Question
Describe a practical skill that you have.
Sample answer
The practical skill that I have is digital / computer designing. I had a passion on designing and art in my childhood and after my father bought me a computer when I was in class 7, I started my journey towards the designing.
I still remember that I started my painting on MS- Paint and later on I learned 2-3 major designing software namely Photoshop and Illustrator. I tool 2 year's diploma course on designing and have worked for card, banner, poster, logo and web designing. Besides, I have learned how to create a webpage after designing it.
I have gained the skill by practicing a lot. I read different books on designing how to and concepts, spent numerous hours on designing and learned many things from the teachers who used to take our classes. I have learned many designing aspects, tips and tutorials from different design related websites as well.
Practice and the opportunity to work on several tasks helped me master the skill. I still need a long way to go and I am still a passionate designer. Besides my academic study, I still work on designing specifically on freelancing projects and that brings me a good amount of money.
I am sure this skill will help me do even better in the professional sector in the future.
Tips for answering this Cue Card Question:
Talk about something you know and which is helpful in some way. Usually practical skills are handy for people to do some creative works, handy works, practical works, household works or something that adds value to your career. Some of the practical skills are mentioned below that you can talk about:
Cooking
Computer skill
Wood work skill
Sewing skill
Skill to create something from wood, metal, paper, cloths and other materials.
Skill to repair vehicles, electronic devices etc.
Painting, dancing, computer graphics designing etc.
First say the skill you have and give details of the things involved in this skill. Then say what you can do it and how you learned it. There must be someone who taught you that or may be helped you getting better on it. Talk about this person and his/ her contribution to teach you achieving/ fine tuning this skill.
People born with some short of skills like singing, painting and you can also talk about it. For this scenario, talk about a family member or a teachers who helped you getting better with your skill.
At the end say how this skill of yours give you advantages in your life. Usually a special skill help you doing particular things that ordinary people can't do. Moreover with your skill you would get advantages in your career and also be able to help others. Mention some points on these three issues and that would make your answer a good one.
If you can answer this cue card topic, you should also be able to answer the following cue card topics:
1. Describe something you learned from one of your family members.
2. Describe something you learned from others.
3. Talk about a skill you have.
4. Describe something you learned in the last 5 years.
5. Describe something you made from wood, paper or metal.
6. Describe something you would like to teach others.
