Hard Skills & Soft Skills
QUICK CHECK ANSWERS:
1.	 Job	seeker	finished	classes	required	and	earned	
certificate	or	degree.		Does	job	seeker	have	
work	experience	listed	on	application	and	
resume.		Does	job	seeker	have	personal	refer -
ences.
2.	 If	this	person	has	the	hard	skills	and	soft	skills	 needed	for	the	job	opening
3.	 a)	 Able	to	work	in	a	team	with	coworkers.		 Able	
to	make	decisions	and	solve	problems.		
	 b)	Soft	skills.
	 c)	 Able	to	talk	to	and	listen	to	persons.		 Able	to	
convince	and	influence	others	to	do	something.	
d)	Student's	list	of	3	hard	skills	from	list.
4.	 Job	seeker	has	both	hard	technical	skills	and	 soft	people	skills	needed	for	the	job.
5.	 Worker's	technical	skills	and	know-how	needed	 to	perform	the	job	tasks.
6.	 Worker's	personality	and	social	skills	that	help	 create	relationships	with	other	people.
7.	 Hard	skills	and	soft	skills.
8.	 a)	School	classes.
	 b)	Few	training	classes	for	soft	skills.
	 c)	 To	learn	all	the	soft	skills	needed	for	success	
in	the	job,	while	at	the	same	time	learning	the	
technical	hard	skills	needed.
9.	 Teamwork,	 Thinking,	Communication,	Selling
10	 a))	 Teamwork	-	Join	sports	team	or	club
	 b)	 Thinking	-	Become	an	officer	in	a	club.
	 c)	Communication	-	Join	debate,	speech,	leader
	 d)	Selling	-	Join	fund	raiser,	get	job	in	retail
11.	 Employers	ask.
12.	 Tell	me	about	a	project	that	you	did	while	you	 were	working	as	a	member	of	a	team.		
13.	 I	am	able	to	work	alone	and	as	part	of	a	team.
14.	 Student’s	answer.
15.	 a)	 To	see	how	you	react	to	a	surprise	question.	
	 b)	Don’t	panic;	be	yourself;	describe	the	pen;	 discuss	what	the	pen	can	do	for	the	interviewer.
16.	 Student's	3	interview	questions.