Executive Assistant Mock Interview

Question 4 of 25 for our Executive Assistant Mock Interview

Executive Assistant was updated by Angela Fontaine on April 12th, 2021. Learn more here.

Question 4 of 25

How do you organize your daily schedule?

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Interviewers often ask this question because they want to make sure that you can self-manage and operate productively. Most Executives wish to avoid micromanagement and don't want to get too deep in the weeds with your work. They prefer to use high-level and manage overall strategy versus day-to-day operations.

"There are many approaches I use in managing my day and my workload. However, I have found the most effective to be a numerical assignment approach. With this strategy, I create a list with my daily responsibilities and assign them each a numerical value based on importance. I address the higher numbers first and have mid-morning and mid-day check-ins to update my list as new tasks arise. Additionally, I proactively add time blocks to my calendar to account for repetitive tasks such as record filing and email management."

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"I organize my daily schedule using my Outlook calendar along with the electronic notes using Tasks where I can coordinate my list by high priority to low priority and check off items as they are completed."

Jaymie's Feedback

Great examples! To highlight additional skills, you could also include any communication with your manager or even your ability to be flexible if priorities shift or other tasks pop up that need urgent attention.

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4. How do you organize your daily schedule?

How to Answer

Interviewers often ask this question because they want to make sure that you can self-manage and operate productively. Most Executives wish to avoid micromanagement and don't want to get too deep in the weeds with your work. They prefer to use high-level and manage overall strategy versus day-to-day operations.

Written by Angela Fontaine on April 12th, 2021

Answer Example

"There are many approaches I use in managing my day and my workload. However, I have found the most effective to be a numerical assignment approach. With this strategy, I create a list with my daily responsibilities and assign them each a numerical value based on importance. I address the higher numbers first and have mid-morning and mid-day check-ins to update my list as new tasks arise. Additionally, I proactively add time blocks to my calendar to account for repetitive tasks such as record filing and email management."

Written by Angela Fontaine on April 12th, 2021

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"I organize my daily schedule using my Outlook calendar along with the electronic notes using Tasks where I can coordinate my list by high priority to low priority and check off items as they are completed."

Jaymie's Feedback

Great examples! To highlight additional skills, you could also include any communication with your manager or even your ability to be flexible if priorities shift or other tasks pop up that need urgent attention.

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