"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?" I had always felt that this standard question, asked at most interviews is a stupid one. How can one actually imagine how life would be like after 10 years when one can never know for sure what tomorrow will bring? One can not even be sure that he would be alive the next morning! Supposing that you do get to be living after 10 years, but can you predict what the situations are likely to be at that time? Can you know what it would be, that would give happiness & contentment in life 10 years hence?
A 5 year old child may remark that he would build a castle of chocolate bricks when he grows up. Would the same child actually do that, if he could, at the age of 25?
It is not uncommon for Nursery students to declare that they love their class teacher & want to marry her. But would any sensible young man still hold on to that fantasy a decade later?
The human mind is not static, it is always in a state of transition. Change is a natural process- Just as the physical body of a living organism transforms over time, its mind also evolves. The human mind is said to be evolving when it transcends the physical aspect of merely existing, and moves on to the intellectual angle of cognition, and finally towards spiritual facet of 'being'.
But when you are attending an interview for a big management position, this is NOT what you are supposed to say!!
No doubt, I am so bad at corporate interviews :-p !!
Guess you have been facing a lot of corporate interviews lately. ;)
ReplyDeleteLoved your post. Funny but true. :)