What are your long-term goals?
How you answer this question will offer insights into your ambition and where you want to take your career. It'll also reveal how well your future aligns with the opportunities their program would provide.
This is different than your five-year career plan. This is speaking to your long-term goals. Exhibit your interest in growing within the company and align your long-term goals with your current career path.
What they're looking for in their candidates is "a capacity to grow. We're looking for future leaders." Approximately 43% of Abbott's U.S. interns have gone on to full-time positions at the company, with an 80 percent job offer acceptance rate.
"My long-term goal is to do my part to increase the rate of exponential growth so the accomplishments in medical science will exceed our wildest dreams. I imagine that looks like working in partnership with a company that shares this passion, with integrity, and a shared passion for developing breakthrough products and life-changing technology, all towards the goal of making a sustainable and lasting impact on our global health."
