Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years - How to Answer

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Where Do You See Yourself In 5 Years is honestly like a trick question. How do you answer this question when most likely you won't be sticking around for that long? In this video I'll show you a formula that will let you answer this question in an honest manner without having to spend too much time figuring out "where DO I see myself in 5 years?"

Yes, this question is asking about your career goals; more specifically, your long term career goals. But too many people get caught up by trying to literally answer "where do you see yourself in 5 YEARS?" when they should be simply focusing on talking about the overall direction they see themselves heading towards within the company they're interviewing for.

Not only do I share the formula that will help you come up with your own answer, but my example answer should give you a good idea of how you can adapt the the formula for your own needs. It's a painless strategy that you can use next time you're facing this tricky where do you see yourself in 5 years interview question!

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00:00 Intro
01:03 Uncertainty of staying for 5 years
01:21 The Formula
03:03 Example Answer
04:31 Example Answer Breakdown
05:21 Summary

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Have you been "tricked" by this question before?

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
01:03 Uncertainty of staying for 5 years
01:21 The Formula
03:03 Example Answer
04:31 Example Answer Breakdown
05:21 Summary

JeffSu
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I can't put my finger on why, but this is my favourite interview prep video! Thank you.

JENNARANDALLHILL
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love how all your videos are crisp but very informative! Thank you Jeff :)

priyankaprakashbabu
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Just so happened to have a question similar to this within recent. (They were asking what my career goals are/what role I want.) I liked the framework of the approach you laid out and can definitely see myself using that in the future.

Thanks for posting, Jeff!

MikeDeng
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I love the advise you give. Very niched and different from others. Thanks for the help man! You have earned yourself a new sub

spideyfanboy
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Using this methodology for preparing a couple of interviews at this stage. I love it~ thanks for sharing Jeff

jamiewai
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What a great template, thanks for sharing, Jeff!

chriszhang
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Thank you for the example answer! Very very helpful! I think I can use that next time!

jakelee
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Very insightful, informative and educative. Excellent work Jeff.

geoffreykepher
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So great!! I’m doing an informational interview tomorrow with a senior person, and I know they’re going to ask this question as a sort of “get to know you” exercise. I never know what to say. This is so helpful. Jeff, you’re the best.

rqrttil
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Hi Jeff, Thank you so much for these videos about interview. I hope you can help to handle more questions in the future. Thank you!

uiqojle
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Totally digging your videos. I'm sure they'll help me in my search. For this one, however, I think that if, like me, one has fewer years ahead in one's career than behind, it's reasonable to suggest that you'd want to stay for 5 years and beyond. The honest answer that I wouldn't say out loud in an interview is that yeah, I'm looking to put down roots. I just want to be good at my job and provide value, and enjoy doing it until I retire. This is the place I think I can do that. I'm honestly not particularly driven toward the next great thing. I kinda just want peace while still paying the bills. In five years, I hope I'm still here doing just that.

Martin-qvhg
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That is a great help . Thank you so much :)

danielgonczol
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Love this series of videos on interview questions, I find them super useful! Got my final round of interview tomorrow and hopefully I can use things learnt from your videos! 😁 I also follow you on 小红书 too!

yanranchen
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Again, super helpful! And this video deserves 1M+ views

danielazhang
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wow, that sample answer...you are good.

makiabe
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Great points. I teach this to my college students but I think I’ll send them to this video. Good job!

ProfessorTanyaSpeaks
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Great video as always, Jeff! I really love how you actually got on a pair of glasses when you did the example answer 🤣

Andrea_Dong
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Haha you called it! I'm binging your videos right now!!

nicholaslevy
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Thanks so much for the tips, they're useful for students like me too! Keep up the good work!

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