How do you decide what gets top priority when scheduling your time?
There is a lot of work that comes into being a Director of a Youth Program. There is much more paperwork than someone would think along with judging staff and the youth. Generally as the director you'll have an assistant as well, so some of the paperwork will be shared, but the majority of the work falls on you.
You are the person people will go to when they have questions, you'll be the one parents go to when there is problems- the interviewer wants to know that you are going to be able to juggle all the tasks that will be coming your way. You are going to need to decide between what is the top priority on your list every single day, because more will be added daily. Show the interviewer that you understand being the director won't be easy and reassure with examples on how you can balance multiple things that are important.
"The top priority will always be the safety of the youth, so no matter what I am doing they will come first. I know that being the director will be a huge task and I am ready to handle it. Since I have been an assistant director for the past three years, I've been able to learn how my current director schedules his time. A huge thing that I believe helps him is how he schedules his time when youth aren't here, he tries to get everything done that needs no interrupts, while saving things that can have interrupts when youth are at our center."