How to answer "What is your greatest weakness?"
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How to answer "What is your greatest weakness?"
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Re: How to answer "What is your greatest weakness?"
#2"Girls are my greatest weakness. So am I for them. wink"
Be honest, that's it. They will figure out if you are a fit in the team sooner or later anyway.
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#3Before the interview, write on a small card, "My habit of over-preparation sometimes comes across as arrogance".
When asked the question, hand them the card...
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#4"What's your greatest weakness?"
"Sometimes I mix reality and imagination."
"And what's your greatest strenght?"
"I am batman!"
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#5I kind of like this question because it fairly allows me to ask something just as difficult back. For instance when it is my turn to ask them questions I could say, "Since I have answered my greatest weakness, I think it only fair to ask: What is the worst part about working here?"
Hopefully one would be comfortable enough to ask that question anyway. And hopefully their answer will be just as thoughtful.
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#6To Quote David Mitchell:
"I'm a terrible thief, I just love other peoples things"
I'm not sure you'd get the job though :)
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#7I've never been asked that in an interview - and I've been through a few in my time - but I'd probably say something like, "I'm not the kind of person who could be bothered to come up with pat answers to goofy questions".
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#8I've never been asked that in an interview - and I've been through a few in my time - but I'd probably say something like, "I'm not the kind of person who could be bothered to come up with pat answers to goofy questions".
I have the rather normal tendency, for a mathematician, to be a perfectionist, but I have been aware of this for a long time and accept that sacrifices must be made to deliver projects on time.
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#9I often response with 'my greatest weakness is finding my weaknesses'.
Though I also regularly answer the 'what will you be doing in 5 years' with 'in 5 years I plan to know what I'll be doing in 5 years'.
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#10Answer "Sometimes I work so hard that I forget everything else, including my life outside of the workplace, and I understand that is not always a good thing.". Of course it's BS, but.