What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
&gt; It may seem like common sense, but having a deep, enthusiastic, and genuine interest in some aspect of the company (whether it’s the company’s mission, product, technical challenges, or its work environment) is important.<p>This frustrates me so much.  What if I can&#x27;t find a company that offers any such thing?  This seems like anti-common sense to me.<p>If you have skills at carpentry, and do a professional job, you can get a job at any construction site.  Nobody cares if you have a &quot;deep, enthusiastic, genuine interest&quot; in the type of structure, or the challenges of woodworking, or the layout of the job site.<p>If you have skills at programming, though, you might not even get a job these days if you can&#x27;t demonstrate that you&#x27;re sufficiently passionate about what exactly the company does and how they do it.<p>This isn&#x27;t a blue&#x2F;white-collar distinction.  I once talked to the industrial design lead at Fluke, and asked if he ended up there because he had a particular interest in test and measurement.  He laughed at me and said no, not at all.  He just liked industrial design, and didn&#x27;t much care where he did it, or what he was designing.<p>If I didn&#x27;t know any better, I&#x27;d say it sounds like you&#x27;re searching for people with passion so you can get them to work unpaid overtime for you.  I don&#x27;t know why else it would matter.