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exactly how many clients you expect to bring as well as their
total annual dollar value. Also, try to project how many addi-
tional clients you are likely to attract in the coming months.

. Do you ever lose your temper?

This question is aimed at uncovering one of your possible
weaknesses. Again, be careful with your answer, even though
you may occasionally lose your temper. For example,

I sometimes get irritated but I generally don’t lose my temper. I’ve
learned to separate my temperj-om my job.

How do you deal with stressful situations?

Here you should communicate what it is you do to manage
stress. This is not the place to indicate you don’t have stress,
because the job may very well come with a great deal of built-in
stress. For example,

Over the years, I’ve learned to put stresshl situations in better
perspective than I used to. I know some stress comes with the job.
If the stress involves the work of my subordinates, I usually open
up lines ofcommunication to den1 with any issues contributing to
the stress. If the stress is a result of the daily workload, I get
through the day knowingjbll well my exercise routine at the end of
the day will renew me both physical& and mentally. I’ve also given
up coflee, which seems to contribute to stress, and I’ve joined a
health club.

What has your present/most recent supervisor cri-
ticized about your work?

This is not the time to confess everything every supervisor has
criticized you for. Two strategies are to either select a relatively
unimportant element of your work that was criticized (or one
unrelated to the job you are interviewing for) or turn the
criticism into a positive by demonstrating how well you ac-