The business world is a sea of turbulence and dynamism. It rarely allows anyone to follow a set plan, much less a long term plan or a 5-year one. Why then do we even need such a question?
Imagine a moon eyed youngster fresh out of graduation sitting through the interview process. There is a great likelihood that their vision of their future would be dramatically different from how reality would later unfold. Having a good understanding of your future options is well and good, admirable even, but why is not having a definite game plan for the future a crime? Even the Indian Government chucked the Planning Commission that played the same game of predicting the next five years.
The average B-School graduates change their job within 2 years generally, and keep on exploring various fields ending up with a diversified career. These are the same set of people who had given those rosy well prepared interview answers to that damning question: “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
A better answer would perhaps be: “Managing change.”
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