Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day

The truth is that all of us have a great many skills and we are highly talented in our own ways. An effective answer to "What is your hidden talent?" shows the interviewer that you possess qualities that can benefit the organization. With that in mind, consider writing a second list, with this one comprising the strengths you wish to convey to the interviewer.

Drawing. Magic tricks. Playing an instrument. Endurance – you can run further than others without getting tired. The ability to play multiple instruments. Cooking. Flexibility – you can move your body in positions others cant. Singing. There are three types of skills: functional, self-management and special knowledge.

Functional skills are abilities or talents that are inherited at birth and developed through experience and learning.

Self-management skills are the behaviors you have developed in learning to cope with your environment and the people and conditions in it. Examples are: being energetic, determined, resourceful or dependable.

Special knowledge skills are those having to do with mastering a specific body of information related to a particular type of work, profession, occupation, educational, or leisure activity. Accounting, catering, or real-estate brokering would be examples of these.