What is your long-term vision professionally?

While this question may seem overused, my career coaching clients frequently report the discussion of their long-term career goals in our post-interview discussions. Your interviewer wants to know where you see yourself professionally in the future. Additionally, they are invested in selecting candidates with a future that aligns with what the Stanford MBA program has to offer.

Tell the interviewer where you see yourself long-term. For some candidates, the long term may only be 10 years away. For others, it may be a plan that will play out over a few decades. Regardless, it is important to communicate a basic idea of where you would like to end up. If time permits, explain how you feel the MBA program at Stanford will help you achieve your goals.

It is ok to state that you are unsure of the exact position you would like to have if that is true for you. If that is the case, give a basic sense of the direction that you would like to head down and explain how the Stanford GSB MBA program will help you decide where you would like to go.