In connection with the last point, which of the following ways of proving competence would you find the more convincing?

‘I am good at supervising people and feel sure that I would be able to manage the department successfully’.

‘While in my last job, I was promoted to section head in charge of three other staff. This responsibility gave me the opportunity to discover the problems of managing people and to gain some experience of allocating work fairly, motivating people, and dealing quickly with problems’