Maybe we should have retitled this page ‘Doom and gloom corner’. According to specialist HR consultancy A&DC, the most popular interview question nowadays reveals how the credit crunch affects organisations even at recruitment and talent management levels.

Using its online competency-based interviewing tool, a typical question to ask candidates is: ‘Describe an occasion where you had a number of conflicting demands on your time. How did you deal with this?’

A&DC says that rather than asking about stress tolerance, as they did six months ago, organisations are today battening down the hatches and aiming to get the most out of the resources [yes, your candidates] they’ve got.

Chins up; predictions are we’ve only got another year or so to go…