TRAPS: Your
totally honest response might be, “Hell, no, are you serious?” That might be so, but any answer which shows
you as fleeing work if given the chance could make you seem lazy. On the other hand, if you answer, “Oh, I’d
want to keep doing exactly what I am doing, only doing it for your firm,” you
could easily inspire your interviewer to silently mutter to himself, “Yeah,
sure. Gimme a break.”
BEST ANSWER: This type of question is aimed at getting at
your bedrock attitude about work and how you feel about what you do. Your best answer will focus on your positive
feelings.
Example: “After I floated down from cloud nine, I
think I would still hold my basic belief that achievement and purposeful work
are essential to a happy, productive life.
After all, if money alone bought happiness, then all rich people would
be all happy, and that’s not true.
“I love the
work I do, and I think I’d always want to be involved in my career in some
fashion. Winning the lottery would make
it more fun because it would mean having more flexibility, more options...who
knows?”
“Of course,
since I can’t count on winning, I’d just as soon create my own destiny by
sticking with what’s worked for me, meaning good old reliable hard work and a
desire to achieve. I think those
qualities have built many more fortunes that all the lotteries put together.”
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