Experienced IN or WITH? Which is the correct preposition?

“Experienced” is an adjective which is usually used as part of “To be experienced“. We use “experienced in” to show fields of work and “experienced with” to show the tools that we have used.

I am experienced in Mechanical Engineering.

Experienced In

We use “experienced in” when we are mentioning a particular field of work.

I am experienced in the field of Biotechnology.  

I am very experienced in Sales and Marketing. 

Experienced With

“Experienced with” is more common to use when you have used something. We use the preposition “with” with a verb or adjective when we mean “in relation to”. In this case, we use “experienced with” to show the tools that we have worked with.

I am experienced with Microsoft Excel. 

He is experienced with the chainsaw. 

Experienced Of

We don’t use the preposition “of” with “experienced”. You can use “of” with the noun ”experience” where it means to have a physical sensation.

I have never had an experience of poverty.

With “experienced”, we don’t need a preposition. 

I have never experienced poverty.   

Experienced On

We don’t usually use “experienced on”. Probably what you are looking for is “experienced in”.

Final thoughts

Remember “experienced” is the adjective form. We use “experienced” to show that we have done something many times. We use the preposition “in” to show the area and “with” to show the specific tools that we used.