I know there is already How to handle the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" question but this is different. I had an interview for a junior role as "service desk support". The interviewer asked me where I see my self in 5 years, but also added "for example would you be more into IT, dev, systems admin or business analyst?"
Is this how the question is normally to be interpreted, is it actually asking which direction of advancement you would like? I always assumed it was more generic than answering with a position title.
I strongly believe that titles are a bit arbitrary and what one company would call "IT support" would be totally different than what another company would. For my answer I said "I know different companies use titles differently but I can tell you what I like and would be looking for." Was this rude? I wasn't expecting a service desk support position to directly lead to a dev position but the interviewer said it did.
The interview was for a service desk support position for multiple branches. I assumed this would mean I would be answering a lot of phone calls but she said it included going around to people's desk to fix problems and set up workstations. This got me thinking that the company uses position titles different than I thought and that's why I gave such an answer. Aside from google searching, is there a resource that gives descriptions of what job titles usually mean?