"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
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ZolotoyRetriever — 3 years ago(November 04, 2022 05:36 AM)
I reckon most people at a job interview aren't even thinking 5 years down the road… no, they're probably thinking about where their next paycheck is coming from. So yeah, it is kind of a dumb question.
Maybe that's what people should tell the interviewer: "What a stupid question!" -
Rocketman — 3 years ago(November 04, 2022 05:41 AM)
When I first got asked the question years ago I found it odd since the job I was interviewing for was supposed to be a temp position. So I took a few seconds to think and just answered honestly "Hopefully on my way toward accomplishing my dreams". I could tell my answer was **** by the look on the interviewer's face. But I was just thinking "The **** did you want me to say? Working here, making like $13/hr. in a cold office building in some dinky little town?" Mind you I was still pretty fresh to the whole workforce thing. Was only 19 at the time. And I was also a little buzzed and caught off guard by how hot the chick who was interviewing me was.
I guess the right way to answer it would be to just say some dumb **** like "hopefully having a fulfilling life, doing work that I love, working with people I cherish." It's open to interpretation but also the kind of mindless corporate bullshit that they'd love to hear.
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ZolotoyRetriever — 3 years ago(November 04, 2022 05:51 AM)
the kind of mindless corporate bullshit that they'd love to hear.
Yeah, that's the way I played it, too. Then later had this embarrassed feeling like, Oh man I was such a tool for willingly playing patty-cake with these corporate vampire-squids who really only want to suck my blood to further their own good and to hell with me. But then again, a paycheck's what it's all about. You gotta' do what you gotta' do, I guess.
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 