Give me an example of a time when you had to be extra diligent in order to meet a deadline.

Focus on providing a work-related example when you had to be extra diligent to meet a deadline. The interviewer wants to hear that you are organized and manage your time well to complete your tasks. When you are a diligent employee, it shows you are a responsible team player that puts the company's needs first.

You want to avoid not having an example to provide. If you have not been pressured to meet a deadline, tell the interviewer you have not been required to complete a work deadline but you can give an example from school. You may have had a paper or project due in a short amount of time and you either missed participating in an activity or stayed up late to complete it.

"I am always diligent when it comes to deadlines. I am organized and prioritize tasks to meet every deadline with ease. I recently had a situation where my supervisor asked me to prepare a company newsletter. She originally gave me three days to prepare the newsletter but moved the deadline to one day for an unspecified reason. I stayed up until two in the morning working on the newsletter to meet the deadline, which I did."