She is the CEO of Edelweiss, and she isn't alone.

Many people believe this is a good question to ask. Because it's openended and can be answered by anyone (no barrier to entry).

Here is how you can answer the question: Highlight a story from your recent past, that explains why you are good for the applied job.

If you talk about irrelevant things, the interviewer will have a great conversation for 45 minutes, but they will not move forward. Because they won't know if you are right for the role or not.

From the interviewer's perspective.

Unstructured questions have very biased evaluations. Someone who plays chess impresses me, someone who plays the guitar impresses you. We will not be able to come to a consensus on who is right for the role.

You have limited time. You have a small set of questions to ask. The direction you set in the interview will matter for the next 2 years.

Ask yourself: Will the answer to this question help me understand whether this candidate is to be accepted or rejected?

A heuristic is okay. A substitute is okay. But random, unstructured interview questions are like shooting darts blindfolded.

https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/file...
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/ite...
https://hbr.org/2016/04/howtotaket...

So if you are the interviewee, answer the question with a smile while continuing to look for other roles. If you are the interviewer, replace this question with a more specific jobrelevant one.

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00:16 How to answer
01:14 Is this a good question?

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