interview question Describe a time when you had to work under pressure to meet a deadline. What did you do? My job actually involves working under pressure every month when I close the books. And usually the schedule allows me enough time to do it on calm and thoughtful manner. But occasionally one or two departments have delays with their information that results in my probable delay. In this case I try to monitor the flow of information, ask for news and updates, then I do whatever I can do without the necessary data. If I still have nothing by the reporting time I use assumptions instead of real data and try to close the books with these figures. Sometimes it requires to stay longer hours.