Got an interview and always hate the question where do you see yourself in 5 years? Best way to answer this convincingly?

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Fake it til you make it!

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at this company i love it so much blah blah

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Research where people realistically can move up to from your position in your company in 5 years. Then spout bullshit. "My goal is to learn as much as possible within my role and develop my XYZ skills so that I may be able to grow into Y position in 5 years time because from what I've researched, Y position heavily deals with ABC which all rely on XYZ skills."

With your mom...

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