How to Answer: How have your previous employers earned your loyalty?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an ADP job interview.
8. How have your previous employers earned your loyalty?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
This direct behavioral question is self-evident in what they're looking to learn. It will clue them into what your partnership with them would look like, as well as what might motivate you in this environment.
Written by Kevin Downey on May 16th, 2022
How to Answer
Take a few minutes to walk the interviewer through your work history, highlighting the most relevant positions you've held and the relevant skills you've gained. Recognize with gratitude the periods of your work history that contributed most to your career growth, goals, and objectives. Display a desire for continued career growth and workplace loyalty. Discuss your desire to work long term in your next position, while hoping to reap the rewards of such a relationship.
Written by Kevin Downey on May 16th, 2022
1st Entry Level Example
"I value when leaders respect their employees and give them a voice. It's important that leaders are open to feedback and ideas, and that fosters a culture of trust and respect, ultimately building loyalty as well. I also find I'm loyal to those with a positive attitude and who are people-centric, genuinely caring for their team members."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
1st Answer Example
"The last department I worked in devoted the time and resources to build on trust. I consider myself an ethical person with a lot of integrity. So I'm interested in partnerships that embrace and practice those same values. Practice what you preach and make me proud of that partnership. If I can tell people what I do with a badge of honor, you've earned my loyalty. That's the way it was, and that's what I hope to find as I usher in the next chapter of my career."
Written by Kevin Downey on May 16th, 2022
2nd Answer Example
"The same as everybody. Treating me with respect and integrity, and recognizing and rewarding my contributions. In my last position, my team leaders did that. They checked in with me on how I was doing regularly and invested in building relationships with every member of the team. I was recognized for my achievements and compensated for them as well."
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.
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.
Another favorite part of the job was recruiting and building the perfect teams. For me, conducting an interview was an art form. I later volunteered my services at career fairs and trade schools, offering advice, from crafting the perfect CV and resume, to delivering a perfect interview, to negotiating a decent raise. Now I am a full-time writer, and left my management career behind me. Yet, I still love coaching others to succeed, and I love writing for mockquestions.com for this very reason.
Here’s what I said to a friend of mine whom I mentored a long time ago: “Every single thing you do, at every stage, can alter the perception others have of your professional worth. My goal is to make you look like an asset worth fighting for.”
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