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How do you answer 'Descibe a situation where you successfully juggled a number of conflicting priorities to meet a deadline' in a job interview?
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This can be answered by describing a time when something happened such as databases needed to be updated, papers needed to be filed, and memos needed to be written and distributed at the same time. Then show how the work was organized, prioritized, and worked on quickly and accurately to meet the deadline.
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