How would you rate your experience as a facilitator, and do you have any formal training in this area?

Remember to outline any facilitation tools or techniques you have been trained to use. Facilitation is a formal skill set with standard methods that can be regularly applied to improve outcomes in a professional setting.

"I would say I am a good facilitator. I have been trained in basic facilitation techniques and I have a decent toolkit to lean on. I am comfortable brainstorming, prioritizing, handling conflict, keeping teams on track, and gaining consensus. I know how to properly utilize agendas, ground rules, parking lots, action item lists, and decisions registers.

I have experience leading various types of meetings such as strategic planning sessions that are integral to the work of a senior program manager. I am working to grow in my mentoring and coaching aspects of facilitation, and I am excited to continue that work at the senior level of program management."

"I am not trained formally in facilitation, but I would say I am an intermediate-level facilitator. I regularly use basic tools such as agendas and action item lists to keep everyone focused on the goals of the session.

I plan to continue to observe others and gather what information I can on my own so that I can apply it to my work as a senior program manager. I would love the opportunity to expand my knowledge and take formal facilitation classes if that is an opportunity your company offers."