How to Answer: Culture fit is really important to us at ADP. How would you describe your workplace personality?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an ADP job interview.
19. Culture fit is really important to us at ADP. How would you describe your workplace personality?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
Your workplace personality and how you fit in with the ADP culture are important to hiring managers. A negative culture will significantly influence employee productivity and turnover. Ignoring 'fit' can be a very costly mistake for a company.
Written by Elisabeth Walter
How to Answer
It is essential for you to clearly outline to the interviewer what motivates you, what your communication style is, as well as a few other factors that could best describe your character. Keep in mind ADP's company motto of "Always Designing for People" and #workhappy, and think of what traits you bring that fit into the existing company culture.
Here are a few things that potential employers like to hear:
- I show up and perform, no matter what.
- I apply my core values to everything that I do.
- I consistently submit quality work.
- I am a positive person to be around.
- I happily collaborate with my coworkers to successfully work towards a greater goal.
- I apply discipline to my work and encourage the same of my co-workers.
Employers highly regard those who take accountability, can self-motivated, and are highly collaborative.
Written by Rachel Hills on November 13th, 2022
1st Entry Level Example
"I was doing some research on Comparably and noticed that ADP has an A+ rating for company culture. In reading reviews, it looks like collaboration is the biggest area of praise for the company and that is also very important to me. I believe in working together to promote innovation and diverse ideas, so I think I would be a great fit in this area. I get along easily with others and value and respect the opinions of everyone I work with."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
1st Answer Example
"I enjoy working with a team, but I am also able to self-manage and don't need a lot of supervision to excel. I enjoyed working with my last team because it was a transparent, feedback-driven environment. We all worked professionally together, but had a good balance of fun and laughed a lot."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
2nd Answer Example
"I consider myself to be a people-person by nature, meaning that I thrive in a team-based environment and feel most creative when collaborating with others. I would describe my workplace personality as social, encouraging, and upbeat. I love ADP's motto of #workhappy, as it's important to me for my workplace to be a positive, upbeat environment."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
About the Author
When I started my career in business management, branding, and marketing, I mistakenly assumed hard work and integrity alone would get me noticed. Back then, I assumed the harder I worked, the faster I’d rise through the ranks. Yet, even in a meritocracy, this is rarely the case.
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As a leader, my favorite part of the job came to be coaching others. I took pride in sharing the secrets to my eventual success, and offering my outside-of-the-box view of the role. Where other leaders were only in it for themselves, I was genuinely in it for the company and the team. So I taught those I mentored not only what they needed to do, and how to do the job right, but why each step was important. I spelled out how everything fit into the big picture and shared every trick of the trade that no one shared with me. Every single individual I mentored advanced far ahead of their peers, surpassing those who were only in it for themselves.
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