⟩ I'm going to give you a list of five things. While they're all important, tell me the one thing that is most important to you in making your next career move. Is it money, recognition, stability, challenge, or environment?
There is no right answer to this question. If you're hiring a sales person, you really want them to say money, although few actually will. What's critical is how the answer fits in with what you already know about the candidate. If the person has legitimately been laid off repeatedly throughout his or her career, perhaps due to company closures or lack of work, it makes perfect sense for stability to be the response. If the person says challenge, but has held the same level of responsibility for the last 10 years, he's pulling your leg.
If the answer is environment, it's a perfect lead-in to my next question.
