What are your short-term career goals?

Short-term career goals are targets that you believe will help you achieve your long-term career objectives. Short-term goals are achievable and meant to keep you motivated on your journey to your larger, long-term goals. Short-term career goals should also help you meet specific work-related objectives over a shorter period, perhaps in 12 months or less.

Having clarity on your short-term goals is the key to delivering a memorable response. If you're unsure of what qualifies as a short-term goal, consider a few of these examples:

- Completing a new certification, workshop, or course
- Improving soft skills such as communication or networking
- Improving hard skills such as becoming a power user in a particular program
- Reading more business books related to your industry or profession

When discussing short-term career goals, be sure that these goals are clear and related to the job opportunity at Bank of America. You can break down your response using this simple framework:

"In the short term, I would like to (insert an achievable goal). So far, I have (describe the action steps you've taken so far). To meet this goal, I plan to (discuss the action steps you plan to take)."

In your Bank of America HireVue interview, you may be given interview questions in the form of text or the form of a pre-recorded video by a Bank of America hiring manager. The average HireVue interview takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. This one-way video interview typically includes 3-5 questions. Depending on the parameters set by Bank of America, the HireVue platform will generally give you 30 seconds to prepare a response and up to 2 minutes to answer each question. It's important to note that HireVue stops recording as soon as your time limit is up, so it's better to run under time than overtime.

"I have worked as a Finance Analyst for eight years now and have set my sights on earning a promotion to Finance Manager. I have committed to upskilling my mentorship and leadership abilities to achieve this short-term goal. I am taking an online course called 'Personality Types at Work,' provided by the University of Florida. My natural interpersonal skills helped me develop meaningful relationships with my peers. Now I'd like to learn more about personality types so that I can be an impactful leader when the opportunity arises. I appreciate that Bank of America emphasizes the growth and development of its team members. When researching this opportunity, I read that the company believes part of being a great place to work is providing its team members with the tools and resources to develop and grow their careers. I look forward to achieving more leadership and mentorship-related goals in this role. I believe that could start with 'The Academy,' the company's award-winning onboarding, training, and professional development program."