Journalist Mock Interview
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Question 23 of 30
How do you determine priorities when you have multiple deadlines approaching?
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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I will determine which project requires my attention at what time, by the number of hours I estimate the piece requires. I am comfortable delegating tasks to my researcher when needed, but I am also aware that these times will require an additional commitment of hours from me. Never have I under delivered on a deadline."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
Journalists often work on multiple stories at a time, all requiring a unique pace, and many with tight deadlines. The interviewer would like to know that you can determine which projects need your attention over others. When you feel torn between multiple projects or deadlines, how do you decide which one needs your attention the most? Assure the interviewer that you can be diligent when it comes to assessing your priorities and hitting your deadlines - even with room to spare!
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I book my time in batches, ensuring that each project is alotted the hours that it requires to meet my deadline well before the eleventh hour. If I have priorities that cannot budge, I will work overtime as needed. I do have a research assistant that I can lean on as well. He will often lay the groundwork for what I need so that it fast forwards the time for projected completion."
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