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Demetrius · 06-09-2006 10:22AM #1

One of the stickiest questions that can be given to you in an interview is the question,

"Where do you find yourself in 5 years?"

It has always been the most difficult one for me to answer. I'm half tempted half the time to retort, "to be a roustabout on an oil-rig", or "a squaddie in Norn Iron."

So boarders, where do you see yourself in 5 years?

What goals do you hope to achieve in such areas as relationships, career, finances, and travelling?

GreenHell · 06-09-2006 10:24AM

Single, Self employed, loaded and yes.

aidan_walsh · 06-09-2006 10:26AM

"Don't say 'Doing your wife'! Don't say 'Doing your wife'!"

connundrum · 06-09-2006 10:35AM

aidan_walsh wrote:

"Don't say 'Doing your wife'! Don't say 'Doing your wife'!"

Doing your ma?

I'll either be a self employed person who is under investigation for tax fraud... or a Detective Inspector with the Guards. A tale of two lives eh.. :rolleyes:

Mrs_Doyle · 06-09-2006 10:43AM

I remember falling out with my friend because I said I would own my own home and be a millionaire by the time I was 25, and she wouldn't believe me.

Well, the joke is most definitely on me. Unless I manage a lotto win sometime soon it looks like my pal may have been right.

I was so determined to have it all worked out by 25, the career, the house, the car, the works!

So in answer to your question, I would love nothing more then to be uber successful in every aspect of my little world, but I am not gonna tempt fate.

For all I know I could still be working in this sh1tty office in 5 years time!!

petes · 06-09-2006 10:46AM

Hopefully self employed. I don't really mind/care if I owned my own house. But as Mrs Doyle says "Don't tempt fate", you don't know what is around the corner.

06-09-2006 10:50AM

I see myself happy!

Sam Vimes · 06-09-2006 10:51AM

aidan_walsh wrote:

"Don't say 'Doing your wife'! Don't say 'Doing your wife'!"

doin your....son

Just The One · 06-09-2006 11:03AM

Somewhere warm, sitting by the pool sipping pina coladas - did I mention that I usually go on holidays this time of year.

Dave! · 06-09-2006 11:10AM

In the army

Tha Gopher · 06-09-2006 11:11AM

Demetrius wrote:

What goals do you hope to achieve in such areas as relationships, career, finances, and travelling?

My mate once answered "at the bottom of a lake"

ahahaha......seriouslly, maybe ya had to be there:rolleyes:

Career: Rich as fcuk obviously. Im givng consideration into going into acting tbh, ive been told im good, and seeing as Richard Harris is dead and Farrells off the gargle, drugs and groupies the world is just crying out for a new dashingly handsome alcoholic Irish sex machine hellraising actor.

If that doesnt go well ill just try advance up the corporate ladder i guess

Finances: Ive always vowed the last thing i want to do is be paying a 35 year mortgage to buy a house in some ghetto in Blanch. Its a fcukin stranglehold. Id love to have a house paid for before 30

Relationships: I dunno, not sure i want the family and all till 27/28 or so, and ill be 25 in 5 years. And as those who read the "ugly birds" thread know I cant lessen myself to having anything less than the model type

Travelling: I dunno, im workin full time now, mates say theyre going to Australia but it will never happen. Fraid by the time im 25 ill have been lucky to get two trips to the med, the odd weekend in Amsterdam and one or two in the new party cities in Eastern Europe like Riga or Prague.

Terry · 06-09-2006 11:29AM

i'm hoping to have a different career. not self employed though. too much hassle.

MrJoeSoap · 06-09-2006 12:42PM

Canada, living in a house on many acres, flying planes for a living, and having a dog.

Angels · 06-09-2006 12:45PM

Happily Married, enjoying married life & travelling together to New Zealand.

joe_chicken · 06-09-2006 01:02PM

All interview questions are BOLLOX!

I hate interviews

John Mason · 06-09-2006 01:07PM

i will be in my forties and slowly sinking into the madness of spinsterhood. i will have started my stray dog collection and will have started stacking and storaging papers in one room. my reputation with the neighbour kid children as being a witch will just about be starting and i might have stopped washing frequently by then too:D

kmick · 06-09-2006 01:15PM

Ths standard answer to this is one that shows progression.

For Example
Engineer - ...I hope to be a lead engineer..
Salesman -...I hope to be sales manager...
Forecourt Attendant-...I hope to be assistant forecourt manager..

The answer is immaterial as long as it shows progression. Interviews are like tarot card readings you tell people what they want to hear not some version of the truth.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 06-09-2006 01:15PM

Sitting here in the same chair rolling my eyes as a 2011-reg user posts this exact same fúcking thread.

Terry · 06-09-2006 01:28PM

i don't think you'll have to wait until 2011. give it a month.

06-09-2006 01:39PM

In a little two bedroom cottage with a sea view, maybe in County Cork, co-authoring novels with my one and only.:cool:

daiixi · 06-09-2006 01:50PM

Back in Australia living in my own flat/house. Doing something to do with law and dating a hot Australian! By then will have done most of the travelling I want to do so will be able to knuckle down to getting the mortgage paid.

Feral Mutant · 06-09-2006 01:52PM

In five years, I plan to be the interviewer of new employees.:D

scojones · 06-09-2006 02:02PM

Running the company I currently work for.

Agamemnon · 06-09-2006 02:37PM

Well off and waiting for Heather Graham to give birth to our first child.

Ruu_Old · 06-09-2006 02:47PM

julep wrote:

i'm hoping to have a different career. not self employed though. too much hassle.

What julep said, I'm getting tired of compooter repairs.:)

Sangre · 06-09-2006 03:19PM

Being a qualified solicitor working in a big firm for big bucks.

Demetrius · 06-09-2006 03:50PM

Feral Mutant wrote:

In five years, I plan to be the interviewer of new employees.:D

:)Was wondering when someone would say that! The ultimate way to get back at all those young Yuppie whippersnappers

Demetrius · 06-09-2006 03:54PM

Mmmm... my dream in 5 years time is to have been married for 5 years and be granted 5 children.

Lust4Life · 06-09-2006 05:00PM

Dem, I hated that question too when I was searching for a job.
my answer was "Well, up until recently, I saw myself at my previous job in 5 years, but that's not going to happen now, is it???"

I see myself earning big bucks as a radiologic technician, owning my own home, and having the money to travel at will!

Oh, and also, 5 years from today... I'll be having a REALLY great hair day too!

bringitdown · 06-09-2006 05:13PM

A multi - millionaire who funds 80's movie remakes that only star monkeys.

Days of Thunder, Top Gun, all with monkeys.

bounty · 06-09-2006 05:28PM

im going to be on about double my current salary in 5 years

Sangre wrote:

Being a qualified solicitor working in a big firm for big bucks.

ah, thats why you argued for the law

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