What is Your Dream Job ? | How to Answer Interview Questions

Today we are looking at the famous interview question “what is your dream job.” Like every question, it is a common one in Interviews. That is what I want to discuss here. So I think the most important thing to understand from their perspective, the way the hiring manager is looking at it. So when they ask you this question, What is your dream job? They are not expecting you to say that the position you’re interviewing for is your dream job. And like I did, it’s obvious.

But I think many people get stressed out, and they’re like, okay, well, my dream job is being a fighter pilot, and this is a customer service job. So I’ve got to say customer service is my dream job. And when you do that, the hiring manager sees right through. It is because customer service isn’t many people’s dream job, to be honest. So the first thing to realize is that it’s okay to admit that your dream job is not the job you’re interviewing for.

But before, I have a trick where you don’t even have to do that. You do not even have to admit it; let’s take a look at it. You answer this question not by giving a title. So you don’t say fighter pilot or firefighter or veterinarian or billionaire investor anything like that. You focus on a general description of the job. It would be best if you talked about what would make a dream job for you. And by doing that, you can have some similarities to the job you’re interviewing for.

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And the distinguisher that’s a term I used to mean the thing that sets you apart from that most people aren’t doing in their interview answer. That is the thing that’s going to make you memorable. Are you going to tailor this answer to fit the exact job you’re interviewing for? Before you do it just enough, you don’t want to overdo it and sound fake. You don’t want to say that everything this job offer is your dream job. That’s going to sound crazy unless it is like with the customer service.

For example, you don’t want to say my dream job involves taking service calls, following up with people, and writing customer service emails. Sounds funny right? You don’t want to say that all. Because it sounds ridiculous, but say that providing outstanding service to people and make well genuinely happy. And is that is something you’re passionate about. So your dream job, but we certainly incorporate something like that. That’d be a significant part of your answer right there. If you do something like that, that’s good, so again there you showed some overlap. Without saying that you dream of being a customer service person, you indicated some qualities in common between what you dream of and what this job has. That’s what you’re trying to do. And that’s what most people are not doing.

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So here, let’s look at another example. I think my dream job would be a combination of creating products, Products that are making a difference in the world—and getting a chance to share them with as many people as possible. I was excited to interview for this job because I knew millions of people use your products daily. So you’re doing a lot of things there. At the start, you’re doing what I said; you’re focusing on a description of your dream job.

You’re not going to think you didn’t get a job title. You didn’t say you wanted to be a manager of the product developer or the director of product development or anything like that. You describe your job’s characteristics, and then you are tailoring it to them that you’re distinguishing yourself by making it fit what they offer. They know you’re excited about them. And you have been showing you did some research. Also, you saw that their products have an audience and millions of people. And you have a genuine reason for wanting to come in there.

So you’re doing a lot of great things with that answer. And you have a genuine reason for wanting to come in there. You really should be able to do something like that as long as you think about it a little before, so hopefully, this helps you.

What would you do if you had 10 million dollars?

One final thought. This one is similar to the question; sometimes, hiring managers ask you what you would do if you had 10 million dollars tomorrow. And you never had to work another day in your life. So with that question again, you don’t have to say that oh, I would keep coming to work; this is what I like to do. But I think it shows a slight overlap. Make it believable show like a 20 percent overlap.

For example, let’s say you’re interviewing for a software development position, and the hiring manager asked what I would do tomorrow if I had 10 million dollars a day. I’d say, “I would probably move somewhere tropical for a year. And try that out. And I will still be passionate about technology, so I think I would try to start my software development agency.”

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I think that it would be exciting to see what you did there. That you’re admitting your life would be different with the ten million dollars. Because it would, you’re going to go somewhere tropical. That was just my example; that’s what I would do. But then you’re showing that you’re still passionate about software development. You’re not saying, “give me that ten million dollar, and I’ll never touch a computer again because I hate this.” You’re saying I would start an agency.

And this stuff is pretty cool. And “I would love to have the freedom to kind of experiment. Spend all my free time on I’m working on this on my terms. Instead of having an employer.” that shows that you’re passionate about the underlying subject. And that is going to get you hired for a software engineering position for a company. They’re not going to be scared of that. Of course, they’re going to love that.

So again, try to make it overlap a little and use some methods I’ve discussed here. And you will have yourself a great answer to this question.

If you have any comments on this, if you need help with this or if you’ve tried it and have a specific story to share, I love hearing those leave a comment below. Thank you for reading, and do share with your friends and family. Thank You for reading What is Your Dream Job