What is the last thing you say before you leave a job interview?
The best thing you can say is “I want the job.” Assuming you actually want the job of course.
Many people are hesitant to actually ask for the job when they leave an interview but it’s the best thing you can do since that’s really why you and the interviewer are there to begin with. It’s to sort out whether or not you’re the person they’re going to hire for the job in question.
People will assume that the interviewer knows you want the job – why would you attend an interview otherwise – but sometimes you need to look a person in the eyes and tell them what you’re thinking to let them know for sure. Letting them know that you want the job leaves no possibility as to why you’re in the interview and why you should you be picked over your less motivated competitors.
If you are attending an interview and understand that it’s simply the first interview with more to follow, it’s still a good tactic to end the interview by letting the interviewer know you want the job because at this point, they are already figuring out in their head who to weed out from the interview process and pare the list down to a shorter one for the next round of interviews.
If they’re looking to weed the list of people who don’t seem as motivated and who give mixed signals as to their interest in the job, how can you go wrong by telling them in no uncertain terms that this job is one that you’re interested in?
