Remember that interviews go both ways. You are trying to see if this company is a place you want to spend half your waking hours. Ask the interviewer where they see themselves in 5 years. Watch their reaction closely. Do they sigh, or hesitate? You might get a telling bit of honesty out of them.
I use a similar question that I don’t mind anyone else copying. I ask if they like to work there, similar to the “in 5 years” question they’ll fumble with a response if it’s bad because I don’t think that many people ask this. Upside is that it doesn’t sound like a generic question either, which the “in 5 years” one does, just a healthy curiosity.
Remember that interviews go both ways. You are trying to see if this company is a place you want to spend half your waking hours. Ask the interviewer where they see themselves in 5 years. Watch their reaction closely. Do they sigh, or hesitate? You might get a telling bit of honesty out of them.
I use a similar question that I don’t mind anyone else copying. I ask if they like to work there, similar to the “in 5 years” question they’ll fumble with a response if it’s bad because I don’t think that many people ask this. Upside is that it doesn’t sound like a generic question either, which the “in 5 years” one does, just a healthy curiosity.
I’m on the interview rotation and absolutely hate my company. I have a canned answer for this question and it sounds genuine.
And I give every person I interview a recommendation because I want to get out of here.
Yes it’s fair, it’s human, it’s literal, it seeks to elucidate. It’s the perfect question to ask the interviewer.
Body mirroring! Makes you seem more likeable, more familiar to the interviewer.