Interview Question: “Are you willing to work overtime?”
For certain job sectors and positions, the employer needs flexibility in regards to working hours. If you work in manual jobs or with customers who need tasks completing last minute, the employer will be looking to hire an interviewee who can work overtime. As the video below shows you need to be honest when answering the interview question “can you work overtime?”
In this article, we have broken down what the interviewer is looking for in a perfect job interview answer and to help you create the perfect answer we have recorded an example answer
Interview Question:
Are you willing to work overtime?
Explanation of the Question:
The employer only asks this question there is a large amount of overtime or the employer is having trouble getting their current staff to work overtime. You need to be honest if you are willing to work overtime make this clear by stating it with confidence. Remember the employer only asks this question if they have concerns about people only sticking to their contractual hours.
Example Interview Answer
“Yes, I did a lot of overtime in my last company”
Don’t put up any barriers or start to confuse the employer by saying
“I can work overtime on a Monday 6-8, Wednesday 8-9 etc..”
Keep it simple. If you cannot, tell the employer this and give the reason why.
