[RadioSerenade]

JUST WING IT! .

No LOL, I commend you for preparing for this interviewing and thinking about what you're going to be asked/how you should answer, so that's a good first step. As far as the question goes, I think you should avoid giving a normal answer LOL. If I was asked to answer that question, I think it would sound something like this:

I want to be a barista because baristas are a fundamentally important part of so many peoples' days. I want to be able to interact with those members of the community that drink coffee as part of their daily routine (that being everyone in the whole world ). The humble daily coffee plays such a large part of the generation of workplace productivity, and I want to be a part of that.

[It is here I would do some research about the establishment rate of cafes and find some sort of a correlation between the establishment of such businesses and the GDP growth rate, but I suppose I am just an economics nerd.]

Also, making coffee is an art form, and I don't just mean Latte Art, but I mean the slight nuances in the generation of coffee, the strength of the taste of the coffee, the extra second you spend straining it, the infusions and the oils you can include to jazz the process up a bit. I want to be able to express myself through the coffee I make and that could possibly mean a distinguishability between your shop and some of the other shops in the community [nudge, nudge, wink, wink].

I just think that coffee is a way for me to interact with the community and contribute to the productivity/betterment of my community, by giving them a reason to remember this shop, and keeping them up at night ().

Unless he is an actual businessman LOL, he will fall in love with that answer . No, but try to include that concept, the interaction with the community.

VIVAT CAPULUS!!!!!! (LONG LIVE COFFEE) .