Frame the problem and define the goals

Focusing on problem-solving implies that a candidate possesses secondary skills including critical thinking, strategic thinking, and leadership.

Demonstrate your problem-solving abilities by sharing the results of the problems you solved. 

Clearly understand what exactly is the problem.

Get the real facts, not the apparent facts or the obvious facts but the real facts of the situation. It's amazing how much time and energy is wasted every day attempting to solve problems when the people involved are not eve...

Ask people to explain it to you a few times. Keep asking questions to really get to the root of the problem. 

Then go ahead and explain the problem to someone else, just to make sure you really understand it. Often times, simply formulating the problem and explaining it to others can hel...