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Who influenced you to choose this profession?

Who influenced you to choose this profession?

The interviewer wants to know why did you choose this career.
What were the influencing factors to choose this profession. How did you arrive at this decision? Who are your role models? What is your motivations to choose this career? Do you have a story of childhood experience or role model who initiated you to select this career.
Tell your story how you stumbled upon this profession and industry.
Do's
• Tell your story about an event which influenced you to choose
• Show how this profession helps you to make a difference
• Show how this career keeps you inspired
Don'ts
• Because my friend is doing the same.
• This provides job security
• My parents chose this profession for me
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• What made you decide on this profession?
• What inspired you to go into this line of work?
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Demonstrate the soft skills in your resume

In addition to hard and soft skills, we must also exhibit self-management skills e.g. self-motivation, time management and stress management. Being open minded, flexible, adaptable, experimenting and learning from mistakes are the key differentiator for a person's success.

World Economic Forum lists out the top ten soft skills, which employers look for. These are · - Complex Problem Solving · - Critical Thinking · - Creativity · - People Management · - Coordinating with Others · - Emotional Intelligence · - Judgment and Decision Making · - Service Orientation · - Negotiation · - Cognitive Flexibility

As a prospective employee, it is our job to learn and enhance the soft skills continuously as well as demonstrate relevant skills in our resume and during the interview to increase our success rate in the interview process.