ADP Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Was initially contacted by an ADP affiliated recruiter after applying on the company's website. We set up a phone interview which was really just her going over surface level things about the opportunity. An interview was then set face to face with the recruiter. Very laid back interview with the recruiter, "tell me about your workday", "what motivates you". Just say you want to make money and you have strong work ethic and your golden. If everything goes well with the face to face with the recruiter they will move you on to a one on one with a sales manager.

This interview is pretty quick again you will get the same type of questions as the recruiter asked you. Couple of additional questions I was asked "what do your parents do?" "how come you aren't in the same field?" What they are looking for there is that you are truly passionate about sales and controlling your salary.

Next up was a field ride with a rep. Only advice here is to not chicken out when its your turn to prospect. Fake it til you make it.

Last was a panel interview composed of Regional VP and sales managers.Unlike some other companies a successful field ride does not mean that you have the job wrapped up. This is the make or break stage. Expect to be there for at least 2 hours and have every question thrown at you. Though none are difficult you have to be confident and concise. "Why you?, "Why sales?, "What do you know about this company?, "How would your friends describe you?, "adversity", etc.

Once you pass the round robin of questions you will be asked to do a role play. You will be given 15 minutes to prepare an ADP sales pitch to a prospect. You are given information about ADP different platforms and it is your job to align the prospect with the correct one. Obviously they do not expect you to know everything verbatim, but they are looking for certain things; 6 steps of a sales call, confidence, ask lot's of questions, 2nd and 3rd attempts to close after they tell you no (you will not close them). If you pass and you are a fit they will give you an offer there.

Negotiation Details – No Negotiation, take or leave

Interview Details – Initial Interview
Ride Along
Role Play.

They do an extensive background check that can take up to a month to complete. Make sure that all the information you complete in the application is correct, even down to the dates or you will be rejected employment.

Negotiation Details – There is no negotiation. They start everyone at the same base!

Interview Details – The process was very long and drawn out. I had a phone screen with HR followed by two more phone interviews with a VP of Sales and a Sales Manager. After the three phone interviews I had a face to face interview with two Sales Managers, the VP of Sales and a Regional General Manager. The whole process took four months.

Negotiation Details – There was no negotiation.

Interview Details – Phone interview then in person interview with 2 people then they called just a few hours later and offered me the job the background process took a couple weeks.

Interview Details – I submitted my resume to ADP as i was preparing to graduate from college and two weeks later i received a call from a recruiter wanting to set up a phone interview. This phone interview lasted about 30 minutes and was a low pressure conversation. The recruiter was very pleasant and made me feel comfortable answering her questions. Some advice i would give about this part of the interview would be to have questions ready to ask the recruiter, they love to answer questions and it shows that you are really interested. After the phone interview i set up an in person interview with a senior manager. The interview only lasted 20 minutes and i was offered the position. This time the interviewer was a little bit more intimidating, but i was able to gain some confidence by thoroughly answering the questions. As the interview progressed i felt more and more comfortable and felt as though i could join this team. I would say that as long as you show confidence in yourself that you can do the job you are applying for, and that you have a well rounded understanding of the company, and the position that you should have a good chance of landing the job. I had no background in business or sales but was offered the job.

Negotiation Details – i did not negotiate the salary, it was an entry level position

Interview Details – in person interview following phone interview

Interview Details – I got contacted through linked in to set up a phone interview. The questions were pretty straight forward asking about what motivates me and if I'm comfortable having a quota and going door-to-door looking for business. She was pleasant and easy to talk to.

Next I was scheduled for an in-person interview with two managers. When I got to the building for my interview there was another person already in the lobby waiting to interview for the same job. The receptionist called back and let the manager know the next candidate was ready. They seemed to be interviewing a lot of people that day.

I saw both managers separately. They were pleasant and easy to talk to. They asked pretty unconventional questions that I wasn't expecting.

"If I were to try to convince my wife to read a book about your life what would I tell her about the book? What would the title be? What is the most exciting chapter called and what is it about? What would the last chapter be called and what would it be about?"

"If you got this job and I went for a ride-along with you two months from now what would you say are the 3 things about you that I would not have known during the interview process?"

"If, during that ride-along, you pulled down your sun-visor and there was a sticky note there with three items that motivate you two do your best, what would those three items be?"

"What do you do for fun?"

At the end of the interview they both gave me their business cards and said they'd be in touch. They encouraged me to reach out to them if I didn't hear back.

By the next morning I received a generic email stating that they are moving forward with other candidates and I am not being considered for the position. I called the number on each of their cards hoping for some kind of feedback to find out if there was something I could do to better prepare for a future interview or to make myself a better candidate. They did not return my call.

Interview Details – Initial phone interview with recruiter. Second phone interview with Senior Recruiter., then set up for another phone interview with National Accounts VP.

Interview Details – two levels of technical interview.

Technical skills will be tested in depth