Interview Question

[tiredofphilly11]

So I got an interview with the company my friend works for. In fact less than an hour after he sent my resume and cvr letter they contacted me to set up a phone interview!! I'm very excited but now i'm rather nervous....the reason being that 2 Managers are now interviewing me over the phone! Um isn't that a bit much? I expected to get an HR person first round. The position is with Brokerage Operations so a lot of my job will be spent on the phone but eeee now i'm really nervous. damn!

[Kitty]

I don't think that's unusual or "a bit much."

[Kitty]

Oh, and good luck!

[littledancerus]

I have an interview question since we're on the topic. When you are asked where you want to be in 5 (or 10 or whatever) years, what should you say? Usually I think they want to hear that you want to stay there for a good period of time, but sometimes I think that they want to hear that you have goals for something bigger. I feel like I'm not getting hired for a lot of jobs because they think that I am over-qualified and wont stay long. (I just got my college degree, but jobs in my field always want experience and the other ones I've been applying for only want a hs degree) I seriously think this is preventing me for getting hired anywhere. So I guess I'm asking, should I say that I want to stay at a job for a while when they ask, even if I might not??

[RealDeal]

I asked my career advisor last year at school what employers are trying to get out of this question because personally I think this is such a broad question. She told me that sometimes they ask this question to see how you respond to questions like how well you compose yourself. But personally I think that they are definitely this but also looking for something. I would definitely tell them what they want to hear it even if it is stretching the true.

Maybe talk about how you want to be in a job that you love, being able to support youself fully so you can do what you want to do ( financially stable), etc. Also come up with some goals that are really important to you and mention thoses.

Also check out this website:

http://interview.monster.com/

It gives interview advice and career advice

[Kitty]

I totally bull-shit that one.

Like, when I was going to marketing interviews in the current industry I am in (Architecture/Engineer) I'd say "Oh, I love this industry and I want to try to stay in it. Hopefully in X amount of years i'll be a manager or director..blah blah.."

I think it's good to act like the job you're interviewing for is what you want as a career. That you're not just looking at it as a job. I think they also want to see that you're willing to grow and you're looking to eventually move up.

In reality I hate my industry and want out ASAP. I also am a total slacker and am pretty content with not running the entire marketing department somewhere. I really dont want the added stress right now.