How do you answer "Why do you want to work at GitHub?"

Before you attend your interview you take an adequate amount of time to go over GitHub's core mission, culture, and values. This helps you to understand what the organization is seeking in terms of its employees and how your experience and skills can have a positive impact on the company's overall success.

• Emphasize relevant skills

Make sure you highlight the skills you have that can contribute to the company achieving its goals. Read over the job description carefully, and then select the skills you have that match the needs of the position. Make sure to find creative ways to inject this into your answer to this question.

• Exhibit passion

A very important aspect of answering this question is to demonstrate your enthusiasm and passion for the company. Use the research you performed on the company to inform the explanations you give on excitement, and how you think you can have a positive impact.

• Provide specific examples

You should also try to point out specific examples of GitHub products or projects that you have admiration for or that have inspired you in some way. Then tie in your own experience, skills, and expertise to show how these assets align with those company projects or products.

• Sample answer

I am very excited about the opportunity to work at GitHub because I am passionate about solving real-world issues through innovative technology solutions. I have great admiration for GitHubs commitment to collaboration in open-source software, and I think my experience aligns well with GitHubs goal of developing better software and technologies...