Where do you see yourself in 5 years......

• tcarrier32

  

  hopefully by then ill be living in colorado doing what i do best.
• Mulva

  

  stroups;822895 wrote:Why would you want someone to memorize an answer for an interview.

  
  I was wondering that too. How does memorized bullshit sound any better than scrambling for bullshit?
  
  It's bullshit either way, and its a stupid question. I don't have a 5 year plan for my life because I don't need one.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Mulva;822899 wrote:d its a stupid question. I don't have a 5 year plan for my life because I don't need one.

  
  That's what I'm saying...5 years ago I would not have said where I am right now and I'm perfectly happy where I am at in my life.
• Ironman92

  

  Preparing to start my 19th year of teaching and 13th year of coaching cross country.
  
  ....and maybe a 12th year of doing I 92's Baseball Trivia.
• KR1245

  

  Con_Alma;822788 wrote:...yet it is a commonly asked question. Prepare in advance for it so you can deliver it naturally and not make it look like you were scrambling for some bull **** answer like KR1245 did. It's usually pretty obvious when someone is winging it.

  
  I thought my answer was pretty solid, I have nothing to hide from them. Maybe "some bullshit" was a poor choice of words, I answered the question honestly..... I just wasnt prepared for it.
• brutus161

  

  BORIStheCrusher;822771 wrote:Celebrating the 5 year anniversary of you asking this question!

  
  I miss Mitch Hedberg.
• fan_from_texas

  Mulva;822899 wrote:I was wondering that too. How does memorized bull**** sound any better than scrambling for bull****?
  
  It's bull**** either way, and its a stupid question. I don't have a 5 year plan for my life because I don't need one.

  
  If you rehearse a canned answer, it can sound better than something off the cuff. You don't memorize an answer word-for-word, but develop talking points. It makes an interview go much smoother.
• thePITman

  

  brutus161;822977 wrote:I miss Mitch Hedberg.

  
  Me too.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  BORIStheCrusher;822771 wrote:Celebrating the 5 year anniversary of you asking this question!

  
  Mitch Hedberg!
• dave

  Mulva;822899 wrote:I was wondering that too. How does memorized bullshit sound any better than scrambling for bullshit?
  
  It's bullshit either way, and its a stupid question. I don't have a 5 year plan for my life because I don't need one.

  The point of the question isn't to show that you have the next 5 years of your life completely mapped out, it's to show that you have some personal and professional goals you want to achieve. This shows you might be a valuable asset to a company rather than someone just looking for a job and a paycheck. Would you show up to a business meeting without knowing what you are going to say ahead of time? If not, you shouldn't do so to an interview either. When I'm interviewing someone to be on my team it's very easy to tell who is just going through the motions. Unless you have very expensive early stage interview processes before an actual face to face you need to ask these types of questions.
• OSH

  

  Well, I hope that my wife and I eventually have full-time jobs. I'd like to be on the way to owning a house. I hope to have my own team. And babies may be on the way by then.
  
  We'll have our 1 year anniversary next weekend, so it'll be 6 years (5 years from now). I don't want to have any kids until we get a place, job(s), and some of my student loans paid off. Hopefully after these next couple of years, a second Master's, and the experience I am racking up really pays off!
• thedynasty1998

  

  With the company I work for, in about 3 years they will look to relocate me. Crazy thing is I won't have any say in it. By that point should be fairly comfortable financially, selling my first house, buying a second and will likely have a child.
  
  Crazy to think 3-5 years down the road.
• dwccrew

  

  I keep seeing married as a common answer on here. Many on here aren't being honest because in 5 years many will probably be divorced.
• I Wear Pants

  I will have my BS by then and in all likelihood my masters as well. So hopefully I'll either be in the process of finding or be within the first year of a "career" type job.
  
  I will also have had at least one amateur MMA fight by then unless I get seriously injured. It's a bucket list thing.
• Timber

  Many of you are so young, dumb, and full of come that you do not look five years down the road. LOL... Five years is a huge percentage of your life right now for many. As one gets a little older, you may see the importance of writing down serious life goals, such as personal, work, and spiritual.
  
  Just remember... happy can be gone in a phone call (wife killed in a car wreck, child struck with serious disease, lost job, etc.) How one handles life's adversity and continues onward will be the most successful. i.e. Life is about getting knocked in the nuts/breateses, and learning about how to get up off the ground and getting after life again.
  
  Five years from now I hope my family is still doing well physically, that I enjoy going to work everyday, and that I continue to expand my spiritual relationship with God by cultivating intimacy with God, involvement in the community, and influencing the world.
• hoops23

  

  Tough question. Hopefully with my masters.
  
  I've been debating the relocation thing as well.. I love Ohio and love having my family close by, but I really would love to relocate somewhere much warmer year around... I've always thought about Arizona or Texas.. Maybe SoCal or Florida...
  
  My daughter will be 6 by then, so that'll be an adventure in itself.
• Belly35

  

  I never plan on retiring .. thats a waste of time
  
  Sell my companies, take my Social Sercurty, Military Disablity, 401 Plan, work (under the table payments /cheat the goverment), maybe sell the house move into something smaller or just keep doing what I do now because I can and I enjoy what I do.
• coyotes22

  

  Stay where I am, job wise. A few more people should be retired by then, move my way up the ladder, for more pay.
  
  Would love to move to the country (Tuslaw) area.
• queencitybuckeye

  Mulva;822899 wrote:I was wondering that too. How does memorized bullshit sound any better than scrambling for bullshit?
  
  It's bullshit either way, and its a stupid question. I don't have a 5 year plan for my life because I don't need one.

  
  It shows one bothered to take the time to prepare for the interview, as opposed to just showing up. That's primarily why such "dumb questions" are asked.
• power i

  

  I have to giggle at all these "have a house/spouse/kids" answers. In five years I hope to have my house paid off and some grandkids. It's easy to see who the old ones are.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  SportsAndLady;822762 wrote:Worst question ever. I get mad when I hear it in interviews.

  
  +1. People always give a trite answer to get around it.
• SportsAndLady

  

  queencitybuckeye;823329 wrote:It shows one bothered to take the time to prepare for the interview, as opposed to just showing up. That's primarily why such "dumb questions" are asked.

  
  It can still be a dumb question, even if it does show you are prepared for the question.
• queencitybuckeye

  SportsAndLady;823355 wrote:It can still be a dumb question, even if it does show you are prepared for the question.

  
  The latter is the point. The interviewer couldn't possibly care less where you see yourself in five years. That you know (or should know) that the question is likely coming and you didn't bother to think about an answer in advance is a strike against you.
• SportsAndLady

  

  queencitybuckeye;823356 wrote:The latter is the point. The interviewer couldn't possibly care less where you see yourself in five years.

  
  I mean I guess..
  
  I just think there are other questions you can ask, where the interviewer does care about what you say, and still show that you as the interviewee are prepared. I mean it's pretty obvious to know if someone is prepared for an interview; one question won't change that.
• queencitybuckeye

  SportsAndLady;823363 wrote:I mean I guess..
  
  I just think there are other questions you can ask, where the interviewer does care about what you say, and still show that you as the interviewee are prepared. I mean it's pretty obvious to know if someone is prepared for an interview; one question won't change that.

  
  I don't disagree. I still find it hard to believe that I would ask the question "what do you know about our little company" and get some form of "nothing". These tend to be really short interviews.