Here, the interviewers want to KNOW how the candidate will act in the situation when priorities are CHANGED. This will also reflect the candidate’s ability to handle stress and solve problems.

Some tips to answer this question:

• Make sure that you convey the right things to the interviewer.
• Give instances of how well you are capable of handling pressure and stress.
• Avoid boasting and no matter how frustrated you were during these SITUATIONS, do not tell the interviewer.

Sample answer:

I certainly understand that there might be VALID reasons for a company to change the priority of a project. The vision of a project at one particular point of time would change at another time due to various conditions. If the priority of the task that I work on gets changed, I will put efforts into understanding why this happened and I will consider that it is in the best interest of the company and start to work on the new task of higher priority rather than crib about it. The ultimate goal is to achieve big things by putting in my best efforts.