How to Answer: Do you see yourself with ADP in the next 3-5 years?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an ADP job interview.
29. Do you see yourself with ADP in the next 3-5 years?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
Sometimes the future is laid out for you, but sometimes you can feel like you're lost in the trees. If you just graduated from college, you may or may not know where you'd like to be in five years. Do not fret! The answer is more straightforward than you may think.
ADP wants to know what you think about the future and is actively working towards your career goals. Better yet, they want to know how working for them will help you accomplish your goals! Think about how this job will help you get one step closer to achieving your dream career!
Written by Elisabeth Walter
How to Answer
Openly discuss your career ambitions as they relate to this role and ADP as a company, emphasizing your desire to advance in the role. If you aspire to a manager-level position or seek to increase the number of people you are currently managing, share that with your interviewer. This question is also a great opportunity to ask a question about opportunities for advancement at ADP.
Or perhaps you're not sure if you see yourself with ADP in 3-5 years. If that's the case, keep your answer open-end: share that you're looking to explore this role more and that you remain open to where a career with ADP could take you.
Written by Rachel Hills on November 13th, 2022
1st Entry Level Example
"As a recent college graduate, I'm still exploring what my options and career path would look like in the next 3- 5 years, but I fully intend on remaining with ADP if given the opportunity. Right now, I'm most excited to gain experience and learn all that I can about benefits administration. I'm eager to pair my formal HR education with on-the-job experience and see where that leads me."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
1st Answer Example
"In the next 3-5 years, I would like to be in a more senior sales role. In the short term, I am looking to expand my skills and obtain certifications related to sales that I can use to build referrals and boost my performance, and I would also like to partner with a mentor in the to learn more about the payroll services side of the business."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
2nd Answer Example
"In three to five years, I would like to see myself as a top rep with ADP and leading a team of junior sales representatives. My goal is to be successful in sales, earn a great living, and continue to build my career in the human resource services industry."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
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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.
The goals of my peers competed with mine, and too often, they were better at getting noticed for their accomplishments. And, some of them were all too happy to watch me working harder, as they worked smarter, rising through the ranks faster than me. At one point, a boss of mine labeled me a stealth worker. They said they had no idea I was the one performing all that great work. If only I’d drawn more attention to what I was doing, maybe I would have gotten rewarded for it. So I learned most of my leadership skills the hard way, and the journey was long.
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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