Hi,

I will be attending an interview tomorrow. I would be glad if someone could give me an insight on how to answer these questions:

1. 'If there are other companies offer a job to you, would you jump ship?'

2. 'How long do you think you can stay with us?'

This is because before I was being scheduled for an interview, I had a phone conversation with the hiring manager and she asked me the second question. I didn't know what was coming and I bluntly told her that I would probably stay for two to three years.

Little did I know, she said '..but we are looking for one who can stay long with us. There are cases in the past whereby after we have trained them well enough, they leave the company. If can, we don't want to hire a job hopper'

Honestly speaking, I want to expand my horizon and try to work in different companies with different working culture. I'm a bit lost at these kind of questions.

This post has been edited by Bearberry: Oct 22 2014, 02:26 PM

That is probably one of the awful interview questions. There is no better answer than being honest like your good self but some interviewers just love candidates to give them the answer they want to hear. Sometimes maybe honesty is not the best policy?



This post has been edited by Bearberry: Aug 11 2020, 05:42 PM