Tomorrow I have an interview for valuations and advisory role. I was wondering how I should approach them asking what I want to do in the future. Should I just say I see myself staying in valuations even though this is not true, will they buy that?
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Tell them your dream is to get the MAI designation. They'll cream their pants. Seriously though, it is OK if your answer to this question is a little white lie. Just don't leave in less than a year or you'll burn a bridge and lose potential references.
Honestly, a question like that is not all that 'fair' of a question, as projecting out is just speculating. Still, it's a reasonable question, just whatever you say is legit a guess. Given that, you can talk about advancing up in the shop, getting into litigation work (the highest paid/most difficult part of valuation), investing in deals personally (a lot of appraisers do this), etc.
But, um yeah, if you say... "Well, I hope to do this for 1-2 years to complete training to get a good understanding of markets and properties so I will be more valuable to the investment or development firm I really want to work for" ... that won't go well, but of course, many will do exactly that.
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