Is saying that I want to be an investment banker because...

If I told an interviewer that I want to become an investment banker so that I can one day have enough capital to start a non-profit/charity a good reason, or would that be a bad idea? Btw, that is the actual reason why I want to do it, so I'm not just making something up. I'm just wondering if that would be an acceptable answer in the interview

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don't. particularly because there's the money aspect. there are plenty of good answers and you should use some of them. but i hope you know that you probably won't save up that much unless you're in it for a few years

 
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