Review the job announcement before your interview and highlight the keywords of the qualities, experience, and education the agency seeks in an Arson Investigator. Then, focus on using those keywords in your response. When describing how you meet all of their job requirements, the interviewer will see that you are a highly qualified candidate and place you high on the candidate list.

Many qualified candidates are interviewing for the same position. Avoid speaking negatively of the other candidates or sounding arrogant when responding to this question. You want to sell yourself in the interview, but not while making the interviewer think you will be a challenging person to work with.

"In addition to meeting all of the must-haves for this role, I bring additional skills. I speak fluent Spanish and have a dual degree in fire science and criminology. I look forward to adding these skills to your already amazing team."