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Interview Preparation

THE VIRTUAL INTERVIEW

ANSWER #11

Question: What are your short term goals?
  1. Incorrect: Will "any old job" do.

  2. Incorrect: This may be true--but no employer wants someone who has family or creditor problems or who sees the job under discussion as simply a paycheck. This answer implies a one-way relationship with this potential employee and little interest on the part of the job seeker to become part of the company long term.

  3. This is the best answer. This answer alludes to "giving" as well as "getting" AND it refocuses the discussion on the job opening.

Go to question #12




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    Svea Whiting
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    Candice Clendenin
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