When you're interviewing for a position, it's common to be asked about your leadership skills and experience. Everyone in a company, even individual contributors and consultants, is a leader in some area, making leadership skills and qualities important to have no matter what your title. Make sure you take time to describe your definition of leadership. Before your interview, think about what makes a strong leader, who you consider a strong leader, and what sort of leader you are and want to be. There's no one way to be a leader, so as long as you've taken some time to think about what leadership means to you personally, you're not going to give a wrong answer.

"Leading by example has gotten me the best results with the teams I have worked alongside. Whenever a new project starts, I make sure that I hold a kickoff meeting and organize the team so that everybody is on the same page and that there is open communication amongst team members. This way, everybody understands their responsibilities to contribute to the project equally."