How to Answer What Do You Hope to Gain from This Position Question?

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When interviewers ask, "What do you hope to gain from this position?", they’re looking beyond your qualifications. This question reveals your motivations, long-term goals, and how well you align with the company's mission and opportunities.

Why Employers Ask This

Employers want to:

  • Understand your career goals and whether the role supports them.
  • See if you're motivated and forward-thinking.
  • Gauge how well you’ll fit and grow within the company.

How to Structure a Strong Answer

Show Enthusiasm

Express excitement about the company and opportunity.

Mention What Drew You In

Highlight specific aspects of the job or culture that caught your interest.

Discuss Your Motivation

Talk about the skills or experience you want to develop.

Link to Long-Term Goals

Explain how this position fits into your bigger career vision.

Align With Company Values

Show that you’re not just looking for a job — you want to make a meaningful contribution.

Rehearse Your Answer

Practising helps you deliver confidently and avoid rambling.

Sample Answers by Role

Entry-Level HR:

"I hope to gain hands-on experience in HR practices and contribute to building positive work environments. This role will help me grow professionally and learn from a strong HR team."

Mid-Level Finance:

"I want to deepen my skills in financial analysis and decision-making, while contributing to your strategic goals. This aligns with my aim to move into senior finance leadership in the future."

Leadership in HR:

"I aim to lead impactful HR strategies, shape company culture, and develop high-performing teams. This position is ideal for applying my leadership skills to drive business success."

Mistakes to Avoid

  • Being Vague: Avoid generic answers like “I want experience.”
  • Focusing on Salary Only: Talk about growth and contribution, not just compensation.
  • Ignoring the Company’s Goals: Balance personal gain with what you’ll bring to the table.

Tailor Your Answer to the Role & Industry

There’s no one-size-fits-all. Adapt your response to the specific role and sector to demonstrate relevance and insight. Whether in finance, HR, tech, or another industry, the key is to connect your goals to the company’s direction.

 

Extra Workforce Construction Recruitment FAQs

Construction recruitment experts in Birmingham and the West Midlands

These FAQs explain how our security services support construction sites of all sizes across Birmingham.

This guide explains our services, processes and the expertise behind our team so you can make confident and informed decisions. If you have any questions that are not answered here, our support team is available around the clock. You can contact us by email or through our online form. Your security matters to us and we are here to help at every stage.

Cients FAQs

W recruit both contract and permanent workforce. If you are hiring contractors we can manage the process and help you navigate the necessary regulations.

We advertise your job ads on every major job board such as CV Library and Total Jobs etc, as well as our own website , and social media channels on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Job seekers can create a complete professional profile at extraworkforce.uk website to get matched to the right opportunity. We have hundreds of professionals with completed profiles in our database.

Once you create your business profile, you can post you job ad at the website. A recruitment consultant will then be matched to you based on your needs and get in touch to discuss the vacancy further.

Our process begins with a CV review and a pre-screening call. Candidates who pass this stage proceed to a formal interview with our recruitment team for a detailed assessment.

We start charging fee if a candidate that has been introduced to you by us is employed within your company and starts working with you. Until then our service is completely free of charge.

We usually offer an industry leading guarantee period – so you are covered with a replacement, completely free of charge, should anything go wrong with our candidates.

Candidate FAQs

At Extra Workforce, the whole recruitment process is done remotely and there is no need for candidates to visit the office or hand documents and IDs. Current jobs are published on the website. After you apply for for a job a website, we invite you to complete your job application if we think you the are right fit for the vacancy. Once invited, you can complete your job application and get interviewed. afterwards.

Using a specialist, specific agency like Extra Workforce will mean you will have a consultant on your side, that understands what you want, matching you to the right opportunity and pushing to get you through the door. We will help you through the entire process to ensure you get the job you want.

Pay rates can vary depending on your sector, job type, contract length, and size of the recruiting business. We’ll always guarantee that you’ll be paid at least the National Minimum Wage.

Extra Workforce is a leading construction recruitment agency built on reputation and client focus. We leverage deep market connections to provide access to exclusive, unadvertised roles. We then manage your entire application and act as your advocate with the employer.

Holiday is accrued based on 12.07% of your basic pay. Contact the office to request a holiday.

Generally if we think that you are suitable for the role then we will invite to complete your job application within 3-5 working days. If we have not contacted you by then it could be that we felt you were unsuitable for the role. It's always a good idea to call us to double check.

You and most employees in the UK pay tax to contribute towards public services like the NHS, schools, roads, and emergency services. If you earn over the personal allowance set by the government, tax is automatically deducted from your wages through PAYE

Never! We only present your details to a client after we have spoken to you about the vacancy, the company and received your permission to do so.

We don’t provide transport as standard, so make sure to plan how you’ll get to and from work. Most of our roles are easy to get to by public transport, within walking distance.

If you have a complaint or concern, the first step is to contact your consultant. In case they need to escalate the issue to the right person or department to make sure it’s properly reviewed.

The types of jobs we offer can vary depending on demand, the season and your proximity to your workplace. We recruit for a mix of full-time and part-time roles, as well as temporary, fixed-term, and permanent positions.

We specialise in finding opportunities for construction professionals, such as labourers and traffic marshalls.

Using a recruitment agency offers significant advantages for job seekers. Their industry connections and resources can efficiently match your skills with suitable opportunities. Furthermore, they provide invaluable support by negotiating salaries and benefits on your behalf and guiding you through the entire search process. This partnership ultimately saves considerable time and effort.

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