Articulating Your Career Motivations and How This Role Fits Them

The interviewer wants to know what you are hoping to find in your next job. Explain what you are looking for, and why. ```hint Check each want against the role For every thing you plan to say you want, ask whether you can point to a moment in your past work that taught you it matters, and to something about this role that provides it. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - Should I describe what I want from the work itself, or also from the team, the manager and the company? - Would you like me to connect it to this particular role, or describe what I am looking for in general? - Are you asking about the next role only, or also where I want my career to be in a few years? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - Two or three specific wants, such as the problem space, scope of ownership, way of working or kind of growth, rather than phrases that fit any job - The experience behind each want, so it reads as self-knowledge rather than a wish list - A link from each want to something true about this role and team, showing research - What the candidate offers in return, and where this step leads - A forward-looking tone that does not criticise the current or last employer ### Follow-up Questions - If this role gave you everything you named except one thing, which would you give up first, and why? - What would make you leave this role after a year? - How does this next step fit where you want to be in five years?