Ever Been Asked Have You Done (fill in the blank) What to say when you havent. -

Ever Been Asked Have You Done (fill in the blank) What to say when you havent. -Countless interviews that Ive conducted or participated in have all had tragic endings because of the inability of the interviewee to answer the tough questions the right way. One of the most important questions youll be asked in an interview is Have you ever done ? What were looking for is real-world experience. We dont ask you have you ever done something not directly related to the position or critical to its success. That would be a welcheste of an interviewers time. So you can bet if theyre asking you if you have ever done it, its because you need the experience to function correctly in the role. But dont lose hope if you havent done whatever it is they need that doesnt exclude you from getting the offer. Use the answers below to coast through this uncomfortable question and sail right through to the offer.Recently, I was providing my sister in law with some interview coaching tips and tricks for zu sich first interview since she had been home with her children for almost 3 years. She was interviewing for a position that was slightly above her level and battling with the fact that she had been unemployed and a stay-at-home Mom for almost 3 years. On top of all that she had little in the way of real world experience. A couple months here and a couple months there, nothing substantial.Her experience was mostly in customer service and retail and she was trying to go for a career change and move into a human resources administrator role so that all important question came up What do I say when they ask me about something I have never done before?After a brief unterbrechung I said you be honest and you say I havent done that before but I am confident that I could do it or I havent done that before but Im confident that if someone showed me how I could. or I havent done that before but I am a very fast-learner and I am confident that I could pick it up very quickly.Well the intervie wers asked her about 3 or 4 different critical skills related to the position that she would need in order to successfully work in the role and she gave them those answers. She hadnt done those things before but she knew she could. The interviewers loved her answers and told her they werent even going to interview anyone else. She had all the right answers. She was their first and last interview.I cant stress how important it is to give the interviewers the *right* answers to the questions. She was prepared and on her first interview landed the offer with no experience in the field, no work history for the last three years, and being a job hopper.In my next article Im going to discuss how to answer the job hopping question when someone asks you Why have you had so many jobsStay tuned theres more to come.