What are your medium-term career goals?

How to Answer this Question

The interviewer is trying to gauge your ambition and your desire to succeed. She is also attempting to discover how much thought you have given to your future career plans.

Avoid glib responses such as To have your job or To be a manager. Quantify your aspirations and how you plan to go about achieving them.

Example Answers

I would like to be in a managerial role, ideally working closely with external clients. I have worked in client-facing roles for more than two years and I enjoy the challenge of keeping the customer satisfied. I think it's something I'm good at. I would also like to take on additional responsibility within this area, and possibly other areas such as _____. Finally, I'd like to be on the right career path towards eventually becoming a Senior Manager within the company. I'm very aware that these are ambitious goals, however I feel through hard work and dedication they are quite attainable.