Analytical Skills: Use these sample phrases to craft meaningful performance evaluations, drive change and motivate your workforce.

Analytical Skills is the ability to collect and analyze information, solve problems and make decisions according to the policies and regulations of the business.

Analytical Skills: Exceeds Expectations Phrases

  • Thinks out of the box and always comes up with effective solutions to big problems
  • Excels at employing critical thinking skills when evaluating information to make decisions
  • Excels at analyzing complex and large volumes of data and finding trends in that data
  • Demonstrates outstanding abilities to collect accurate data before analyzing it
  • Leads in identifying a problem and creating a remedy to avoid it recurring or becoming a major problem
  • Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills when sharing an analysis with others
  • Possesses outstanding abilities to understand and analyze numerical data and to make the right conclusions
  • Excels at working with graphical information and is an expert in using a wide range of graphical software
  • Possesses an exceptional ability to remember information and has a strong visual perception of information
  • Demonstrates exceptional knowledge of numbers and figures and is able to interpret mathematical information

Analytical Skills: Meets Expectations Phrases

  • Demonstrates willingness to learn how to work with graphical information
  • Makes enough effort to search for the best sources of information
  • Relies on technical tools to understand trends when analyzing data
  • Shows willingness to learn how to use critical thinking skills when evaluating information
  • Encourages others to think out of the box when coming up with a solution to solve a problem
  • Seeks for assistance when analyzing complex and large volumes of data
  • Understands a good number of data collection techniques and makes an effort to collect the right information
  • Relies on existing solutions and examples when dealing with a problem
  • Encourages others to use appropriate oral and written communication skills when sharing an analysis with others
  • Shows willingness to learn how to work with numbers and figures and how to interpret mathematical information

Analytical Skills: Needs Improvement Phrases

  • Lags behind in identifying a problem and is often unable to come up with an effective solution to a problem
  • Demonstrates weak oral and written communication skills when sharing an analysis with others
  • Does not understand how to work with graphical information and does not know how to use graphical software
  • Hardly remembers information and has a poor visual perception of information
  • Hardly seeks for assistance when faced with challenges when analyzing complex and large volumes of data
  • Demonstrates little knowledge of working with numbers and figures and is often unable to interpret mathematical information
  • Possesses little understanding about the reliable data collection techniques and ends up analyzing inaccurate data
  • Makes little effort to search for the best sources of information
  • Does not show willingness to learn how to use critical thinking skills when evaluating information
  • Rarely thinks outside the box and is always unable to come up with a solution to solve a problem

Analytical Skills: Self Evaluation Questions

  • Can you think of a small problem you ever identified and solved before it could turn into a big problem?
  • What steps do you follow when studying a problem before making a final conclusion
  • Can you describe a task you did that tested your analytical abilities?
  • Can you recall any problem you solved that required analyzing complex and large volumes of data?
  • What is the most complex analytical task you have ever undertaken?
  • Can you describe a situation where your analytical outcome was incorrect? How did you solve the problem?
  • How often do you encourage others to think outside the box when trying to solve a problem?
  • What efforts are you making to search for the best sources of information?
  • How often do you encourage others to use appropriate oral and written communication skills when sharing an analysis?
  • What efforts are you making to improve your knowledge to work with numbers and figures?

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