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What are your long-range and short-range career goals and objectives, and how are you preparing to achieve them?

With regard to long term goals it is difficult to answer this interview question in terms of specific job or company expectations. One cannot accurately predict what the job or the company will look like in 5 years time. You can answer in general terms about the type of situation you would like to be in and the way you want to have grown and developed. Avoid giving specific time frames or job titles. Your answer can focus on realistic career opportunities you could expect in your industry and what you hope to have gained from these opportunities.

Your short term goals should focus on the next six - twelve months and should relate closely to the job you are being interviewed for. What training will you undergo, what are the company expectations of a new employee, what knowledge will you have gained and implemented?