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At RBC Capital Markets, our Financial Analysts have to often work under a tight deadline. Talk about a time you had to work under a tight deadline in the past. How did you handle that situation and what made it a success?
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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.
The financial field can sometimes be chaotic and stressful for analysts working on high pressure deadlines and the work life at RBC Capital Markets is no different. To test how you will perform in these situation if hired for this role, your interviewer will be looking to hear about a time where you did just that. No matter what the situation is that you discuss, be sure to show how you remained calm, focused and on-task to get the job done. Try and stress how you are resourceful and willing to utilize a team effort if necessary.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"In my current role, I'm tasked with preparing some reports for our leadership team's bi-weekly meeting. Upon first taking that responsibility, I made sure that I kept myself organized during each work day and saving and prepping relevant information needed for their report. A couple of months ago, I was informed first thing in the morning that the meeting was being moved a week up to later that day due to some conflicts and vacation time for some of the team. Right away, I moved some things on my calendar to make this a top priority. From there, my regular organization of the materials needed made it easy for me to complete my job."
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No one situation stands out because working under tight deadlines is the norm for me. During the semester, I constantly have assignments due, exams that I need to study for, or deliverables I need to submit at work. If I don't have any official deadlines that require me to submit something, I read the relevant chapter of every textbook before each lecture, which keeps me busy. On top of that, I've had numerous pitches with the Guelph Student Investment Council, and I've had to balance those with everything else. Furthermore, I stay very active. I walk around 10,000 steps per day and lift weights anywhere from 3-5 times per week. I also get drinks with friends and socialize frequently. I have always maintained a regimented and disciplined lifestyle. I keep the same routine every day, which allows me to focus on what I need to get done. I keep a journal and a whiteboard where I plan the tasks I will accomplish that week. I also enter key deadlines into my calendar. All of this has made me very successful, and I will bring the same principles with me to this company. To this day, I've never missed a deadline. I've always handed in assignments on time or with time to spare, and there hasn't been one midterm or exam for which I haven't been adequately prepared. Although I have managed well on my own thus far, I also have a team that I can go to for help if need be.
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Wow! You come across as extremely self-disciplined, driven, and smart. It's great that you've never missed a deadline before and that you're accustomed to working under tight ones. Just be careful not to inundate the interviewer with too many details. In other words, make sure to directly answer the question. Consider moving the comments about using your calendar, whiteboard, and journal to manage deadlines earlier in the response. This is what the interviewer will want to hear about, along with how you manage the stress (which is when you might go into working out and socializing as ways to alleviate this). Great job!
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