Key things to include in response to being asked why are you interested in x company/our firm??

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

The correct name of the company.

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well, why are you interested? Lol

For the company you can something positive from a news article or publication (always rated in top employees to work for, etc). For position say what the actual reason is?

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