Have you had the opportunity to teach an important skill to a co-worker? (+5 Examples)

How to Answer

Interviewers want to hear that you have experience teaching or mentoring other employees one-on-one. You may have taught a new hire all of your department's standard processes. Perhaps you taught a long-standing employee how to use Excel. You may have mentored an employee who was struggling to hit their monthly goals. All of these scenarios are great examples to draw on. Better yet, if you have personally seen someone struggling with workplace skills or knowledge, approached them, and offered to mentor them, it is a shining example of leadership! Whatever your scenario may be, tell the interviewer what you helped the person with, while highlighting the positive outcome of their skills improvement.

Professional Answer Examples

General
Answer example

"Last week our company introduced a new module in our SAP system. I could see that our contracted HR Assistant was having some troubles with the new module. I was familiar with it already, so I offered to help him learn the module. We spent his lunch hour for the next three days working on it. He perfected the module and our company was so impressed with his dedication to learning that they are now trying to find room to hire him on a full time, permanent basis."

Admin
Answer example

"Recently, I trained our new A/P clerk on the Salesforce CRM as well as our accounting software. She caught on quickly, and I made sure to let her know that I was available for questions anytime."

Manager
Answer example

"I have taught many individuals on the job, as it's always been a part of my leadership role to mentor and train new and existing employees."

Marketing
Answer example

"I'm proud to say that, even without any official management capacity, I often seize the opportunity to teach others at work. Not only have I helped contribute to the sales team's knowledge base, even from a marketing role, but also I try to make new hires or curious parties under my wing to teach them anything from SEO to segmenting email lists, or how to use different software. It's fun to share and teach others, especially since I am always seeking out learning opportunities for myself, so it's nice to give back or pay it forward."

Retail
Answer example

"I was a corporate trainer before being promoted to national retail manager, so I got to train quite a few employees on policies, procedures, and processes. I had some great teaching methods that included quizzes and hands-on learning opportunities."

Sales
Answer example

"Absolutely! In each of my two previous roles, I led a small team. I have worked on everything from appointment setting and overcoming objections to price negotiations with those respective teams. What's more, I always look for an opportunity to connect with the new folks to the team to ensure them that I can be a resource to them."

Teacher
Answer example

"We had a new teacher come on board this year which I took under my wing. I taught her a lot about the school's history, the culture among the faculty, and introduced her to the community. It felt great to help her settle in."

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Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is a job search expert, executive headhunter, career catalyst, and interview coach. Utilized by top talent from Fortune companies like Microsoft, General Electric, and Nestle, she helps professionals position themselves in today's competitive digital marketplace. Rachelle founded Renovate My Resume and Executive Resume Solutions, two companies focused on helping job seekers get their edge back. She helps everyone from new graduates looking for their first placement, to CEO's who want more out of their career. Rachelle coaches students to executives on how to master the toughest interview questions and how to handle the most bizarre interview situations; all with confidence and poise. Rachelle trains other career coaches, recruiters, and resume writers, globally. A big part of her job is also spent coaching HR professionals on how to bring the human touch back into their interview and hiring process.

First written on: 12/08/2015
Last modified on: 08/05/2018

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Have you had the opportunity to teach an important skill to a co-worker?

I tought new hire at the reception how to greet guests when they come .. How to see off them as their well wisher.

I teach employees skills and knowledge daily. On new assignments and old processes.

When ever we get new joiners I do teach them the important sills in work place.

My job as the Recruitment Coordinator was training my student workers in customer service, Tele-communication, and our university system with process improvement.

Yes, as a stroke program coordinator, I have administered various forms of education to staff. Whether this education was in the formal classroom setting or more informal one-on-one sessions.

Every day every day is a learning process and I utilize it to.

Examples of writing feedback.

When you work with them and they give you best performance and show you they we made good decision to hire them.

Professionalism; from dressing appropriately to appropriately conducting themselves as someone they want others to respect.

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Daily, Ongoing education regrading documentation.

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I taught an employee how to do the job that he was hired to do.

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When given task completed before designated time and work completed on professional level.

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Training a new employee for a specific job and duties.

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Mike how to be MOD around the race trace.

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As often as necessary. As we learn new tools, we must share and educate.

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I served as the School Improvement Coordinator/Curriculum Coordinator for Belmond-Klemme in the early 2000's. I am this capacity I led staff development. Topics varied but included literacy, curriculum alignment, infinite campus training, and data driven instruction. As a teacher I have continued to help teachers use data as well as assist the technology coodinator with google training and Promethean training.

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I have trained individuals to become lincensed foster parents/ I have also trained people in two types of behavioral models to manage children.

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Explain importance of following set process and how it will help us in internal quality audits. Also conducts a session for new joinee to explain domain and at initial phase with team members to explain requirement from domain point of view so that they can elloborate requirement in depth and identify impact cases at initial stage itself.

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This is something I do on a regular basis. Early this week I taught an EA had to progress a student in the next step in eating.

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I have led many sessions on professional learning both large and small group.

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Regularly, but one that comes particularly to mind is at the start of the year when teachers are trying to get set-up in D2L or teacher logic. There are existing staff members that need a refresher and new staff that are not aware of how to go about setting up their courses. I also help out a lot with smart board technologies - how to build certain components into their lessons, as well as ensure that all are aware of our team, school and board assessment policies.

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I try to offer knowledge everyday. Skills are acquired through continued education and critical/creative thinking.

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Currently what I do in my dtm position, everyday is a training skills.

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In college, I would always make tasks simple for a buddy of mine.

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Unity Business Centre accommodated students in need o work placement and I was assigned the duty of teaching the skills of reception and correspondence skills hoping to gain NVQs . In order to do this I prepared work assignments of the daily tasks performed. I gave the students background information of the company so they could answer the phone confidently. I explained the usefulness ness of comps applications, explaining. I explain it in a simple way and try and explain it so it create a desire to become proficient. I let the learner know how importance of being able to perform these skills.

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When I was assigned manager for a particular time. I had to train the administrator to write and dress properly.

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On there induction day and there after.

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When I was the School Improvement Coordinator/Curriculum Coordinator, I led various staff development sessions. Specifically I led sessions for literacy, google training, and infinite campus training.

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I have spent a significant time coaching to behaviors within a leadership model, this happens daily within our team.

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