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How to NOT answer "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard on March 14, 2024

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Rense Bakker

I work as a freelancer on projects and they still ask me this question sometimes lmao. My answer is: "In 5 years I will have forgotten all about this project, but I will carry the skills and experience with me, to help other teams and other companies to create valuable products. Just like I will do for you, if you hire me."

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Ricardo Esteves

Nice article, thanks for sharing it!

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axel584

Bonega artikolo. Mi komencis pasigi tian intervjuon kaj viaj kolsiloj estas saĝaj πŸ˜‰
Tamen kiel kandidato mi Δ‰iam diris ke mi deziras plu esti programisto kaj post kvin jaroj, mi havos pli da kompetencoj kaj pli bone laboros 😁
Kelkaj firmaoj starigas tiun demandon por scii Δ‰u la kandidato povas evolui en tia firmao (se la kandidato deziras iĝi arΔ₯itekto kaj la firmao ne havas tian postenon, ili scios ke la kandidato deziros ŝanĝi post 5 jaroj)

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

Koran dankon Axel !

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Riccardo Bernardini

Esperanto?

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axel584

Kompreneble ❀️

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Chuck Reeves

"The interviewer is the professional, he is paid for that, he can prepare things in advance"

I disagree. Have you heard of the Peter Principal? TL;DR; "Employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another."

I have seen people promoted, not given any training on being a manager, and then thrown into interviewing people. I have been interviewed by Peters, who skirted close to violating discrimination laws. I had one interviewer who just introduced himself, sat me down in front of an air-gapped computer, and told me to write a WordPress plugin (I promptly walked out).

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

Well, I'm making a statement of how things should be, not a description of how they actually are in the real world.