Happened to me recently during a call. Perhaps they could have phrased it better, like “why are you open to opportunities” (which sounds quite dumb too tbh)
Why ask?
To further solidify the notion that you, as a recruitee, must show total devotion and unwavering loyalty to a potential employer.
Obviously recruiters know that people jump around after contracts or when they feel they are not being paid enough, that people scatter shot apply to anything like guys swiping on tinder because their prior experience trying to get a job has shown them that there’s really no rhyme or reason to it, that desired qualifications are nearly always absurdly niche or dramatically overinflated, and that there’s a hundred or a thousand people applying to every job opening.
It is literally their job to facilitate this process. Of course they know how all if this works.
This rhetoric is basically an attempt at conditioning you into being servile. If you ‘play ball’, you might get this particular job, and then they’ll basically lie to you about upward mobility, job stability or repeating contracts.
They are salesman. They sell the job to you and you to the company.
Why would they be anything other than slimy underhanded liars?
It’s a really stupid question. Valid responses include:
Good question! I have heard that there are people who exchange money for labor, and I require money to purchase basic necessities such as food and shelter
“How long do you plan on cheating on your current employer?”
“Wait, is that you in Groucho glasses, boss?”
They want to understand what you didn’t like your past job and role as well as understand if you can have an adult conversation and not blow up former colleagues for example. Not everyone starts the interview process from the same point and interviewers likely don’t have full context.
I regularly get interviews from people with little social or communication skills even in the context of a small team.
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