How do you answer 'Why did you select a secretarial career' in a job interview?

Answer

As a secretary, highlight your strengths, such as:

- Grace under pressure - Your organizational skills - Your clerical skills (typing, filing, etc.) - You very much enjoy freeing up higher management's time so they are not "bogged down" with clerical tasks. - Your pride in your work. - Your upbeat attitude - You feel comfortable in the office environment - You seek to be the best secretary you can be.

I'm assuming this IS the career that you're pursuing. The reason I'm saying that is that I have applied for Assistant positions and the interviewer sometimes mistakenly thinks I'm pursuing a Secretarial position.

If you're applying for a secretarial position, usually its best not to mention ideas of advancement. Just my personal experience/opinion.

~ T

Improve Answer Discuss the question "How do you answer 'Why did you select a secretarial career' in a job interview?" Watch Question

First answer by Yinzer. Last edit by Yinzer. Contributor trust: 820 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 34 [recommend question]


Research your answer:

Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Jobs and Education > Jobs > Job Interviews > How do you answer 'Why did you select a secretarial career' in a job interview?

Our contributors said this page should be displayed for the questions below. (Where do these come from)
If any of these are not a genuine rephrasing of the question, please help out and edit these alternates.
Why secretarial job?  What did you select this career?  Achievements for secretarial job?  Why did you fit on secretarial job?  Answer for secretarial jobs interview?  Secretarial interview question answer?  Why did you select a secretarial career?  Why did you select your new career field?  What are the jobs of a computer secretarial?  How will you manage providing secretarial jobs to different departments?  How do you answer ' Do you consider you have been successful in your career' in a job interview?