Timeline for How to handle the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" question
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| Dec 10, 2016 at 0:37 | comment | added | The Muffin Man | @Jones What about a response of "Your superior". | |
| Dec 9, 2016 at 15:57 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 1, 2014 at 16:55 | comment | added | Kevin Lamping | The best answer IMHO comes from Mitch Hedberg: "Celebrating the fifth year anniversary of you asking me this question!" | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 19:34 | comment | added | O. Jones | I've asked this question dozens of times in interviews. My purpose for asking it is this: I'd like to know what motivates each person, and what kinds of assignments the company can offer that person to help them stay motivated. In the software trade, some people say "I hope to be working as a product manager." Others say, "I hope to acquire distinguished expertise in Xyz tech." Others have more modest goals. Nobody's ever mentioned a meth ring; I don't know how the company would support that, with a rule against "for sale" messages sent to the all-employee email alias. :-) | |
| Jun 17, 2013 at 11:40 | answer | added | Michael Grubey | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 9, 2013 at 13:45 | answer | added | Kate Gregory | timeline score: 9 | |
| Feb 9, 2013 at 12:42 | answer | added | Richard Russell | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 9, 2013 at 2:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/300061700219080704 | ||
| Feb 8, 2013 at 23:50 | answer | added | bethlakshmi | timeline score: 29 | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 22:27 | answer | added | Tangurena | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 21:38 | comment | added | Blrfl | Someone who's looking for a new job is in the worst possible position to answer this question with anything other than "working somewhere other than where I work." Having long-term goals is one thing, but anything beyond the very general will depend on where a candidate lands. | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 21:15 | answer | added | pdr | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 21:13 | answer | added | JB King | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 20:58 | answer | added | AJ Henderson | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 20:03 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 8, 2013 at 19:58 | comment | added | IDrinkandIKnowThings | What ever you do, do not answer "In jail for running a meth ring." The HR types never get that kind of humor. | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 19:54 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | @HLGEM Like this? :) youtube.com/watch?v=7W_qrc-TkR8 | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 19:48 | comment | added | HLGEM | The worst answer I ever got to this questions was, "I would like to be your boss." . | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 19:48 | comment | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | This Q seems to be very relevant. Don't look into what's being specifically asked. Simply get yourself prepared for standard questions. | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 19:46 | comment | added | enderland | Don't do this? | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 19:45 | history | asked | NikolaiDante | CC BY-SA 3.0 |