How to Answer: Give me an example of how you have an eye for detail.
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27. Give me an example of how you have an eye for detail.
How to Answer
As a tailor, dressmaker, or custom sewer, there is a lot of work that may go unnoticed to the untrained eye. Paying attention to the tiniest details is an indicator of the quality of work you'll be able to produce.
Give a concrete example that demonstrates your attention to detail. Structure the story to give the situation and problem, then build up the difficulty of the solution, and end with the impact of your attention to detail. If you can talk about a situation where your attention to detail somehow benefitted the business directly, that would be best.
Written by Ryan Brown
Answer Example
"A client came to us one time and gave us what looked like two identical suit jackets that we had made for him. They were both two-button navy suits with notch lapels, patch pockets, side vents, and both were solid in color and pattern. He wanted to return jacket A.
After poring over all the details, I asked him why he liked jacket B better. He said that it made him look slimmer. I drilled deeper and discovered that he felt that jacket A had a wider midsection.
I took several measurements and saw that the dimensions were the same. And that's how I came to measure the width of the patch pockets. One of them was a quarter inch wider and a quarter inch shorter. Such a tiny detail created a big impression. Since it was a patch pocket we easily made a new one for him and saved us money by preventing a full return."
Written by Ryan Brown