The Best Answer to 'Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?' 🔮

The Best Answer to "Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?"

Where do you see yourself in 5 years is one really dumb job interview question. It truly is. But, if you look at this question another way and consider how it can be valuable for your career and life, it can yield quite a lot of value!

Join me today as I share how to get the most out of this question, the exact script I'd use to crush it in a job interview, and additional ways you can use your response for networking efforts too. Lots to cover!

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome, introduction, and we have 3 goals for today
00:45 Yes, I can give you the answer in 45 seconds (jump to the ten minute 28 second spot but you'll miss the most important parts)
02:05 Do you agree, we are who we are today based on decisions we made 3-5 yrs ago
02:48 We are a by-product of our choices
03:32 What can be constant (in a good way)? = The trajectory!
04:02 There is a TRAP in this question = The WHERE part
04:28 Trade WHERE for WHO you want to be
05:20 Think of the question THIS way
05:48 Mistake Alert: trap is in the "Where" part
08:37 Best response example from my life
10:28 Best response to this question scripted for you
12:07 Why is this response so effective?
13:51 Other applicabilities of this response: informational interview, networking
15:25 Recap of the best response

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Andrew LaCivita is a world-leading career and leadership coach and award-winning author of Interview Intervention and The Hiring Prophecies. Throughout his career, he has helped 350 companies and over 50,000 individuals across 100 countries realize their potential. He frequently serves as a trusted media resource for outlets such as ABC, Fox Business, and Business Insider. You can join him at the milewalk Academy and catch him weekly for free Live Office Hours on his YouTube Channel.

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Tips for Work and Life® is a top 5 weekly careers and motivational show full of helpful job search strategies, career management tactics, and self-help aids with career and leadership coach and award-winning author Andrew LaCivita.

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[wendyruiz]

Hey Andrew! I want to tell you “THANK YOU” !

A few months ago I began to apply to jobs. I was hesitant because from my past experience I wouldn’t get picked for hire.

I deleted my resume and cover letter that I had used for many years. I realized I needed to start fresh and then I found you and honestly I learned so much! I followed your tips from your resume videos. I followed what you suggested and shortly after I stared to get calls from recruiters and many said my resume was impressive and that they can see how good of a fit I would be for them. I started getting calls from companies I had applied for the past 6 years!

Once I was scheduled for my interviews, I prepared with your videos on how to interview. In the year 2019-2020 I went on several interviews and never actually prepared. This time, after watching your interview videos from your page I realize I was missing the part where I needed to just give more examples of my experience and relate it to the position I was interviewing for. This new journey on learning from you started in November 2021. It’s now the end of January 2022 and I finally got the call that the place I applied for the past 6 years and my dream job finally came true!

Thank you a million times and more!

[septegram]

I don't want to be CEO or Director of (my field); I want to be your most effective, most valued (my field) person. My talents don't lie in management.

[nataliadenissenko]

I'd say it's not only the way to answer this question but also to plan the career progression. When I matched the skills I'd like to develop with the level of responsibilities, the number of potential job opportunities just multiplied.

[sannajohanna]

That is a great question: ”Who I want to be?”
In my present job, my boss started to plan my life ahead and decide who I want to be. I thought myself: ”Wait a moment. This stuff you’re imagining about me has nothing to do with the best I can give or who I am or want to be!”

I applied a new job, got it- and it is different. I begin soon and I must say, that indeed, it reflects better the person who I want to be and what to do and even, where I want to live! It is in another city, I must move. Or: I am lucky to move! 😁

In my previous life, I noticed that I unfortunately thought too much about who other people want me to be. That is why also the tasks were this and that, nothing that would take me consistently to the upper level. Now, I thought that this is enough! And even I did not think the ”5 years before me”- thing consciously, I knew that I die if I continue in the same way that things went on in my present job that I end soon. I could not imagine my future like that!

This lesson has been a journey!

[Goddibaba]

"Don't let the how drive the what." Lovely. Your strategy for answering this interview question is pragmatic. Thank you, Andrew. I enjoy your watch strap😁

[justvid]

This content is pure Gold. God bless you, Andy.

[janeaba]

Yes! I totally agree with you on this!

[GuitarsAndSynths]

Great tips Andy! Thank you so much for this great help.

[AITalk-cqrl]

Thank you Andy! You have helped me alot!

[jasonswearingen]

Thank you for posting. Tremendously helpful! 👏🏻

[djyowxt]

I found your video very helpful. Thank you so much

[moretoliving]

Mr Alex Trebeck, what is Andy’s elevator pitch coaching lesson reimagined towards a completely different purpose for 5 years question. I absolutely love that Andy keeps hammering in words to live by again and again. No point in reinventing a bicycle. I have the elevator pitch on my linked in page to broadcast what i do so 5 year thing will be morphed out of that i recon.

[veganmermaidyogi]

Hi good morning good day ..:. Thank you so much. This question is goofy! I agree!!!

[CherokeeAngl]

Yes, I agree with you. Your way of answering this question is perfect, because not too many supervisors would be willing to hire someone who openly states during an interview that they wanted the boss's job.

[TheXcelleratorLLC]

What is your opinion on resubmitting a resume you for a job you already sent to HR? Fixed the resume using some tips you mentioned and want to resubmit it. It's been about a week and half since I sent my first resume.

[basil]

Hi Andrew, just had an interview with the hiring manager. How do I respond when she asks, "What value do I bring to the team" when I reply using your past technique, "What are key things that you look for." She replied, "is all on the JD": / It sounds rude to me, though...

[Chris-zesq]

Where do I see myself in 5 years? RETIRED !! Is it ok to say that in an interview?