Describe your typical workday.
A person's daily routine is a mirror of their personality. When an interviewer asks you to walk them through a typical workday, your answer can tell them a few different things. First and foremost, an interviewer is looking to see what responsibilities you currently have (or had at your most recent job) and how you approach that work. Interviewers will compare your answer with the job description requirements.
As you prepare for an interview, you should go back to the job description. When you're wondering what a specific interviewer is looking for in response to a particular interview question, a job posting can be a guide. Think through all the tasks you're regularly responsible for at your current or most recent job. It might help to write them down so you have a list to refer to as you continue. Keep your response brief - stay high level and respond succinctly.
"I like to start each day by going over my schedule to make sure any calls or meetings I have are top of mind, and I do the prep work for those first. Then, I usually answer my emails while I'm still fresh. I like to make sure I'm giving any warm leads my fullest, clearest, attention, so I generally jump to those conversations first and reply right away or take the immediate actions I need to to get them the answers to their questions. Then I check my LinkedIn messages and voicemail and reply accordingly to cold contacts that yielded responses. After that, I usually spend any remaining free time before lunch researching prospects. In the afternoon, I find I'm more social and high-energy, so I channel that into cold calls and messaging. Usually, I'll have one or two scheduled calls with leads each day, and while I prefer to put those in the afternoon, I'll defer to their preferences. I also try to listen in on a sales call two to three times a week to get a sense of how our account executives are closing deals, both to learn more about that step and to know what messaging will likely resonate with leads I speak with. I update Salesforce throughout the day, but before I leave, I double-check to make sure I didn't forget to record anything."
