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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I'd say I have outstanding writing skills. In fact, I consider myself an excellent communicator both verbally and with the written word. I am transparent and strive to say the most in the fewest words possible. I just want to make sure that the message I intend to send is the message that's received as consistently as possible. Create standards for yourself and uphold them."

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
This question aims to assess your communication skills in written form. Not just your handwriting, which should be legible for communicative purposes, but how effectively you write and communicate. Effective writing skills are integral to inter-department communication, from emails to record keeping.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
When answering this question, place emphasis on how important effective communication to the workplace is, be it written or verbal skills. If you have experience as a writer, bring work samples with you. Your writing skills can reveal a lot about you, from your education level to how actively you read.

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