(Note: there are countless ways to seem knowledgeable on a subject as by behaving correctively and correcting
people all the time, giving unwanted advice, expressing opinions as fact, not accepting advice or information from others, etc., but when there are also indicators that
one doesn't know what they're
talking about, they're considered a know-it-all or engaging in know-it-all behavior)
"
Even though I'm only fifteen and I've never held a job before I want you to listen to me carefully; on your interview, if you're not sitting cross legged, they won't hire you. If you
don't nod, they won't hire you. Employers hate when you
don't wear a tie. Companies these days aren't into what's on your application. Employers these days are
real into the whole look aspect of it all. Take it from me,"
said my know-it-all son before I handed him his schoolbag and replied, "Shut up and go to school, dear!"
I found it shocking that some know-it-all bum out on the street was telling me how to handle my taxes the right way.
I try very
hard not to seem like a know-it-all when discussing scientific matters; I provide evidence and back up what I'm saying and explain to others of my college experience in the field. That way,
people regard me as knowledgeable and not a know-it-all.