Time Management & Prioritization Job Interview Questions Flashcards
how you maintain a balance could be:
Clear and open communication lines between my supervisor and colleagues are essential for me during a project.
For example, if I’m working on a project or task and I find out it will take me more time than anticipated and planned for, I will give my team a heads-up as soon as I can.
This way, I can work on finding and coordinating a solution when a workload gets unmanageable. This allows me to re-evaluate targets and reset expectations about current deadlines.
How do you prioritize your tasks on a workday?
When I start my workday, I look at my planning and create a to-do list for specific tasks that I need to complete on that day. I rank these tasks by level of importance to make sure I work on the most critical and urgent ones first and work my way through my list so that other tasks get done as well.
Last year I was promoted to team leader, which led to me being increasingly more involved in the interaction with clients, which required me to shift in daily priorities. After my promotion, I adapted to the new situation by starting my day by communicating with clients and responding to emails.
This change also led to me making adjustments in my daily to-do list by writing down the clients that I needed to talk to that day to make sure I’d answer their questions.’
How do you manage deadlines?
In my current position, deadlines are very important to keep for the company as well as for me personally. We’re active in a very competitive market and therefore want to ensure that we maintain a high level of satisfaction among our clients.
To ensure that set deadlines are met, I use specific software to track and manage all tasks and due dates of projects I’m involved in. As new projects start, I break them down into smaller and more manageable tasks and add them in the project management software.
Furthermore, I include the deadlines for each of those tasks, which helps me prioritize tasks that I can include on my daily to-do list to ensure they get completed in time.’
