Tell me about a time when you acted with integrity when nobody was around to know otherwise.
To be a trusted security services professional, you must hold integrity as a top value. Integrity means that you have strong moral values, no matter the situation. You uphold those morals whether or not anyone is around to see your actions. When you have integrity, you are honest and do the right thing, no matter what variables are at hand. The interviewer wants to hear that you are an honest person with strong moral values.
"I am true to myself at all times, which means that I always act in a way that honors my beliefs. Just the other week, I stopped into a new restaurant for lunch. I had two pints, an appetizer, and an entree. When the bill came, I took it to pay and noticed that the server did not ring in my second round of drinks. I could have just laid down enough cash and left, but I chose to tell her. It was important to me that I did the right thing by the server and that I support this new restaurant by being an honest customer."
"I love to go hiking on the weekends, and one particular weekend, I found a wallet on the path. The owner must have dropped it not long before I arrived at the spot because it was still intact, with 500 cash and all! I looked at the photo ID inside the wallet and kept an eye out for the rightful owner on the path. I ran into them further down the path and returned the wallet. It always feels better to do the right thing."
Tell a quick story about when you acted with integrity, even if you could have made other choices without consequence. This story could include returning a lost wallet, taking an item back to a store when you know it wasn't scanned and included on your bill, or even reminding the server at the restaurant that you had two cocktails and your bill reflected just one. Focus on showing the interviewer they can trust you if hired for the position.
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Anonymous Answer
It's important to me to always live my life with honesty and integrity, from picking up discarded trash on hiking trails, helping an elderly person with groceries at the market into their vehicle, paying for what I take...
Stephanie's Feedback
It sounds like you value honesty and integrity, which is great! However, for the purpose of this question, I suggest focusing on one specific time when you acted with integrity, even though you knew no one would see or reward you for it. This response should focus on one incident rather than several.
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