How do I not answer 'Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?' in a job interview?

n fact, this question is the key for selection if you answer positively. You should know company's promotion policy.

Why do you shirk answering this question? In fact, this question is the key for selection if you answer positively. You should know company's promotion policy. You can easily answer where you will be after 5/10 years, if you are inducted in the company.

In an interview, my son was asked about his ambition. He answered that he wanted to be like senior vice president of the company. We were not personally known to him. He was related to my boss. My son had given his reference in his resume. He had risen from junior engineer to senior vice president.

My son was not only selected, he has got four promotions in 12 years. He met senior vice president after selection and presented flowers and shawl according to custom in Maharashtra.