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Job Interview Question 89

What would you look to accomplish in the first 30 days/60 days/90
days on the job?

Congratulations, this is your lead-in for your 30-60-90-Day Plan!
Having a 90-day plan written out for the interview, that you can look at with the hiring manager and

discuss, is THE best interview tool you could ever use. It shows that you are someone with drive,
ambition, initiative, enthusiasm, good strategic thinking skills, good prioritization skills, and
good problem-solving skills who can set goals and know what steps will achieve them.

With this question, they are looking to visualize you in this role, and your plan will help them do
that.

You say, “I’m so glad you asked that. I’ve actually created an outline of what I think my action
steps and goals should be for the first 30, 60, and 90 days of this job and I’d like to go over it with
you and get your feedback.”

You’ll start with what you need to do in the first 30 days to familiarize yourself with the company:

Training
Meeting co-workers, team or other departments
Learning systems, procedures, or software
Getting your feet wet with your first projects or customers
After you discuss this for a few minutes, you’ll move on to the next 30 days (the 60-day section):

Get up to speed with your job
Get feedback on your progress
Start going off more on your own