What are your five year professional goals?
The interviewer asks this question for two reasons. They want to see if you have professional goals and a plan to achieve them. When you set goals to improve and grow professionally, it shows that you are motivated and dedicated to your profession. The interviewer also wants to see if your plans include working for the company after your internship. CVS invests a lot of money and time to hire and train interns, and the interviewer wants to know that you will be a long-term employee if hired.
Focus on describing exactly what professional goals you have planned for the next five years and how you will achieve them. It may be that you plan on completing pharmacy school and an internship, leading a pharmacy team, or pursuing higher education to advance in your career. Be sure to highlight that you see yourself with the company in the next five years to be strongly considered for the position.
You want to avoid saying you have not planned out that far in advance or see yourself with another company in five years. If you do not have professional goals, the interviewer will determine that you are not motivated and inspired to grow as a pharmacy student. If your goal is to move on to another company, the interviewer may not want to invest time hiring and interning a short-term employee.
"Since I am still in school, my professional goals in the next five years are to get hired by your company and gain experience during my internship. I appreciate that your company offers an internship program, which is the reason I applied to your reputable organization. I will complete pharmacy school in the next year and see myself leading a pharmacy team with your company over the next five years."
