What are your long-term goals?

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."