Department of Water Resources Mock Interview
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Question 24 of 30
How do you cope with a stressful day?
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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.
"Life is full of stressful situations, but you should never let stress get the best of you. If you respond to the stress and not the situation, you end up more stressed and less able to solve the problem at hand. I try to identify and diffuse stress triggers right away and explore the reality behind the perception that triggered that stress response. This helps me overcome any stress and allows me more flexibility to develop a plan. Stressful situations are sometimes avoidable; sometimes they are not. I cope with stress by learning how to limit its frequency or duration. I deal with stress by being mindful to respond rather than react."
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.
Any interview process is a costly affair for any employer, considering the payroll hours invested in screening applicants, interviewing, onboarding, and training. If they're short-staffed, other employees may pick up the slack and burn out faster. This affects morale and decreases productivity. So the interviewer must ensure the person they choose can handle stress, and won't bring their personal issues to work. How you answer this question will offer the interviewer insights into how you cope with stress either at work or at home.
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.
How you answer this question will offer the interviewer insight into how you handle stress and how well you manage your time. If you feel overwhelmed at work because of poor time management, you might bring more stress home from work, not sleep well, and not perform at your best. If you are stressed out in your personal life, it could affect your performance at work. They're ascertaining your natural ability to balance these two spheres. If an employee is stressed out at work, they'll burn out faster. The interviewer wants to know how you achieve that balance without being governed by chaos.
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