What would you like to be doing in 5 years from now

Commentary:

• The interview wants to understand your ambitions and how realistic you are with them. It’s a double edged sword, aim too low and you won’t look ambitious enough, aim too high and the interviewer themselves may think you are a threat or ‘too arrogant or big’ for the role.
• Also, avoid cliched answers (one is coming up)

Example bad answers:

• "I want your job." Commentary: if you say that - what happens if the person interviewing you wants to keep their job for more than 5 years?, anyway - it’s a horrible cliche

• (In a waffly type style:) "I want to achieve all that I am set and work in a productive environment where I feel that I have a significant influence"

Example good answer:

• I don’t have a detailed plan, but my broad aim is to continue my existing career progression working towards CEO/board director/functional head etc level in a FTSE100/Medium/Small company etc. What's more important to me though is...