Time management & employability

Prospective employers will often ask questions relating to time management in a job interview. Some typical questions might be:

• Describe a situation in which you had to work under pressure?
• How do you maintain a healthy work/life balance?
• Tell us a time when you had multiple deadlines to meet and how you managed the situation?

To answer these questions, use the STAR method:

• Situation: Say who, when, what, where, how and why this situation was.
• Task: Say what you were tasked with, who was involved and when it needed completing by.
• Action: Say specifically what you did and how you demonstrated that competence.
• Result: Say something specific or quantifiable, a learning point or feedback from others.