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If you go to a job interview and say, "I am a detail-oriented person", it
doesn't come off as a negative trait. But I feel when someone says
`私は細かい事を気にする人です`, it has some negative connotation to it. Is there a way to
say "a detail-oriented person" in Japanese that doesn't come off as a negative
trait?
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How to translate "a detail-oriented person"?
I think I'd say it like...

> 細部に注意を払います。

Though maybe it'd be a little more humble to say it like...

> 細部に注意を払うように努めています。
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I've found "attention to detail" as `細部への気配り`. So perhaps you could say
something like `細部への気配り者`.
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You can modify the "気にする人" part and say like this:

> 私は細かい事によく気がつく人だと思います。

Now this sounds positive and suitable for presenting yourself.

And you can use a more neutral word
[几帳面【きちょうめん】](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/52781/m0u/) (na-adjective):

> 私は几帳面な性格なので、細かい書類の管理や事務作業は得意です。
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