Where do you see yourself in five years?

SUMMARY OF TIPS:

Your Goal: To assure the interviewer that if the company hires you, you will continue working for them, and that you have given careful thought to your future career plans

• Reassure the interviewer that you are not a “job hopper” by telling the interviewer that you plan to stay and grow with the company.
• Research the company to find out the logical next positions to move up in the company.
• If there is more than one direction you can move in to move up in the organization, name these paths and talk about your options depending on your future interests and performance, and the company’s needs.
• Show that you are motivated and have definite plans about doing more in the company.
• Avoid naming a specific job or position or you will seem too narrow or inflexible.
• Do not talk about personal goals or plans.
• Questions about marriage, babies, and childcare are illegal, but if you don’t plan to make any big personal life changes soon, you can volunteer that information.