Life purpose varies depending on an individual educational, religious, ethnic and political background.

The interviewer is not smart. I went for an interview u need to see the interviewer.

Hmmm

How did they contact you for an Interview - was it by a Letter also?

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Your life purpose consists of the central motivating aims of your lif.
The reasons you get up in the morning.
Purpose can guide life decisions, influence behavior, shape goals, offer a sense of direction, and create meaning.
For some people, purpose is connected to vocation—meaningful, satisfying work.

Questions that may come up when you reflect upon your life purpose are:

Who am I?
Where do I belong?
When do I feel fulfilled?


Our purpose in life is to solve problems by changing the status quo

i rather disagree with you on this A.x.x licker.
You vehemently supported the status quo,otherwise you wont be praising failure!
Our purpose in life is making positive connections with others and enjoying those around you

Our purpose in life is to make things better than the way we met them.


Biblically,
Our purpose in life is to glorify HIM.
God created us in His image to live in relationship with him and be His image bearers in this world.

WE RISE.

Lordreed budaatum

post=106756097:
Your life purpose consists of the central motivating aims of your lif.
The reasons you get up in the morning.
Purpose can guide life decisions, influence behavior, shape goals, offer a sense of direction, and create meaning.
For some people, purpose is connected to vocation—meaningful, satisfying work.

Questions that may come up when you reflect upon your life purpose are:

Who am I?
Where do I belong?
When do I feel fulfilled?


Our purpose in life is to solve problems by changing the status quo

Our purpose in life is making positive connections with others and enjoying those around you

Our purpose in life is to make things better than the way we met them.


Biblically,
Our purpose in life is to glorify HIM.
God created us in His image to live in relationship with him and be His image bearers in this world.

WE RISE.

What have you changed.
Na you make aeroplane?

Purpose of life is not fixed, some came to invent, some for business, some to run mad.
No general purpose

To make positive impacts and leave a fulfilled life.

Ans: TO BE HAPPY.... that's why we spend the whole of our lives in pursuit of happiness. Everything we do ranging from making money, religion,winning, drugs,alcohol,career, family, sports etc comes down to pursuing happiness. But nature is always striving for balance that's why HAPPINESS IS ELUSIVE.....NOBODY IN THIS LIFE CAN OBTAIN COMPLETE HAPPINESS BECAUSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING REMAINING....

Firstly to set a goal and achieve the goal.. that's all

mumumugu:
This was in the 1980s when unemployment was high. A small company advertised a sales position in a local newspaper. It wasn’t clear what they actually sold and I didn’t have much experience, but it was close to where I lived, so I applied by letter anyway, and to my surprise was invited for an interview.

He asked me, “What do you think the purpose of life is?” and that question definitely caught me off guard.

The strange question must have at least revealed I was paying attention, because my immediate response was, “Why would you ask me such a question?”

“It reveals a lot about a person I’ve learned,” the business owner replied.

At that age I was totally unprepared. I was ready to explain sales strategies.

So I needed a moment. My first thought was that this might be an indirect way to learn about the religious convictions of a person, and that this might be a secret demand.

Still I managed to come up with a coherent answer, but I don’t recall what I actually said.


Eventually I didn’t get the job, which wasn’t a big deal. However I’ve always kept wondering whether the question was asked because of his religious beliefs, or that it was in fact an assessment relevant to sales positions.

Either way, the answer to such a question is always revealing.


From quora

The purpose of life is to serve and worship God. Outside of that, there's absolutely no purpose for life. Human life and that of animals are absolutely useless if you look at it from a third party perspective.

How you figure this out is by asking yourself: what are we actually doing on Earth? Absolutely nothing! Just repeating a cycle.

Biblically, the answer to that question canbe gotten from the following Bible verses.
John 4 vs 24
John 9 vs 4
With these two Bible verses a Christian should be able to answer that question correctly.

Biblically, the answer to that question canbe gotten from the following Bible verses.
John 4 vs 34
John 9 vs 4
With these two Bible verses a Christian should be able to answer that question correctly.

azraeljaheel:
Lordreed

I agree with those who have said life's purpose is as variable as the individuals. There is no overarching purpose, we must choose it for ourselves.

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post=106756097:
Your life purpose consists of the central motivating aims of your life.
The reasons you get up in the morning.
Purpose can guide life decisions, influence behavior, shape goals, offer a sense of direction, and create meaning.
For some people, purpose is connected to vocation—meaningful, satisfying work.

Questions that may come up when you reflect upon your life purpose are:

Who am I?
Where do I belong?
When do I feel fulfilled?


Our purpose in life is to solve problems by changing the status quo.

Our purpose in life is making positive connections with others and enjoying those around you.

Our purpose in life is to make things better than the way we met them.


Biblically,
Our purpose in life is to glorify HIM.
God created us in His image to live in relationship with him and be His image bearers in this world.

WE RISE.

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take for instance, "construct a phone"
* to a china student: that could be a school project to get a certificate.
* to a worker: that could be a duty to get salary.
* to a company owner: that could be a business deal to satisfy a client.

life could have different purpose to different person.
# to God: its just His way of having a being of his kind to act in his stead on earth while he reigns in heaven.
# to man: its a gift, one which if well taken care of would be a ticket to heaven.

bukkysam:
Executive Office chair and table for sale
Price:90k negotiable
Location: ikeja

this is a good deal honestly.

Life itself has no purpose. We're all born into the world and at some point in time, one way or another, we die. WE MUST DIE. We all are sentenced to death from the day we're born.

What makes life meaningful is the purpose we create for ourselves.

We live to die--simple!

The only inherent purpose of life is just to live, and by living for whatever it is you want to live for, your are creating a purpose for yourself. To you thats the meaning of life.

Equity15:
this is a good deal honestly.

Are you interested?

In my view, the purpose of life is to live it as much as you can. Do something meaningful with it that gives you fulfillment. Stay curious, do research, acquire knowledge and make impact... and don't let knowledge die with you, publish it, or pass it on to your children or others.

bukkysam:
Are you interested?

no, sadly not at the moment but later

ChasinGood:
Let me reiterate,what do you think the purpose of life is? Man, everyone has a calling. It's about knowing what yours is and work to achieve it.

You are almost there. The purpose of life is to discover your calling , follow it and succeed, simple. The next question will be, what is your calling?
Answer: My calling is to be a successful marketer. Then next question will be, have you been a successful marketer? Answer: Yes, this is in-line with my achievements and successes in marketing profession as captured in my resume and more to be accomplished in the future.

Equity15:
no, sadly not at the moment but later

ok

Isobug:

Yo did not answer the question

Firstly, if you read the author's post, I am sure you came across this "Still I managed to come up with a coherent answer, but I don’t recall what I actually said."
Secondly, I didn't know I was under any obligation to answer. I however reasoned quite clearly that, the answer to the question is such that, there are no right or wrong answers. Perhaps, the interview question was to find out how well the recipient of the interview could juxtapose emotions and sales.
Although, he saw the question from a religious angle, I viewed mine from an emotional (Humanity) angle.
So answering the question IMHO isn't really a biggie.
Cheers

azraeljaheel:
Lordreed
budaatum

How did you respond to those considering you for employment and work?

mumumugu:

He asked me, “What do you think the purpose of life is?” and that question definitely caught me off guard.

The strange question must have at least revealed I was paying attention, because my immediate response was, “Why would you ask me such a question?”

The purpose of life is to live! But I'm certain that answer wouldn't have gotten you the job either.

It's a silly (and devious) question to ask at an interview.

Aje......


have never gone for an inteview twice ...am prepared and am always on my highest...if you know you know....pls pass my Colorado, and dont forget small Arizona to it, iya Chika

budaatum:


How did you respond to those considering you for employment and work?



The purpose of life is to live! But I'm certain that answer wouldn't have gotten you the job either.

It's a silly (and devious) question to ask at an interview.

Definitely a Gotcha question. The person is most likely looking for a view similar to his own to either validate his own views or provide what they think is a touchstone for harmony in the workplace. In either case telling what they want to hear will get you the job whether not you were being sincere.