Interview’s question — what’s your long term plan

by Shadowmaster on 24/11/09 at 9:11 am

Interview’s question — what’s your long term plan

The time has come and you decide to move to a new big­ger office. The ques­tion that you’ll be asked is where do you see your­self in 5 years from now (or any other vari­a­tion of that ques­tion) – remem­ber this ques­tion is a tricky one that will allow you to sur­vive in a new environment.

The answer depends on the posi­tion you are seeking:

  1. Tech­ni­cal posi­tion – in this case, you should state the desire to be more tech­ni­cal and study more, work more with the “hands” (I wrote , I imple­ment , I develop , etc..), don’t empha­size any new for higher man­age­ment as this will con­flict the tech­ni­cal posi­tion you are inter­view for.
  2. Man­age­ment posi­tion – in this case, you should empha­size your future desires to take a part in the man­age­ment team , to get high in lev­els at the office, don’t empha­size all your tech­ni­cal expe­ri­ence as in those posi­tions it’s more impor­tant to empha­size your man­age­ment expe­ri­ence (I man­aged , I super­vised , I lead …)

Remem­ber as times change and in a reces­sion it’s not always clear where you’ll be in a week from now, this kind of ques­tion (“Where do you see your­self in 5 years?”) is for one rea­son only – to see your vision and your path of progress and allows your super­vi­sion knows you know where you are planning.

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