Texas Instruments interview question

How do you handle stress effectively?

Interview Answer

Anonymous

13 May 2016

I've always been great at handling stress, but recently during my MBA, my stress level had increased to a much higher level than I had previously experienced. I was taking 20 credit hours per semester and working 30-35 hours per week at my internship. MBA classes give out a lot of projects, so it became very busy for me to juggle all of the activities. However, as I've said, I've always been good at handling stress, so I didn't let stress paralyze me. I reviewed the due dates for all future projects, and systematically figured out times that I could work on each project one at a time, along with what times I needed to be in class and at work. I also communicated frequently with my manager at my internship about any challenges I may have faced.