• How would you define your career aspirations?

• What roles would you be interested in having in 10 years? 5 years? 3 years? Next year?

• Why is it so important for you?

• What is the meaning for you once you accomplish your career goal?

• When you achieve your goal, what will you see, hear, feel?

• What is the definition of a successful career for you?

• What experiences/knowledge do you need to have? By when?

• What competencies do you need to have? By when?

• What would make your work more meaningful to you?

Section I - Experience & Strengths

• How would you describe your progress in your career thus far?

• What are the most important skills you’ve learned so far? Why?

• What have been the most impactful experiences you’ve had so far? Why?

• What are your unique experiences or capabilities?

• What do you do really well?

• What are you recognized or rewarded for most often?

• Which of your accomplishments are you proudest of?

• For what do most people come to you for help?

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Section II: Interests & Personnel Drives

• What is your favorite part of your current role? Your least favorite?

• What have you always loved doing? What job opportunities are you passionate about?

• What is the one task or type of project you would like to do more frequently in future roles? Less frequently? • What do you value most in terms of your career (e.g., autonomy, work­life balance, management, collaboration, independence, recognition, prestige, diverse nature of work, influence, compensation, interpersonal relationships)?

• What drives you (are you more creative or concrete in your mindset, outcomes­ or process ­focused, compensation­ or altruistic­ focused, etc.)?

• What sort of lifestyle would you like to have?

• What non­work goals and priorities may influence your career decisions? In what ways?​

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Section III: Environment / Organization Opportunity

• Which parts of our business, organization, or industry do you find most interesting? Why?

• If you weren’t in this role, what other role do you think would be a good fit for you? Why?

• Who is a key person to helping you achieve your career goals? How will they help you?

• What are the potential obstacles to achieving your goal?

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Section IV: Gap defined

• What experiences or capabilities do you lack that people on a similar career path have?

• What do others perceive as your greatest weaknesses?

• What development gaps do you need to address before you can pursue your career goals?

• What other experiences do you need to have in order to accomplish your career goals (e.g., experiences in different functions, geographies, industries)?

• What sort of additional education or certifications do you need in order to reach your career goals?

• How well do your career goals align with your current development opportunities?

• What kinds of options exist to address these Career goals?

• What activities would help you get closer to the achieving these goals?

• What performance changes will you see in the next six months? Next 1 year?

• What else could you do? What haven’t you tried yet?

• Imagine there were no obstacles, constraints or limitations, what could you do to try to move closer to your career goal?

• Are any of those options feasible to implement?

• For the options we have identified, what are some of the advantages and disadvantages of each? What are the short­term and long­term implications of each option?

• I could think of some more ideas on this topic. Do you want to hear them?

• Will these activities really help achieve the goal we discussed earlier?

• What do you do now to best position yourself for the next role?

• What will you do now? Which options will you chose?

• What is your action plan?

• Will you achieve your aim with this option?

• What is your first step?

• When will you do it (when will you begin)?

• Which obstacles may you meet on your way?

• How will you overcome these obstacles?

• Who should know about it?

• What help do you need?

• Where and how will you get this support?

• Please rate on a scale from 1 to ­10 if you will stick to it.

• How sure are you that you will really implement this option to achieve the goal?