How do you plan to make an impact on our business in the first 90 days?
Your interviewer is curious about how you approach entering a new work environment. Rarely does an employer expect a new hire to come in and reinvent their business. In most industries, the first ninety days on the job are dedicated to orientation, onboarding, building relationships with your leaders and teams, learning from your mentors, learning to embrace their values and reflect their brand, and learning their systems and processes. This requires strong interpersonal skills, actively taking ownership of your own development, and constantly asking questions.
"I would dedicate my time to earn the trust of my teams through humility, integrity, and putting in my all. I would communicate with transparency, ask everyone for their input, and be completely open to anything they volunteered. I would learn not only how everything was done, but why they are done the way they are. If I identified room for improvement, I would ask our leadership if my approach had been tried before, and would go from there."
When describing how you'll build relationships with their teams, earn their trust, and approach contributing to the success of your teams, you'll want to reflect their values, such as humbleness, uprightness, and constant care. "We know that if we're going to make our transformation a success, we have to acknowledge that we don't always have all the answers. We welcome everyone to share in our values. Making everyone's voices heard, recognising new expertise and empowering people to share knowledge are key to ensure future success. Whether it's doing everything we can to give our customers the best possible service, finding better ways to look after our people or driving sustainability initiatives, we always want to meet our responsibilities head on today, and improve for tomorrow. They're the basis for our legacy and our guiding star for the future."
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