Here is a typical behavioral interview question about time management, especially for remote work.
What productivity tools do you use? Explain how they are useful.
Tomato Timer is a very popular productivity tool that is recommended by Toptal too.
TomatoTimer introduction: https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/pomodoro-technique
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I use very traditional tools including a notebook and a pen. I'm used to writing a to-do list on paper when I have many tasks in one day. When I shift to task B from task A, I record the progress of task A so that later I can pick it up quickly. After finishing a task, I tick the item in the notebook. The action of ticking gives me a sense of achievement. When a workday ends, if all tasks are ticked, I tear down the page from the notebook. With time going by, the notebook becomes thinner and thinner which gives me a sense of accomplishment too. Sometimes I also like to record my idea on paper when meeting difficult problems. A interesting thing is that I tried to replace real paper and pens with a to-do list app but failed. The feeling of writing and drawing on real paper with a pen seems to activate my brain and thoughts. The feeling disappears when I use a to-do list app.
By the way, I tried Tomato Timer when in university. I think it doesn't work for everyone, at least not suitable for me. I'm the kind of person who can focus on the work for a long time without distraction. However, Tomato Timer forces me to stop every twenty-five minutes. I feel interrupted when the time is over.
Thank you for sharing your time management experience. There are many tools, but the one that helps you improve productivity is the best one for you.
For Tomato Timer, 25mins is too short for some people. The article suggests the time can be changed from 25 mins to 50 mins or a longer time.
I have experienced several tools, including Tomato Timer. Finally, I decide to choose these tools left, most of them even do not need to install.
I believe people should not be controlled by tools, people should use tools, and tools should be used to improve our productivity. Therefore I prefer simple but useful tools.
Like most workers, I usually use note-taking to summarize work and use software to keep myself focused. Evernote and Yuan Qi are good choices.
Evernote can create different folders for organizing notes, checking completed work, and multi-terminal sharing. This is the reason why I chose it after using several note-taking software.
Yuan Qi will have different white noises and set different time stops, which helps a lot during the time I want to focus.
The software can help people extend their senses and make up for shortcomings. As a developer, this may be the meaning of development.
I have different productivity tools lists for work and personal.
In work, I use yuque for docs creating and sharing, DingTalk as our communication tool. we also have meetings with DingTalk. Idea IntelliJ is my working IDE.
In personal I like EverNote and Wechat. I enjoy EverNote can share docs on many devices like my cellphone and pc. And Wechat is no need to say. Idea IntelliJ is also my personal IDE, but sometimes I like VScode which is a lightweight platform to open files in different code languages.
About productivity tools,because I use device ecology for Apple,so I will use Notes and Calender that comes with Apple.
关于时间管理工具，因为使用的是apple生态，所以我会使用os自带的Notes、Calendar。
Notes is used sorting and recording some text,for examples,an inspiration,a book name recommended by others,etc.
Notes用于日常一些文本的整理和记录，例如某个灵感、别人推荐的书等等。
Calender is used remind some matters about time,for examples,interview related information,online conference related information,so on.
Calendar用于提醒一些关于时间的事项，例如面试相关信息、线上会议相关信息等等。
But,I haven't some favorite tool for managing projects time,I hope you can recommend soma managing projects time tools to me.
但是目前还没有管理项目时间计划的工具，希望大家能推荐一些相关的工具给我。
Recently learned Gantt chart,can someone discuss it with me?
最近了解到甘特图，有人能和我讨论它吗？
I want to recommend a productive tool to everyone here, The EuDic app for computer, its most useful function of it is the "LightPeek", after the permission you gave, you can make translate directly in any typing area on your computer by selecting the text, double-click a word or select a sentence, there will be shows a EuDic translate overlay window beside your word or selected sentence, more quickly and useful, doesn't it? When I read English blogs or documents, This function is most helpful to me to continue my reading.
I use Zoom for online meetings, Notion to record my memos, and Trello for project management.