I want to talk about how to answer this question what are you looking for in your next role it's
a tough question a lot of bad stuff can happen to you okay so I wanna I wanna talk about that
not why do you want to work here do you like this position you know none of that stuff it's
what are you looking for in your next role now this particular question is it's rough for you
because I'm gonna tell you why I'm gonna tell you the mistakes I think people make and I'm going to
tell you exactly how I would want you to approach it so that you score on it number one it's a yes
or no question not you're going to respond yes or no every time an employer asks you a question
or an interviewer asks you a question you need to understand their motivation you need to understand
what they're going to do with your response I'm the recruiter I'm the HR person I'm the hiring
official I'm one of those three people are going to ask that question right it's not going to be
somebody who's screening you technically or for your domain expertise or an internal customer or
a peer or whatever they're not going to be asking you that question but those three types of people
might not always but might what do they want to know does this person who's interviewing for
the job are they interested in the role they're interviewing for right they're looking to check a
box yes they are no they're not all right and when they do that what does that mean for you well the
yes they are is presumed right you're sitting there right if you have a job description like
you will and 90 of the cases so you'll have some inkling of what you're interviewing for
you're already saying I'm good with this generally okay these are the Assumption we're gonna make and
their assumption is you're good with it otherwise you wouldn't have what applied or boss hunted or
gotten an internal referral or whatever right okay so you're not going to get any more points
for solidifying that you're okay with that role or want that role but now they're looking for
well is there any inconsistency does the person not really like the sales aspect of this role
or or maybe they're not they don't want to work in this technology or whatever right so you get
this well then you're going to lose points so that's bad so the second part of this is you
generally make mistakes because the way the question is phrased is what do you what are
you looking for in your next role and the minute you get a question like that you feel it's okay
to start talking about what what you want and we don't want to do that under no circumstances
do I ever want you to answer this question with any level of specificity because only bad stuff
can happen the best stuff that can happen to you is you answer it specifically and it touches all
the points that this employer is looking for that matches with the job description or whatever idea
they have in their head of what function you're going to perform all you've done there is just
confirm something that they already assumed okay and the only thing is the more specific you are
the greater the likelihood that you will actually say something that doesn't align to what's there
so you only have two goals two goals when you get this question get it over with as fast as possible
and the second part of of your goal number two is the same goal you have that I've tried to drill
in your head for any interview question you ever get and any question you ask is what sell yourself
right and you're probably thinking Eddie hey wow how am I going to sell myself when they're asking
me what I want well I'm going to tell you and not only do I want to I want you to sell yourself but
I I want you to do it six times I want you to show them you're a team player I want you to show them
that you have the experience they want I want you to show them that you have the skill sets to crush
that role that you have a perfectly dialed in perspective that you genuinely care about your
customers benefiting and your customers don't need to be your company's customers it could be
some internal group that you're supporting and that the last thing I want you to do number six
is to show them that if I'm not right for this role I'm right for your company and in for some
other role okay so we're going to be able to do those six things and if you're wondering how I'm
gonna do that I'm going to show you because I'm gonna pull up the actual script I want you to use
all right now what are you looking for in your next role so we don't want to be specific
what we want what we want to do is we want to talk about how you're a team player and you're a big
picture thinker what's that look like what's the anti-ism you join a company you don't join a job
right if you join the right company you don't have the job you joined for for very long and I mean
that in a good way right so you start out with it starts with the company I join okay this is like
first and foremost the reason I'm interviewing with you is because I'm looking for a company
who boom just insert a couple of of things that are very specific to them now you might be getting
this question after they've asked you why do you want to work here right why us why this company
and that's okay then just Echo what you said previously and just say as I mentioned before
you know I wanna I wanna I'm interviewing with you because you're this that and the other thing
right as I as I just said a few minutes ago but I but if they haven't asked that question this
is a great way to slip that in okay all right I'm a big picture thinker I'm a team player
as far as a role that would make me happy or as far as what I'm looking for in a role
or whatever I'm looking for one why do I have the yellow on the word one because it's vague
and it's not specific and I don't want you to talk about a function a title or some name of
something that's specific I want you to be General I'm looking for one where I can what add value
using my what experience experience with experience building customer service
systems experience establishing marketing teams experience working with these Solutions okay
and whatever skills list them out real quick couple three you're now you're in sell mode
okay you're in Cell mode I got the experience you're looking for I got the skills they might
have read your resume they might not have they might have read it two minutes before you got
in there they made a study it the day before it doesn't matter say it again keep reminding them
that you have what they're looking for okay and to help what who are your beneficiaries to help
our customers who are calling into the support line to help the internal team that I'm going to
be building the system for accomplish whatever it is that that that you want them to accomplish you
it and even if you're not exactly certain of all this you can speak in a trajectory that aligns to
for all intents and purposes what you're going to be doing okay and then cap it off with to me it's
not about the title as much as it is about the impact if I have Major Impact and the company does
well the rest of the stuff will be there okay so now what you're doing is sell sell sell sell sell
I just told you I want to join your company I just told you I'm I'm I have these skills
this experience my focus and all I care about is adding value right I'm not overly concerned
about title I don't care if you are just say this in the in the beginning they will love you
okay so so this is this is really really important and if for those of you that follow my work
one of the other things that you will notice
is this is common and consistent uh tutelage from me right this is this is generally what I
teach when you get asked futuristic questions what are you looking for I have a video out
there and where do you see yourself in five years okay the where do you see yourself in
five years that video is a great one for you to check out because it's the same kind of here's
the trajectory I intend to be on five years from now I don't know what I'm going to be
called I don't right but I know I'm going to be operating in a capacity where I'm able to do this
that and the other thing this is the same kind of response anytime you get put into prediction mode
and which this is this question is a prediction mode question you need to talk trajectory not
specifics this more specific you are the greater the likelihood you get bounced or they don't think
that they can satiate those specifics the other video that I have out there that I think really
goes goes pretty nicely with this one is how to describe yourself in one sentence the elevator
pitch video that I put out oh five years ago or so so I want you to check that one out too so I just
want to just recap it real quick when it comes to what are you looking for you know in the next role
it starts with the company I joined the reason I'm interviewing with you as far as a role that
would make me happy I'm looking for one where I can add value using my experience with along with
my whatever skills list them out to help whomever do whatever right it's not about the title it's
about the impact okay so uh this this is gonna live up here you can snapshot that screenshot
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