Ask for the Job

So you’ve accomplished everything you wanted the job interview you feel like it went well.

How do you end it.

You don’t want to just look at your watch.

Oh I know you’ve got other people to interview and to get out of here.

You don’t want to wait for the person who’s been interviewing you to say well we’re out of time.

Get out of here.

You need some way of concluding that’s graceful and that’s positive and that ends with the ask what I mean by that is in a sincere way and non pushy way ask for the job.

Be sincere about this sometimes you get into a job interview and you can tell you would hate this job.

It’s not a good fit.

They wouldn’t like you you wouldn’t like them.

Which case you just thank people for their time but let’s say you’re in a job interview it goes well it seems like a great company or a great organization.

You’d like to work there.

You legitimately think you’re a good fit and you have the skills don’t just think the person and say thanks for your time instead sum up say you know I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me more about your company.

Now that I know X Y and Z and mentioned something specific I think that really is a perfect fit for me based on X Y and Z something else in your background tie in together your strengths your passions bring in something new that came out from this job interview show the person you’re really listening to them.

But make the case how this is a good fit and then the final thing is you’ve got to be sincere about this show a moment of reflection know now that I think about this I really think this would be a good fit.

I would like to have this job and I sincerely hope you consider me for this job.

Ask again.

You don’t want to seem pushy.

You certainly don’t want to seem desperate it’s like please do me this job or will get kicked out of my.

Now you never want to seem like you need a job but there’s nothing wrong with seeming like you’d really like this job.

You’re not stating I have 50 other job offers.

You’re not implying it directly but there has to be not a single whiff of desperation or intense need.

Instead it has to be you’ve thought about it.

You like what you hear today.

You’re implying this has been a mutual interview I’m interviewing you to see if your company is good enough for me.

I’ve thought about it and I’ve concluded this is a good fit.

So not only thank you for your time but thank you for your consideration.

I would in fact like this job ask for the job.

We’ve all heard the story of a politician who spent a lot of time with the voter and the voter said he liked the politician.

She liked the politician but didn’t vote for him.

And you say what he didn’t ask for my vote.

A lot of times in life you don’t get if you don’t ask.

So my recommendation is asking a non threatening non pushy non needy way ask for the job.

Do that.

And then there’s no doubt whatsoever in the mind of the interview that if everything else fits you would be a good selection for this job.

Good luck with your job interviews and good luck with your career.