Which is more important: knowledge, experience or attitude?

I would say that experience is most important because without experience knowledge, or attitude could not be expressed at all, because through the experiences your having you learn the knowledge and how to behave and how to see life. so to me experience is priority

it depends on which type of job it is. some job required freshers so they don't need experience only attitude and knowledge is important.but some job required experience as he already experience that means he has enough knowledge.

Ouch! That really a bad choice for the interviewer, friend. Here in our country...interviewer not look upon the knowledge base but asking whom did you know in the company. They don't ask if you know the jobs your applying for but ask something which is not relevant to the jobs... There is a big trouble also here about age limit. If your age is above 30. You may not able to apply for a jobs because of age limit. I think the most important when looking for someone is the experience. Because you know he/she is knowledgeable in that particular fields. No need to expense more money for training and so on... Attitude is one thing. Because all people did not used attitude to work but only to relate with other peers to the company or office...

all of them are important..but if i were to rank them which is the most important to the least one i would say good attitude is the first and foremost quality that any job employers seek for..second is experience..and lastly, knowledge..good attitude even w/out experience and knowledge is bound to have both along the process of job training..i believe the best learners are those with positive attitudes and not the arrogant ones..experienced and well knowledged people are usually the arrogant ones..they think they know everything already..tss..

The most important thing is attitude,i think.The knowledge and experience is less important than attitude.Without positive attitude,everything is going to bad.If you have positive attitude,everything is going to good.

Like everybody else, I'd go with attitude. A good attitude can always find the knowledge and will learn more from limited experience. Employers, however, cannot just list "must have good attitude" as a job requirement. It's importance comes during the interview process and that is why we have interviews instead of just automatically choosing the best candidate on paper.

scheng well in this horrible economy I do think that employers should start hiring those who are experienced first then the kids as older men and women with experience also are a lot more dependable and too they will also have a great attitude as they have learned good work ethics and will give a job all they have. let the kids take second place for once in their spoiled rotten lives. I think knowledge and experience should come first then the attitude as older people who need the job will damned well have a good attitude.it is all important but I am sick of seeing kids get jobs when more experienced and more needy men are left out it is not fair at all.

From my own working experience, my boss usually select a candidate to work for the company based on that person's positive attitude towards work. Besides that the knowledge about the position which he going to handle also plays an important role. As regarding the working experience, most of the boss don't necessary select the person with the most number of working experience to work for him. Because some of the candidate seems still having bad working attitude although had been working for many years... After all, it is solely depending on the boss decision...

For me, all that matters. But first of all, we might as well start with knowledge and attitude. From that, will come experience, which you will learn over time or over something that you do. It doesn't have to years of working, but depend on exposures that you go through. If not, all newly grads will certainly be jobless right?

Hello my friend, For me all you mentioned are important to one person but most is should be high is attitude towards to your knowledge and experience - meaning how you can use such gift and asset of yours... see you around

Importance is in the mind of the interviewer. They may see too old as being too knowledgeable and overshadow the supervisors. Furthermore, e$$$pensive. Everyone who goes to the interview room goes with a personal agenda...somehow. It is not possible to conclude a person's good attitude from interviews, but it is sure easy to spot bad attitude if the interviewee don't even try to put up a good front. I think end of day, nothing is important except getting the job.

It all depends on what the interviewer is looking for...Is he sincere in finding the right match for the job? Knowledge (skills for the job) can be easily acquired; if the candidate has the desire to learn & right attitude. Working experience can be acquired over the years, nice to have. My bet is attitude. With the right working attitude, the candidate can easily overcome any of his shortcoming in terms of knowledge & experience.

Knowledge, experience and attitude, all three are important. The most important, in my view, is attitude. A person may have enough knowledge and experience but if does not have the positive attitude then will hardly gain anything from the experience or knowledge. The positive attitude makes a person apply the experience and knowledge for better things. Regarding job, there is always a team involved, and to have a good attitide means being a good team player.

Attitude will be the most important for employers but you will not be employed just because of that. You will also need the knowledge in the job and also experience.

I feel knowledge and attitude are very very important.I do not decry the value of experience, but there would be people with donkeys' years of experience but they can be quite narrowminded in their approach.If they are open to new ideas and keep learning all the time, knowledge automatically follows. But this can also not happen. SOem people retire as clerks and they just keep pushing papers all their lives without any real knowledge. On the other hand, when people have knowledge and also the proper attitude they score over the former because they obviously exhibit the potential to be good learners. THe panelists are obviously able to sense their potential.

attitude is more important. experience and knowledge can be learn as you go along but attitude is what defines a person

That's a tough call but I would say you can't pick just one. It has to be a combination of factors when you select someone. A lot of times, especially when there is more than one person that has the technical qualifications, the deciding factors will be personality and how they came across in the interview. Having done interviews from both sides of the desk, I can attest that interviewers go on feelings they get during the interview. If they feel that a person with maybe a little less experience will be a good fit for their company and the job, that is the person they are going to hire. Let's take an extreme example. You are hiring for a position that will involve working closely with other employees in an office environment. A person walks into the interview with 20 years experience and is perfectly qualified for the job but he demonstrates that he is arrogant, disagreeable, has a very abrasive personality and is just not a very "likeable" type of person. The next person to interview is a young, eager, enthusiastic person with a great personality and attitude. They have the basic qualifications for the job but no more and only 2 years experience. Which one would you hire? You have to weigh the good and bad of each one but in this case, I would hire the second person. I know that he would get along better with the other employees and generally would enhance the work environment and productivity, where the other person would probably hinder it. It all depends on the company doing the hiring though and how stringent their requirement are but when I'm doing interviews, my gut feeling about a person is a big factor.

Knowledge is important , then experience helps a lot and attitude can make a person achieve goals in the life.For a job at present situation many jobs need just some requirements., Good attitude can get knwledge from everyone, and like that can get experience.Attitude to achieve something comes first.

I think all 3 are equally important, they benefit each other. You can have knowledge about a specific company which benefits you a lot when applying for a job. But, having the experience, like working for something around that job field. Which can build you creditability, you have an upper hand because you kind of know what you're walking into first hand. But, having the right attitude, like a hard working and positive attitude, can really get you far.

i think in life we EXPERIENCE to gain knowledge and our EXPERIENCE in life determines our attitude towards life. So from this analogy, I can say that knowledge and attitude are both variations of human experience, one being a learning experience and the other is a behavioral in nature. So it is important to have experience in life to attain knowledge and refine our attitude. :)