Rate your listening skills from 1-10. What would your coworkers say about your listening skills?

The interviewer would like to know how you rate your listening skills overall. Avoid giving yourself a 10, as nobody is perfect, and you do not want to come across as someone who does not strive to grow. Alternately, avoid giving yourself too little credit. You do not want to paint the picture that you are a terrible listener! Stay in the 7.5-9.5 range and back your rating with a comment you have received from a coworker recently.

"I am certainly not perfect so that I will rate myself an 8.5/10 for listening skills. I could be more present at times, especially when a conversation with a coworker seems to be trivial. I think my current boss would rate me around the same, if not a bit higher. I do have a penchant for recalling small details of a conversation, which seems to impress him quite often."

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