Personal Assistant In-Tray Exercise

I used to have a list of typical daily tasks with a few "URGENT URGENT URGENT" ones thrown in and ask them to rank them in the order they would complete them.

The idea was (and I always stressed this in the interview), is that there was no right answer, the aim was to see how they would prioritise their day and we'd have a discussion afterwards where they'd put their reasoning forward as to why they ordered it as they have.

Has always worked out great for us as it gave us an insight into how they work and it gave them a better idea of what sort of tasks they'd be doing day to day.

A very small piece of the jigsaw for a good PA! :-)

A very small piece of the jigsaw for a good PA! :-)