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  • Where do you see yourself?

  • What a stupid question to ask

  • It really is

  • 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 successand 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

  • that job then stay tuned until the end.

  • I am Deniz Sasal.

  • 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

  • to interviews and hiring.

  • 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.

  • I hope they really won't.

  • It's meaningless and encourages the candidate to lie.

  • It serves no purpose.

  • But here is the thing

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

  • very high.

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

  • ago.

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

  • And no not partner in charge of HR.

  • But partner in strategy consulting

  • 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 didn't even ask that.

  • Really.

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

  • the foreseeable future.

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

  • And we have a very high expat-turnover.

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

  • Where are they learning this from?

  • Seriously!

  • Please don't do that.

  • 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

  • to become a manager like me...

  • 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.

  • Start from today.

  • 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 forthatrole for 5 years.

  • Right?

  • I hope it's making sense to you.

  • 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.

  • The first approach is the safest one.

  • It's what everybody uses and it is what I callBullshitanswer.

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

  • But at the end of the day it's bullshit.

  • 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.

  • Then, off you go.

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

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

  • Time being the most important one.

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

  • in sales related positions.

  • Please keep this in mind.

  • 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

  • when it comes to [some values].

  • 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

  • something I would say.

  • 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?

  • I don't.

  • And I didn't…

  • 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.

  • Me: Hmm.

  • Let me gather my thoughts for a second

  • [Yes, I literally took my time to think.

  • You should try it too…]

  • Judging by the fact that where I saw myself in the past and where I ended up, it's really

  • hard to say where I will be.

  • The only way I can see the future is by looking at my past, right? and if you asked this question

  • to me almost 10 years ago when I was working at Standard & Poor's as a financial analyst,

  • I'd tell you I wanted to be an investment banker, then 5 years later I was a project

  • management consultant, then sustainability consultant, and now here I am interviewing

  • for a management consulting role which I can confidently do very well.

  • So, as you see, where I wanted to be almost never happened and it's really hard to say

  • now where I will be in 5 years.

  • But I guarantee you one thing.

  • I will do my best in this role and try my best to have a wonderful career at PwC with

  • your team and with your leadership.

  • And when the times comes, I will assume more leadership roles hopefully easing some of

  • your intense work load.

  • When I gave this answer, something incredible happened.

  • Partner was definitely shocked hearing my answer and I could tell he wasn't expecting

  • this.

  • But

  • He was incredibly impressed

  • I could see it in his eyes.

  • And after that, he started to pat me in the back, telling meson it's ok.

  • It's very normal going through things like this at your 20s, we don't always get to

  • have the career we want.

  • But don't worry things will be a lot more clear for you moving forward with us.”

  • The remaining of the interview he was completely engaged, conversing with me, giving details

  • about the way they work, and telling me that he'd love to have a talent like me in the

  • team.

  • Then, he asked how soon I can join

  • I couldn't ask for a better interview for sure.

  • And imagine this person was a Senior Partner at PwC Consulting, a role that's almost

  • as high as it gets.

  • It just worked.

  • What worked was the honesty!

  • Look at it from his perspective, after having a 30 year career, I

  • was probably one of the few people who took the path less travelled.

  • I was someone who had the courage to give a less than perfect answer instead of lying

  • and bullshitting.

  • With my answer, he realized that I am someone who will never give excuses or lies no matter

  • how stressful the situation may be.

  • So, think about it.

  • Next time you find yourself in a situation like this, maybe honesty is what you need.

  • That's it for now.

  • Before, I go, can you please give me thumbs up if you beenefited from this video.

  • And also please subscribe to my channel if you'd like to see more videos like this.

  • Oh finally, I have one more awesomeness for you.

  • I spent about 6 months developing a free 3-day video training where I teach you step by step

  • how to achieve a career

  • with multinational companies.

  • Trust me, it's an awesome training.

  • And again it's free.

  • Alright, until next time.

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