Detail Skills

Thorough understanding of the products, including how they work, the differences between them and how they are cataloged is crucial. At the same time one must be able to interact with customers in a friendly and efficient manner. Good memory, quick thinking, basic math, and customer-oriented communication skills are among the most important qualities.

The main task of an assistant is to interact with customers around the store. The assistant answers any queries they might have, locates products on the shelves and explains how to use the products for best results. The goal is to try to make the customer's experience in the store as easy and efficient as possible.

Sales assistants keep the counters stocked, orderly, and clean. They put price tags where necessary. They can usually also arrange products on the shelves in such a way as to promote sales. In addition, they might create special signs which make products easier to find and promote sales as well.

Absolutely! What are the three top goals, priorities and results you would first like to see accomplished in this role?

Clearly, the interviewee has stated his trait for attention to detail and further confirmed his commitment to action as well. By doing so, he has not only proven that he has an eye for detail but he happens to be much more aware too.

Yes of course, Sir. I have had an eye for detail since childhood. Perhaps, that is why I did exceptionally well in Boy Scouts team. I managed to save my team many a times on various excursions. Of late, my eye for detail enabled my present organization to track down issues related to inventory management.

Apply knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills across disciplines in appropriate and effective ways.

Demonstrate the ability to interpret, recognize, appreciate, and understand information presented through visible actions, objects and symbols, natural or man-made.

★ Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims and beliefs

★ Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view

★ Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments

★ Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis

★ Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes

★ Demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams.

★ Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal.

★ Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions made by each team member.

★ Develop, implement, and communicate new ideas to others effectively.

★ Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work.

★ Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas.

★ View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes.

Demonstrate additional attributes associated with producing high quality products including the abilities to:

★ Work positively and ethically

★ Manage time and projects effectively

★ Multi-task

★ Participate actively, as well as be reliable and punctual

★ Present oneself professionally and with proper etiquette

★ Collaborate and cooperate effectively with teams

★ Respect and appreciate team diversity

★ Be accountable for results

Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur.

★ Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming).

★ Create new and worthwhile ideas (both incremental and radical concepts).

★ Elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts.

★ Demonstrate imagination and curiosity.

★ Solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative ways.

★ Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions.

Improve the analytical problem solving skills using these steps.

★ Identify the reason of the process.

★ Analyze what customers, managers, etc. anticipate the process will deliver.

★ Identify the workings of the process, and the requirements of the resources.

★ Explore various methods of measuring the effectiveness and efficiency.

★ Examine ways you can improve the process.

★ Review the implications of these improvements and the consequences

★ Determine the best option based on resources available.

Analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other to produce overall outcomes in complex systems.

Use various types of reasoning (e.g., inductive, deductive, etc.) as appropriate to the situation.

Answer should highlight the toughest problem you are working on. This will show patience and determination and that you understand not all problems can be resolved quickly.

Answer should show you are capable of making sound decisions on the fly without becoming frazzled.

Answer should specifically outline your steps.