Name: 你覺得5年後的自己在哪裡？ (Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?)
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Interviewer: Where you do you see yourself
in 5 years?

Me: Well, I am going to tell you that I see
myself at your company at a role where I contribute

to the organization's success… and you
will not believe that I am genuine but then

I will say that anyway because this is the
only answer I know you are looking for…

If you are wondering how to answer this question
properly, and increase your chances to win

I am a manager with PwC Consulting and for
the past 10 years I have been interviewing

thousands of candidates as a hiring manager.

At The Career Mastery, a blog that I own I
help change some of the notions when it comes

Whatever you hear from represent my view as
a hiring manager.

I am not HR, never been, nor have any intentions
to become one at any point in my career.

In an ideal world, if you are interviewing
with a highly professional company and highly

professional hiring managers, they won't
ask you this question.

Because, they know that you are just going
to lie.

It's meaningless and encourages the candidate
to lie.

We are not living in an ideal world, and the
chances they will ask you this question is

In fact, unfortunately, I was asked this question
when I interviewed for PwC Consulting 4 years

Worst of all, this question came directly
from the partner himself.

Alright, I will share with you a beautiful
answer.

But First things first, here are what not
to dos;

- Don't, don't, don't try to be funny
for - god's sake.

I remember at least 4 candidates who said
they saw themselves in my position in 5 years.

The funny thing was I didn't even ask where
they saw themselves in 5 years.

I just asked about their future plans and
whether they'd like to stay in Dubai over

After all, this is an expatriate oriented
city you know.

Plus, this is probably the oldest joke in
the book.

It's not funny and also not even logical.

If I am interviewing you for a junior consultant
role, it will take you a lot more than 5 years

Just don't shoot yourself in the foot you
know.

Another no-no; you don't really need to
talk about your ambitions for future.

After all, we are interviewing you to fill
a current role.

Not necessarily a role to fill 5 years in
the future.

We are not going to hire you to train you
for “that” role for 5 years.

Alright, now let's move on to construct
the perfect answer.

I will give you 2 approaches to this question.

First, I will share with you the conventional
safe approach.

And once it's out of the way, I will share
with you my way.

It's what everybody uses and it is what
I call “Bullshit” answer.

Your bullshit answer may tick the box and
prevent you from taking any risks.

To craft your perfect bullshit answer, you
need to hit certain triggers.

The way I see, they are like this;
- You need to show them you are committed

and not a 2 year jumper
- Another one, The reason you are here is

not to find a quick solution to your unemployment.

But rather, you are thinking of us as your
last destination in your corporate career.

Simply, you are not here to wait for the next
best offer.

From hiring manager's perspective, this
is a big challenge.

Finding the right candidate consumes so much
valuable resources from the company.

- Final one, Ambitious and assertive characters
are in high-demand for certain roles, especially

So, feel free to clearly state that you are
looking to grow with the company, learn from

the best, and ultimately, when you are ready,
take on more responsibilities.

So, a safe bullshit answer may look something
like this; I will also put this in the description

I'd like to deliver to the best of my abilities
while learning from the best.

Having said that, I see myself 5 years down
the road growing into a managerial role and

demonstrating my leadership capabilities.

Or another one,
I am really looking forward to spending the

next five years in an organization where I
feel I share all of its values, especially

I would love to have the opportunity to demonstrate
my leadership capabilities when the time is

right, hopefully within 5 years and contribute
to its growing success.

Alright, as you see from these responses,
they are safe answers but not necessarily

This is especially true if I am interviewing
with a hiring manager.

The hiring manager will most probably be your
direct line supervisor.

Do you really want to start that relationship
based on lies and BSs?

When I was asked this question 5 years ago,
my answer was something like below;

So, he asks me Deniz where do you see yourself
in 5 years.

Let me gather my thoughts for a second…

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