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Job Interviewing Tutorial for Job-Seekers

 

Handling frequently asked interview questions:
What are Your Weaknesses?

 

Choices for responding to weakness question:

 

Give a negative that's really a positive:

• "I am sometimes impatient, which drives me to work excessively."
• "If I start on a project, I sometimes forget to go to lunch."
• "Since I'm such a perfectionist, I sometimes find it hard to delegate because I'm concerned others won't do the job as well as I can."

 

Caution: The perfectionist response is overused.

 

Give a negative that is really inconsequential and has little to do with how well you would perform the job:

• "I am not a great speller, so I keep a dictionary handy."

 

More choices for responding to weakness question:

• Simply reassure the interviewer that you know of no weaknesses that would stand in the way of your performing this job.
• Reveal a trait that once was a weakness, but explain how you overcame it and learned from it.

 

 

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