QUESTION 13 OF 30

Have you had experience in maintaining office equipment? If so, what type of products?

The interviewer wants to know if you are technologically savvy and to what extent. They want to know that you have at least the basic skills for the position (reference job description) which would typically include the operation of basic office equipment (phones, computers, postal machines, copiers, etc.). You don't need to have a degree in "office equipment management," but showing you have the ability to know where to go/where to look for help if something breaks is what the interviewer would like to hear.

Think of instances where the copier went down, the printer stopped working, the postal machine quit, or other office equipment decided to just stop working. Describe what you did to rectify the situation.

You do not need to be a tech guru, so don't get mired in all the steps you took to try to get the copier working. The interviewer wants to know what you did about it, not that you spent ten hours trying to figure out why the copier wasn't working.

"In my role with XX company, we had many types of equipment, including a multifunctional Xerox copier, a postal machine, telephones, and scanners. I kept track of regularly scheduled maintenance, and if there was a problem with equipment that I could not handle immediately (such as a paper jam), I had the information at my fingertips and called the appropriate company for help."

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