As we’ve shown in previous articles, job interviewers inquire about a variety of topics. Including your background, experience, accomplishments, failures, and day-to-day challenges. They make stress managment questions because they may be interested in learning how you handle tough events or pressure on the workplace.
Most occupations include some level of stress or pressure. How you respond to those stressful situations has a significant impact on both your performance and the work environment for others.
Consider the following three sample questions and answers:
How do you handle stress and pressure at work?
This is an easy question to answer. “I manage it extremely well,” you might say. Or “It pushes me to work more”. Although these seem like solid replies, it would be better if you could give them an example. For example, “I have learnt that it is very important to prioritize my tasks in times of stress so that I can remain productive.”
Even if you’ve learned how to deal with stressful situations, it’s a good idea to include an example of how you’ve focused on the issue in your response. The actions you took to consider what needed to be done and set priorities might be included in your example.
Describe a time when your workload was heavy and how you handled it
This question is similar to the simple, uncomplicated question, but it specifically requests a tale. Don’t simply state that you stayed till the project was completed. This portrays you as someone who completes tasks regardless of the circumstances. But, you’ll stand out even more if you chose an example that demonstrates how you approach and solve difficulties.
Demonstrate your ability to think critically. This usually refers to how you had to prioritize what needed to be done right now against what could wait in a crisis situation (or what could be delegated). Explain why you chose that solution and what happened as a result.
Describe a time when your work was criticized and how you handled the stress situation
When our work is critiqued, it may be quite distressing. Because no one is perfect, there’s a good probability you’ve been criticized in the past (and will be again in the future). To improve in something, we must be willing to accept constructive criticism and learn from it. As your career progresses, learning and growing will make you even more valued.
You can tell them about an incident from your past that isn’t immediately relevant to the key responsibilities of the position you’re interviewing for. Explain the situation in which you were chastised. As well as the steps you followed to learn from or fix the issue and the outcome. Your goal is to demonstrate how you improved and are now a better person as a result of it.
