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"Where do you want to be in five years?"

"Where do you want to be in five years?"

From the course: Find Your Dream Job: Interview Techniques and Resume Writing

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"Where do you want to be in five years?"

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- Now we come to probably the most cliched question ever. It's totally my headache which is where do you want to be in five years' time, or where do you see yourself in five years' time. I can't believe people ask this question. But anyway, I hate it, it's so cliche, but we need an answer. So personally I don't subscribe to the classic answer of doing your job because I think that's too cheeky and it may upset them. So I prefer who knows, who knows, maybe doing the same job. As long as it's still interesting and I'm still learning, I'd be happy to be doing the same job in five years' time or maybe something else within the company. You know, 'cause I'd like to get a broad knowledge of several different areas within the company. I think multi-skilled people are the most useful in the end. So something about, you know, broadening your skills. I don't think you want to look horrendously ambitious of well, this is just a…

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