Question: What is your approach to prioritizing your work?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

How do you organize your work day?

Follow-up questions:

Is there a tool that you use to remind yourself of the tasks?
How do you choose the most important and urgent tasks?
What do you do if the any task remains incomplete for that day?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others)

Other Factors:

Personal Improvement (Growth),Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Team Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Mental Processes – Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):

Job Structure – Structured versus Unstructured Work

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Analytical Thinking,Attention to Detail

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

Look for candidate’s prioritizing skills. If the candidate gives preference to the most important and urgent tasks above the others.
If the candidate maintains a to-do list or similar tools.
If the candidate is able to explain well how that tool has helped them in the past.

Red Flags to Watch For:

If the candidate does not have a plan and goes with the flow.
If the candidate comes up with the name of a tool which they may have never used.

Sample Answer:

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