A. Vocabulary

You will see the following words on this page. Do you know what they mean? There are two questions.

B. Examples of Skills and Experience

“What are some of your skills?”

“Do you have experience?”

These are common interview questions. Maybe you have work experience. Maybe you don’t. All of us have skills and life experience. These skills and past experiences can be transferred, or used again, in jobs.

1. Think: What activities do you do at home or in your community? Do you think people use them in the work world?
2. Read: Flip through the following cards. Turn each card to read an example.
3. Think: What activities have YOU done? What did YOU learn?

C. Writing About Skills and Experience

The following is a writing tool. Use this tool to write about your skills and experience.

1. Type your answers in the boxes on the Tell me about your skills page.
2. Export your ideas into a Word document on the Export your ideas page. You can use this document when you make your recording. You can also submit this document to a teacher or a tutor.

D. Talking About Skills and Experience

The information you just wrote down is useful for answering these questions:

“Tell me about your skills.”

“Why is this job good for you?”

“Do you have any experience doing this job?”

If you do have direct experience doing the job, say

• “Yes, I do, and one example is … ” and then give an example you wrote about.

If you do not have direct experience doing the job, say

• “No, but … ” and then give an example you wrote about.

Imagine an interviewer says, “Tell me about your skills,” or asks, “Do you have any experience doing this job?” Record your answer below.

1. Use one of the red or green phrases above.
2. Tell the interviewer about one or two activities or experiences.
3. Say what you learned.

You may want to download your recording and submit it to a teacher or tutor for feedback.