Career Goals

"Career goals" is an interview key subject that frequently appears in job ads or job descriptions.  Listed below are a few of the possible interview questions related to your "career goals" that you may be asked in the interview.  Review each interview question below to prepare yourself for the interview.

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• Questions to Ask the Interviewers

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Job Interview Questions

Notice how small changes in the interview questions will change your answer.  Possible follow-up questions are noted with a bullet.  Use our mock interviews based on actual job listings and interviews for more interview practice:  

1. Where do you want to be 5 years from now in your career?

2. What are your long term career goals?

3. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

4. Why did you make a career change?

5. Five years ago, where did you see yourself today?

6. What is your career goal?

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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What are your short and long term goals?

No one can make goals for you. It comes down to where you are in your professional life and what you want to do. Most people have 5-6 careers in their working lifetime---some with 2 careers going at the same time (like us).

The best advice is to be certain to relate your answers to the organization that interviews you. Do not make a point of having goals that cannot be realized there ("I want to work in Paris." Organization is strictly domestic.) If you do your research into the organization, and into what you truly want to do in the future, you will be able to come up with reasonable responses. No one is going to come back to you in five years and chastise you for not meeting these goals! You will not be held to them...it is only an interview and they are interested in how you see yourself (and they want to see you in the job.)

Here are more tough interview questions and situations answered in the Complete Interview Guide:

• What are your long term career goals?