How to Answer: Tell me about a significant contribution you made in your current position.
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16. Tell me about a significant contribution you made in your current position.
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
The interviewer wants to know that you aim to make significant contributions to your employer. If ADP didn't hire the best, they wouldn't BE the best!
Written by Elisabeth Walter
How to Answer
Show the interviewer what you are capable of contributing to ADP. Examples to share might include building relationships with your team to solve problems, increasing sales on your team, or bringing a new idea to the table that helped to move a project along. Keep in mind that numbers and percentages speak volumes.
Written by Rachel Hills on November 13th, 2022
1st Entry Level Example
"My biggest contribution to the university was my creativity. I often volunteered to lead committees and group projects and often had to build the strategy from the ground up. I was creative when it came to fundraising and planning campus engagement events and I love collaborating with others to come up with new, innovative ideas."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
1st Answer Example
"In my last position, I would say my greatest contribution was reliability. I was there for three years and only had three unplanned absences due to illness. My manager and team members knew they could count on me to be at work every day and deliver on my commitments. My clients had the same reassurance because I was always at scheduled meetings and always available at work when I was supposed to be. I would bring this same level of commitment and reliability to ADP."
Written by Jaymie Payne on November 13th, 2022
2nd Answer Example
"When I was working in the inside sales department with my last company, I led the team in most of the KPIs. My most significant contribution was closing out 2016 at 145% to target with minimal client turnover."
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.
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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