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What skills have you acquired recently?

What skills have you acquired recently?

Do you like to learn? Are you learning type of person? Is your learning over post your schooling? Do you keep yourself updated with current knowledge and skills?
Interviewer is interested to find answers to above questions. Show him what you learnt recently.
Do's
• Show the online and offline courses taken
• Tell what you learnt from recent training programs
• Mention the recent books read and lessons learnt
• Lessons learnt and insights gained from the recent cross functional project
• Show that you are a life long learner
Don'ts
• Don't say company did not nominate me for any training
• I don't require training
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• What skills have you acquired from your work experience?
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