How to Prepare Knowledge, Ability and Skills Interview Questions?

These questions often deal with the technical aspects of the job or basic knowledge that is essential to learn the job. The following questions are asked in almost every interview.

• Tell me about yourself
• Tell me about your experience with this type of work.
• What kind of hardware/software can you operate?
• What are your greatest strengths?
• What are your weaknesses?
• What kind of salary are you expecting?

Tell me about yourself.

Purpose:

• To put you at ease.
• To learn from you why they should or should not hire you.
• To find out if your mind is on what you can offer an employer; or if it is on personal concerns that may interfere with your work performance.
• To learn a little bit about your background.
• To assess your ability to communicate orally.

Suggestions:

• Demonstrate your ability to communicate information clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrate your ability to prioritize and your understanding of the employers needs by selecting the information about you of most interest to them. Briefly touch on the following:
  • your experience related to the job.
  • your attributes, including your ability to get along with others and appropriate personal information to show stability and a well-rounded character.

What kind of hardware/software can you operate?

Purpose:

This question indicates that skills in this area are very important. Express your experience and capability.

Suggestions:

• Be as specific as possible about your expertise.
• If you haven't had experience with the software required, describe similar hardware/software you've worked with.