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Describe a stressful situation on the job and how you dealt with it.
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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 seeks to gauge your emotional maturity and how you cope with on-the-job stress. It also aims to determine what situations you define as stressful. Someone who keeps calm under pressure will be beneficial to the Department in this position.
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.
Offer a recent high-stress situation comparable to what you imagine similar situations in their on-the-job environment to look like. This will convey your understanding of what they will expect of you. Next, detail how you managed that stressful situation, logistically and emotionally. It's fine to have stress as long as the stress doesn't have you. Emotional balance is what you should aim to convey in your answer.
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.
"I was working in a building where there was an emergency and a lockdown. Many went into a panic trying to get out of the building. When the building lost power, I took command--getting our department to calm down--and restored order. After the lockdown, we exited the building. Everyone went home, and I was able to restore my work from the cloud and instructed the rest of our team on how to do the same. Simply by keeping a level head, we were able to work remotely and continued putting one foot before the other."
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