I recently met with a young man who lost his job....he is about 26 years old, he has worked for several years in sales in the sports marketing business. Very nice young man.
When I asked him what he wanted to do he said, "that's the problem...I don't really know for sure." Yikes, I thought to myself. He might be thinking that but I don't advise that people say that - after years in the business world - "I don't know..." Not a good answer.
The better approach is to stay solution and goal oriented in your response. What do I mean?
Your intention in the meeting is to get them to like you and believe that you are a bright, ambitious, motivated individual. Give them enough direction with your response to this question that they can think through their contacts, identify people who they know that would network with you and so that you can leave the meeting with names and contact information of people who they have referred you to.
As you answer this question, talk about what you know you are interested in...it can be somewhat generic if necessary. Maybe your answer is that you want to be a part of building something or that you want to secure a position where you are in total control of your financial rewards or that you want to stay in this particular city you live in or that you are eager to move anywhere. Stay positive and stay focused on what it is that you do want to do, not what you don't know or you don't want to do. The goal is to have them like you enough to want to help you or hire you so you need to create enough of an impression and illustrate enough ideas that they want to help get you in front of good people.
So when they ask you, what do you want to do, remain solution and goal oriented. Not to mention, these are two key traits that people making hiring decisions want in their employees. Prove to them by your response to this question that you live by these key traits.
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