How do you stay on track with a project when you're feeling overwhelmed?
Project support officers help lead teams and projects to success. Sometimes there are so many moving parts to a project that its leaders can fall prey to stress, anxiety, and distraction just like their team members. The interviewer wants to know how you keep yourself motivated throughout the entirety of the project, especially in those moments when you feel overwhelmed. Talk about how you're able to monitor yourself and proactively deal with these kinds of feelings.
"I'm definitely human just like anyone else, and sometimes I get stressed, particularly when I'm helping to manage a large project with many teams and tasks. But, honestly, I thrive in stressful situations. I like the variety and how every day there's something new keeping me on my toes. It's never boring! I rely heavily on either a spreadsheet or a project management program to stay on task; if I break the bigger goals out into little steps, it's easy to see what needs to happen next and if we start to miss deadlines I respond immediately before things get out of hand. I also maintain good relationships with the people around me. Communicating with them helps to keep humor alive and stress at a manageable level."
Community answers are written by other candidates practicing this set. Reading how others frame the same question is one of the fastest ways to sharpen your own.
Anonymous Answer
Even if it's not often that I feel overwhelmed, sometimes the deadlines can be tough and the pressure will impact you. What I am doing in that moments is to break down the biggest task into small ones and prioritize accordingly and make sure I start with the most challenging and time-consuming and then with the others.
Chad's Feedback
It sounds like you have developed an effective strategy for prioritizing your work and ensuring the deadlines of the project are met. Good for you! Consider also including some of the ways that you recognize when your stress levels are reaching critical levels, and any techniques or activates that help you deal with the stress and anxiety.
Unlock all 29 Project Support Officer questions
Unlock expert responses that demonstrate your organizational capabilities and project coordination skills.
Get Started