hi my name is Natalie Fisher and in this video we will answer the situational
interview question tell me about a time when you had to convince executives or
perhaps hire up people in the organization to prioritize your tasks so
this is essentially a question in how did you persuade somebody or how did you
convince somebody but it's a little more specific so in this video we're gonna
cover a sneak peek into why they might ask this question what to say when
you're answering the question and a concrete example of exactly how one
might answer this question so stay tuned
all right so what's the truth about this question what's the deal here so the
reason they might ask this is if the job entails getting things done that may be
blocked by somebody and they need to see that you're going to have the tools in
your toolbox to handle that so I worked in a position where I was constantly
relying on people to make decisions and it was quite challenging to get them to
do it so they want to see that you can so here's how you're going to answer
we're going to use the sorry formula so the sorry formula stands for situation
action result and interesting features so it could be star so it could be
situation task action result it's all the same thing and it's all awesome it's
all going to structure your story into a nice little neat package that you can
deliver to the interviewer and they're gonna be like wow cool so let's get
started your powerful story is gonna start by setting the stage it's gonna
start by explaining the exact situation that you're in and how you handled it so
I'm going to use an example here and we're gonna start with step 1 the
situation so setting the stage here I was in a situation where I was working
on a large office build up project and the executive sponsor on the project was
really stalling on some of the decisions that were important to be made and she
told me that she really wanted to be involved in these decisions but the
meetings that we had kept getting postponed and time to discuss with her
it was very challenging to get on the books so that's setting the stage that
explains the situation very well step to action what did you do here so there was
a couple of actions one I crafted an email with a timeline and this had the
deadlines for when the decisions needed to be made and two it had the
consequence of what would happen if the decisions did not get made by the dead
I for example if she didn't decide on paint color for the walls then they were
just gonna paint everything beige and we wouldn't be able to do anything about it
because we missed the deadline so I made sure to highlight these deadlines in the
email bright yellow bold font then I checked with her it on company messenger
so I followed up after the email to say hey just wanted to make sure that you
saw my email that we need to get these decisions in by this date so that shows
the two actions clearly step three what was the result here so the result
was she responded with okay please schedule a meeting for us tomorrow my
calendars up to date and bring the color samples and we will decide on what works
best and we will then move forward with the rest of the timeline so we don't
miss any deadlines please invite so-and-so so-and-so to the meeting thank
you so that was the result she saw everything out and very clear and she
thought hmmm I better get moving on this so step forward interesting features
what did you learn here what went well here so example what I found interesting
about this was that something I found to be very frustrating at first just needed
a bit of extra explanation and communication and clarity so one of the
facts getting the facts out there on the table very clearly and me became a lot
easier and we developed a way of communicating where we both got what we
needed so making everything super clear to her
with yellow highlights and a lot of polite reminders was all that was needed
to get the information to move forward and there we have it so thank you so
much for watching I'm Natalie Fisher and remember nailing the interview questions
is good but there's so much more to interviewing than just the questions so
what do you do if all you answer the questions if you have more to it you
need an entire interview strategy if you want to land those job offers that's
what I help you with my name is natalie fisher you can visit natalie fisher CA
for more information if you'd like to get started right away you can click the
link below and download my free guide in the free guide you
going to get instant access to the saree formula breakdown plus an example so
they'll explain exactly why the saree formula works so well and you're gonna
get ten concrete examples of common behavioral internal interview questions
answered and you're also gonna get fill in the blank templates so for everything
that you wondered how to start what to say all you have to do is fill in your
own stories and you'll be ready to go and if you're still getting stuck I've
included 25 questions for you to ask yourself so that you can get unstuck
with those with coming up with those stories yourself because I know that is
challenging and if you're still not sold on it it comes in a beautifully designed
workbook and it's specifically designed to help you prep for that interview
you've got coming up so thank you so much for watching and I will see you
next time right here on natalie TV and if you have any situation at any of your
sections you'd like me to answer send them to and I will make a video for you
because that's what I do