"Where do you see yourself in 3 to 5 years?"
Answer
- Show ambition that fits the company: growing technical depth, owning bigger features or systems, mentoring others.
- Link it to what this role offers (stack, domain, scale, learning).
- Avoid: 'in your job', 'starting my own company', or no plan at all.
- Example shape: 'I want to become a strong backend engineer who can own a service end to end, and later help newer engineers grow.'