Bay Area being notorious for being ridiculously expensive.

@bittersweet good for you guys, in my area it is the opposite, we have good developers but few companies, so it is sort of painful

Actually i did something like this in a job interview. The asked me what I specifically like about their company and i said: "i dont know yet, i think this is an interview, so you get to know me better to see if I fit in your profile and I get to know you better so I can decide better which company is the best suiting for me."

@bittersweet how hard is to learn Dutch?😁

@lo98be Hard. But we love to speak English, so if you live in the EU or can get a work permit, don't hesitate to join us 😁

Hold on until I finish University and goodbye Italy
I was thinking of Germany but Netherlands sounds also good 😁

@lo98be It's an excellent idea to get job experience in either country. Frankfurt and Berlin are awesome cities to work in as well.

There's a lot wrong with the EU as a political institute, but it's hard to deny the benefits of a shared internal market. I believe that the more we exchange culture and knowledge, the stronger each country will be individually as well.

@bittersweet you didn't understand, I don't want to work in Italy 😅 it's good for holidays but for the rest... Not so much
I totally agree with you on the EU thing
Unfortunately too many people don't think like that