Interview! How do you answer a Time Management question?

[GenerationYscorpio]

I am applying for a marketing and/or sales position, and this question that was asked of me kinda throw me off abit.

" How do you manage your time successfully?"

My answer was I would prioritize it and work on the one that is due the most immediately and the rest worked on from the most important.
I know it sounded abit too general and not too professional, so how should I tackle this question?

 

[silent tone]

I'd say to implement a priority queue with task aging to prevent starvation. Priority assignment should take into considerations for response time and turnaround time that is desired for a particular task.

But the interviewer may not be familiar with CPU scheduling and just give you funny looks.

 

[GenerationYscorpio]

LoL, if I possess a computer science degree.

 

[axelfox]

balance between urgency and how quickly you can get that task done.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: axelfox
balance between urgency and how quickly you can get that task done.

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: istallion
I'd say to implement a priority queue with task aging to prevent starvation. Priority assignment should take into considerations for response time and turnaround time that is desired for a particular task.

But the interviewer may not be familiar with CPU scheduling and just give you funny looks.

Sounds good to me.

 

[GenerationYscorpio]

What about for the marketing or business related job questions.

 

[Pepsei]

Bring up how you show up late and leave early.

and how useless TPS reports are.

 

[Descartes]

"Most important" is pretty general, and "most immediate" may not be the higher priority.

I manage my tasks like a preemptive multitasking operating system. I facilitate pseudo-task-concurrency by allocating Descartes time to each task, preempting other tasks when another takes precedence.

 

[FoBoT]

explain what "neffing" on "ATOT" is

and then

tell them you won't do that at work

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
explain what "neffing" on "ATOT" is

and then

tell them you won't do that at work

That's why managers delegate.
Some of them happen to be doing this a LITTLE bit too much it seems.

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: GenerationYscorpio
I am applying for a marketing and/or sales position, and this question that was asked of me kinda throw me off abit.

" How do you manage your time successfully?"

My answer was I would prioritize it and work on the one that is due the most immediately and the rest worked on from the most important.
I know it sounded abit too general and not too professional, so how should I tackle this question?

Yeah, tell him its managements job to manage your time. Cuz im here to sell baby!!