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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
This question aims to evaluate what you consider "putting your all in" and the level at which you are an overachiever, thereby providing insights into your personality and values and how those fit into your career goals. This will help them compare you to the other applicants in the interview pool. It will also clue them to the level of your work experience in the industry.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
It's okay to brag a little when answering this question. Be proud yet humble. Exhibit pride in your career accomplishments. Even if your example is on your resume, feel free to use it and explain why this accomplishment stands out. Detail everything that went into it and how this falls in line with the career milestones towards your goals, and why you regard it as a success in your personal development, aligning these accomplishments with the role you are contending for. If possible, try to present yourself as an innovator, with a unique lens focused on outside-of-the-box thinking.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"Every year, I look at my five-year career plan and revise it. Each time I look back, I consider how far I've come to achieve those goals as my greatest professional accomplishment. I can say with all honesty that being here in this interview is my greatest professional accomplishment to date. This is part of my bigger picture goal, and getting here was possible as a result of all of the micro accomplishments that drove me towards this macro destination."

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