QUESTION: Why should I hire you?

QUESTION: Why should I hire you?
ANSWER: If you want someone who is going to raise morale in the company, I believe I am the one. Under my lead ership in my last company, not only did employee satisfaction increase from 1.7 to 4.9 on a scale of 1 to 5 in only 1 year, but also absenteeism decreased by over 51 percent. That’s exactly what I’d like to do for your company.

If someone asks you why he or she should hire you, you may be tempted to say, “Because I am the best person for the job.” Don’t. Though you may be right, the interviewer can’t judge that from an unsubstantiated opinion. Instead, you can win over the interviewer by pulling out one of your best Q statements and adding the tagline, “That’s exactly what I’d like to do. . . .”

The person being asked the following question is applying for a sales engineer position in a pharmaceutical company:
QUESTION: What can you contribute to this company?
ANSWER: Well, I can contribute an excellent working knowledge of pharmaceutical products, superior presentation skills, and excellent postsales follow-up discipline. An example of my postsales follow-up procedure at my last company was that I always called my customers 3 days after the sale and made it a point to call every 2 months after that point to make sure they were satisfied. I was very happy that we earned
over $2 million in repeat business from one major customer in the third quarter, due to my persistent follow-up efforts. I’d like to make the same kind of profits for this company.

Taken from : Fearless Interviewing - How To Win The Job