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[quote=Anonymous]You don't say what field you are interviewing in, but that could matter. While most people ask that (completely boring and predictable) question to see if you are entreprenurial,  the law firm HR manager, for example, probably doesn't want to hear how you hope to be soon running your own cupcake store.  By that I mean that it is unlikely that she's interested in hiring, training, and paying you while you plan your Next Big Thing.  You need to strike a balance between being ambitious and having one foot out the door.  She wants you to say that you would like to be doing whatever is the next natural step in the field where you are an Executive Assistant.

I do think it is odd that she described 4 years as "a couple," but I don't think it's at all unusual that she asked you about the 11 months tenure.  Even today when frequent job changes aren't looked at as the deal-killers they once were, less than a year still isn't good.  Unless you had a reason like, "I supported three attorneys and they switched firms, so I followed them." or "I had to quit because the HR manager was a cranky old bitch who asked too many 'questions' about my 'attendance'" or whatever.[/quote]

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