• Describe a typical workweek. How did you plan the week's activities? How well did the schedule work?

• Tell me about an occasion when your schedule was upset by unforeseen circumstances. What did you do?

• How do you determine which activities have top priorities on your time?

• Describe a situation in which your department experienced a major backlog, or the threat of one. How did you deal with that problem?

• How do you develop short-range plans for your organization? Long-range plans?

• Give me an example of a time when expenses in your department threatened to run over budget. What did you do about it?

• How many hours a week do you find it critical to get your job done?