I was asked this question in one of the interviews - What value added will you do to my HR department?

Answer 1

Explain your strengths and relate them to the department goals. This way you would have shown how valuable your skills would be to the department.

Answer 2

If you're HR department is the HR department of an power systems research facility, you'd be congratulated for recruiting an internationally recognized, award winning researcher, able to develop, run and lead research projects in the area of power related signal processing. If not, you would be recognized as an HR manager who wants to improve your company's whatever-you-want-to-improve area by recruiting a PhD, not specialized in that area, but very capable to do it. Although it would certainly increase the invoice's amount.
Two days ago a friend was asked: "why do you think you deserve to get the Ph.D. degree?," later during the party I suggested he had answered: "by humanitary reasons"

Answer 3

That's a really good question in my professional judgement because it's asking the applicant to explain why I should hire YOU. In other words, what separates YOU out from the rest?.

If you really know about HR and are truly confident in your ability to do a superior job, then you should be able to tell the employer why YOU would be a real asset (benefit) to their staff.

The KEY here is to explain why hiring YOU would benefit them.

Answer 4

I think they are asking you to answer why you think YOU would be highly valuable to their department over jane_doe.

I'd basically, list your strong points, and show the benefits of those strong points to their company.

HTH,
-Jeremy

Answer 5

worded so strangly i cant answer it are u sure that is the way they asked the question?