Job interviews can be stressful, especially when you’re asked a question that feels like two or three questions rolled into one. These complex, multi-part questions are particularly challenging because they require you to process and remember multiple pieces of information—all while managing the pressure of the interview setting.

But don’t worry—there’s a way to handle these tricky questions with confidence and clarity.

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Have you ever been in a job interview where you're asked a question, but it's really like two to three questions in one? Those are very, very challenging for us to remember. first of all, because it's a lot of information, but second of all, when we're typically a little bit more nervous or stressed in an interview, our cognitive resources are a little bit more offline. It's harder to kind of track everything because our bodies are in that fight, flight, freeze mode.

So two strategies, one is do as much as you can to manage your stress prior to an interview, but two, here's what you can do. Or if you just really don't know what you're gonna answer for that question, you can also use this strategy one-off as needed. So you can ask them to repeat the question, and it's totally fine to take notes and write it down, whether you're in person or virtually. And then as you're writing it down, your brain's going to start to think of the examples, and a lot of people are scared to ask for that question to be repeated, but it is very much okay.