Where this role sits in your career
Question
How does this job fit with your longer-term career plans, and what other paths are you also considering?
Short answer
Tell a coherent story. Explain how the role builds the skills and experience you want next, give a credible longer-term direction, and be honest that you are exploring related options while making clear this role is your priority. Interviewers want commitment and logic, not a plan that makes the job look like a stopgap.
Adapted from Crack, Heard on the Street, Q5.2.2, p.49; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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