Optometry School Mock Interview
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Question 30 of 30
Your work load at our school will be high. How do you handle stress?
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Nisha Yadav is a Talent Advisor & People Specialist with a focus on global talent attraction. Her earlier career experience includes HR and recruitment roles where she specialized in contract and permanent IT recruitment opportunities.
The interviewers want to see that you will be capable of handling the stressful workload associated with the optometry program at their university.
Are you someone who is able to handle stress like it's nothing or do you implode when times get tough? Talk to the interviewers about your ability to manage the pressure of a heavy and challenging work load.
Nisha Yadav is a Talent Advisor & People Specialist with a focus on global talent attraction. Her earlier career experience includes HR and recruitment roles where she specialized in contract and permanent IT recruitment opportunities.
"I handle stress very well and if you call my previous professors for references, they will attest to this fact. When I am under pressure with a challenging work load, I focus on the task at hand and make sure to not get distracted. Staying on deadline is very helpful and I will ask for help when necessary to alleviate some stress."
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Stress management is key for both mental and physical peace. Although in the past, I have not studied such a rigorous curriculum, I think time-management and exercise will enable me to deal with stress effectively.
Rachelle's Feedback
Terrific! Time management and exercise are essential to stress management! I have offered a slight re-word below as the current response 'buries the lead,' which means you leave the actual answer to the very end. I recommend leading with it and then expanding your response with supporting thoughts.
"I handle stress very efficiently through time-management practices (such as?) and exercise (such as?). Stress management is key for both my mental and physical peace."
Anonymous Answer
I handle stress well, in fact, I tend to work best when under pressure. I use time management and deadlines to my advantage and complete tasks on time. I also have various techniques I use to relieve stress including exercise and meditation when needed. While I haven’t studied as high a workload before, I am now in a position where I have great support at home so that I can fully commit to Optometry.
Marcie's Feedback
Great! You've done an excellent job here of showing that you're the type of person who does well in stressful situations. The interviewer will be happy to hear about the various ways you combat stress (exercise, meditation). Is there a specific example you can mention of a time when you handled a lot of stress successfully? Nice job!
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