Is this the laziest job interview question of all time? Well in my opinion it is. And I'm going to show you as the job interview candidate how to answer it. Coming right up in this video. And as a bonus, if you're an interview panel member, I'll also show you how to improve this question. Hello, I'm Anthony, I'm the career doctor, I make videos on YouTube to help you manage your career. In my background in medicine, I've sat in on quite a few doctor interview panels and some of them put a lot of thought into the application process and some, sadly not so. And here's going to be an example of one where I think a little bit more thought could have been put into the process. So the other day I heard about a job interview process for a resident medical officer, a job that's one of the early trainee doctor positions here in Australia. And the interview questions were fairly predictable, I have to say. There was sort of along the lines of, why do you want to work in this particular hospital, what skills do you bring to the job, give us an example of a situation of work conflict, that sort of stuff. And sadly the first question that was asked of all applicants apparently, allegedly was this one. Tell us about your experience. Now why is that a bad question? Why is that a lazy question to ask of a job candidate? Well as I can today, I wouldn't blame you if you were insulted by this question, particularly if you put it in the time and effort to write a resume or CV, that's actually tailored to the job position that you've applied for. So in this day of digital there's really no excuse for the panel to have not read your application and your CV and resume and already know about your experience. So it's a complete waste of time for an interview panel to be asking that question at the interview given that you've had the opportunity to do that already. So how should you as the job candidate respond to a question like that? Well you should respond to it in the way that the interview panel ought to ask the question. You see the question could be massively improved through a small adjustment in the wording. You could ask the question like this. Tell us how your experience makes you a good candidate for this position. And that's the way you should answer it as a job applicant. Tell them about your experience and how it relates to the job. Pick one or more of the selection criteria and link your experience into that. Better yet give them an example of how your experience makes you a good candidate. You'll be well beyond most of the other applicants for that position because they will simply have answered the panel the way the question is intended by outlining their experience. This approach gives you the opportunity to show examples of how you can fit into the role and demonstrates that your future focus to not just interested in talking about your past achievements. What about you? Do you agree that this is a very lazy question to ask at an interview? Do you have an example of perhaps even lazier question? I'd be interested to know, leave a comment or a like below in the description. And if you're enjoying these videos, I'd suggest subscribing and turning on notifications. And I will see you in the next video.