What specifically are they looking for when they ask what are my goals after I graduate. I know what type of company I won't to work for, where I want to be after a couple years. How specific am I suppose to be.

12/12/2006 5:00:43 PM

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"I know what type of company I won't to work for"

12/12/2006 6:32:41 PM

Heres the deal. I interviewed with Pittsburgh and I am supposed to find out on Friday whether I got in. They emailed me today and another person wants to speak to me about my Post-MBA goals.

In my essay and interview I basically said I want to work with a company that has a large engineering force, but not a huge corp. I'm interested in Product Develpment, Reliability, or manufacturing. I'm not sure how specific they want me to be, and I don't like the idea of being to specific because alot can happy in 2 years with industry.


Any further comments would be extremely helpful.

12/12/2006 7:22:43 PM

^Sounds OK. I wasn't that detailed in my interview, and still got in. I just told the interviewer that I would like to continue in management.

12/12/2006 10:05:13 PM

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"I don't like the idea of being to specific because alot can happy in 2 years with industry."

12/13/2006 12:25:26 AM

Think of the program for which you are applying and see if your goals are roughly the same as the MBA's. If their goals are significantly different from yours, you might want to rethink the program which you are applying to.

-Use past experiences to help state things you definitely do NOT want to do. You don't have to be too specific about what exactly you want to do in the future, they don't expect you to know.
-If you are only thinking of the current company and the current type of work you are in, you are thinking too narrow.
-Don't be afraid to put some personal goals in there. I wouldn't go in extravagant detail, but non-career development can be just as important as career development.

12/13/2006 2:47:01 AM