Skills & Experience
skills and experience are at the top of the list of key factors that employers look for when interviewing potential employees. Think about the most important skills you possess and how they will help you in a particular position or field. During the interview, offer specific examples to illustrate your point. Don't cross the line of confidence by sounding too pompous or arrogant. Employers will never believe you saved the world from mass destruction. They will, however, believe you increased departmental sales by 25 percent.
Q: What are your key skills?
YES: After spending the last six years as a senior systems analyst, I've developed a number of important skills including business modeling, process re-engineering, software-package evaluation, and advanced programming capabilities in UNIX and C environments. I was very pleased to discover that these are the skills you are seeking. Would you like to hear about specific examples of my work?
NO: I am a hardworking people person who wears many hats.
Talk about your key skills and how you'll use them in this job. Avoid using clichés or generalities. Offer specific evidence, drawing parallels between your current or previous job and the job you're interviewing for. Don't be afraid to ask a question in your answer. However, the last thing you want to do is seem garrulous, so find out if the interviewer would like to hear specific examples, and if so, oblige her.
Essential
“I wear many hats” is one of the clichés in the job market to be avoided in interviews. Other clichés to be avoided are, “I am a people person,” “I am a jack of all trades,” “I am interested in honing my skills,” and “I am a multitask-oriented kind of person.”
Q: What sets you apart from other applicants?
YES: Once I'm given a job or a project, I tackle it with unrelenting energy. I want to learn everything I can, and my goal is to achieve results beyond the expectations of my supervisor. I really strive to excel in all I do.
NO: I have
Q: What are your key skills?
YES: After spending the last six years as a senior systems analyst, I've developed a number of important skills including business modeling, process re-engineering, software-package evaluation, and advanced programming capabilities in UNIX and C environments. I was very pleased to discover that these are the skills you are seeking. Would you like to hear about specific examples of my work?
NO: I am a hardworking people person who wears many hats.
Talk about your key skills and how you'll use them in this job. Avoid using clichés or generalities. Offer specific evidence, drawing parallels between your current or previous job and the job you're interviewing for. Don't be afraid to ask a question in your answer. However, the last thing you want to do is seem garrulous, so find out if the interviewer would like to hear specific examples, and if so, oblige her.
Essential
“I wear many hats” is one of the clichés in the job market to be avoided in interviews. Other clichés to be avoided are, “I am a people person,” “I am a jack of all trades,” “I am interested in honing my skills,” and “I am a multitask-oriented kind of person.”
Q: What sets you apart from other applicants?
YES: Once I'm given a job or a project, I tackle it with unrelenting energy. I want to learn everything I can, and my goal is to achieve results beyond the expectations of my supervisor. I really strive to excel in all I do.
NO: I have