Multitasking is challenging for most people. How you track your progress and pick up where you left off holds value. Prioritizing tasks based on the big picture instead of short-term goals is a skill. Being singularly focused is also a strength, so long as you can shift gears and exhibit flexibility when the need arises. Talk about the tools and resources you used to plan your work and stay organized.

Try to make your responses as structured and concise as possible. Avoid rambling or delivering roundabout answers. That is why the STAR method is recommended when structuring your answers. Address each answer by first offering the SITUATION involved with your example. Then move into the TASK this situation required. Then share the ACTION you took and the RESULT of your actions. This method will add structure to your answers.

In any interview, you want to try to incorporate their language, keywords and phrases, and the core values and principles of their culture into your own. Here are a variety of statements from their business principles that speak about evaluating and balancing priorities. "Be rigorous and detailed, with continuous follow-up. Enforce a good decision-making process and eliminate 'waste of time' meetings. Conduct regular, well-organized and thorough business reviews of functions and controls. Guard the firm's resources; spend the firm's money as if it were your own."