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What skills do you use to cope with the day to day stress and pressure on the job?
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
In modern technology industries, consumer demand has led to a high volume of work and high-pressure situations to work on tight deadlines. Your interviewer is looking to hear firsthand how you handle this type of environment in your own words to prove that you can handle high-stress, high-pressure situations on the job. As you answer the question, try to turn potential perceived stress into a positive by highlighting your personal skills that enable you to perform well in those situations. If possible, try to use specific examples in your answer.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Where many others get overtaken by stress to the point that they can't function in this field, high-pressure situations sharpen my focus, and that helps me work through them with ease. Last year, I was assigned a high-priority, short notice project for a high-profile customer. My manager gave it to me because of my proven success in those situations. I created a timeline for completion and mapped out a plan to make it happen from the start. While staying in communication with my leaders and the client, I was able to create a great system update in just a few short weeks."
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