Interview Questions:

Stress/Environment

  1. Can you work under pressure?
  2. Did you ever have a customer get mad at something that wasn't your fault?
  3. Do you have experience working under strict time limits?
  4. Do you work well in pressure situations?
  5. Do you work well under pressure?
  6. Does your present job have a lot of pressure?
  7. Have you any experience working to meet deadlines?
  8. Have you ever worked in a place where it seemed to be just one crisis after another?
  9. How do you cope with stress on the job?
  10. How do you deal with tension?
  11. How do you work under pressure?
  12. How effective are you under pressure?
  13. How well do you work under a deadline?
  14. How well do you work under pressure?
  15. How would you clarify an unclear assignment?
  16. If you had a project due and a co-worker wanted to talk about something else, what would you do?
  17. In what kind of a work environment are you most comfortable: structured, unstructured, etc.
  18. In what kind of work environment are you most comfortable?
  19. In what ways do you deal with criticism?
  20. Is there a lot of pressure in your current job?
  21. Tell me about a time when you were assigned an unwelcome job. What did you do?
  22. Think of a particularly hectic day. How did you handle it?
  23. Under what type of conditions have you been most successful at any project?
  24. What do you find frustrating?
  25. What do you find tough to do?
  26. What happens when two priorities compete for your time?
  27. What has been the most difficult decision you've had to make in the last 3 years?
  28. What has been the most difficult situation you've had to deal with? How did you handle it?
  29. What is your definition of stress?
  30. What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it?
  31. What major problem have you encountered and how did you handle it?
  32. What major problem have you encountered? How did you resolve it?
  33. What methods do you employ to overcome challenges?
  34. What part of your workload do you find most challenging?
  35. What pressure situations have you been involved with?
  36. What tense experiences have you had on the job?
  37. What was the environment at your last job like?
  38. What was the most frustrating thing about your last job?
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