How to answer the interview question: How does this position fit your career goals?

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There are three types of interview questions – experience, self-evaluation, and behavior-based – each unpack the talents of candidates in the selection process. Self-evaluation questions ask candidates to hypothesize on how they think and feel about a particular topic.

Similar to asking about what interests you, interviewers often want to know how the role fits into the career path you see for yourself. As you prepare for your interview, consider the answers to some of these questions. Your answer tells the interviewer whether you want just any job or whether you’re interested in THIS job.

It may be hard to predict, especially if you’re just starting out and still learning what jobs you love. But give some thought to where you hope to be in the next five to ten years and use that to...