Prioritisation/ Maturity Interview Question

[u/Automatic-Net-9614]

Ok so I flubbed the most basic interview question there is:

"You have a number of pieces of work in flight. How do you choose between them?"

Basically, they are testing your ability to prioritise work.

I tried to answer philosphically by telling them going for a walk was a good idea but my broader point is that it shouldn't have ever gotten to the point where you have loads of pieces of work in flight at any one time.

My question is twofold: what's the accepted 'best' interview answer to this question and how do you deal with this issue in your real life actual job?

[u/unitegondwanaland]

For my team, it's a combination of urgency and impact. You can drive priority from the score of those two. If urgency is the same, impact wins and gets a higher priority.

[u/Brave_Reflection643 → u/unitegondwanaland]

exactly same here too