Question: What is your approach to handling last-minute changes or breaks in routine at work?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

How do you deal with last-minute revisions or changes to your routines?

Follow-up questions:

Please explain your approach.
Do you think your approach is effective?
How do you think about these last-minute changes in general?
How do you feel if these last minute changes were made by an external party versus if you made these last minute changes yourself?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others)

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility),Cognitive – Problem Sensitivity (Problem Recognition),Cognitive – Speed of Closure (Thinking Speed)

Other Factors:

Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

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

Job Structure – Structured versus Unstructured Work,Job Structure – Work Schedule Regularity

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Adaptability/Flexibility

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s flexibility and adapatability,

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of flexibility.
The candidate’s failure to adapt to changes.

Sample Answer:

Whenever there are changes to my routine, I make sure that I adapt and embrace the changes. I trust management and I know that they have the best interest of the company in mind when they institute changes.

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