they are supervising. They couldn't do them with a gun pointed at their heads, yet they have the power to hire, evaulated/appraise and fire. And that's life. The same is true for any implication that you might be "overexaggerating" your credentials. They suspect it, because they (and lots of other folks) would actually do it. In fact, they may have already done it -- so how you answer the question may actually backfire on you. You can't be more competent than your boss -- just ask Dagwood. You can't be cleverer than the HR mgr whose main job is to whittle down a pile of 300 resumes into a stack of maybe 10. That's their task, and they will achieve by whatever means necessary. Guerilla tactics. Wrong answer makes their job very easy for them. So, I generally answer questions thusly, "I do not have a piece of paper that says I can do that; but if you look at my website, you will see that I can. In fact, I crashed out Windows Live Movie Maker in about 72 hours. It took me a good 2 days to figure out how to get my blog up on WordPress. So I feel comfortable at tackling your 'Wacky Way Out' proprietary software." Now they may, or may not buy this answer. There is no longer any such thing as "transferrable skills" -- therefore, lots of people do just give up and lie. "Yes! Sure! I am expert at 'Off The Wall'