Current Events > whats your go to answer at a job interview of ''whats your biggest weakness?''

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i had a interview yesterday and said im fat

>_>
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"Being asked stupid interview questions that don't help predict any sort of future performance."
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"Based on the job requirements, I don't believe I have any weaknesses that will affect my work."

If they press you further and insist you give something:

"I [something irrelevant to the job], and I've been working to improve it [though this specific way]."

This is what I learned at an interview seminar a couple years ago.
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I tell them my biggest weakness is being too self-aware where some people might think I'm ready to take on this kind of role but I myself aren't so sure yet.
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Veggeta X posted...

I tell them my biggest weakness is being too self-aware where some people might think I'm ready to take on this kind of role but I myself aren't so sure yet.

That's awful
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My biggest weakness are catgirls. Do any catgirls work here?
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bullets
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Anime sluts
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Taco Bell triple steak stacks
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Answering this stupid question
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Why don't I tell you what my greatest weaknesses are? I work too hard. I care too much. And sometimes I can be too invested in my job.
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Tell them a weakness and then how you're addressing it.

Like I'm bad at delegating work down but as I've moved up in my role I am learning I need to delegate it down so the job gets done and over the last few months I've started to give more responsibility to people below me.

Or something like that.
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Doing your wife.

Where do you see yourself in ten years?

Doing someone younger, and hotter than your wife.

Why should we hire you?

Your wife says I am very skilled.
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I would use a canned and predictable answer like, Sometimes I expect more from myself than is reasonable. Its a bullshit question so a canned answer is really just a punt.

Try to have an example if you use the above without throwing coworkers under the bus.
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It's just a bullshit question to ask yourself if you are aware that you are not perfect and to express how you are working on making that weakness into a strength, or not a weakness.
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

"Based on the job requirements, I don't believe I have any weaknesses that will affect my work."

If they press you further and insist you give something:

"I [something irrelevant to the job], and I've been working to improve it [though this specific way]."

This is what I learned at an interview seminar a couple years ago.

@DarkChozoGhost

Is this for real? I think it's a pretty good, confident answer.

I wonder how many interviewers would look at this (possibly incorrectly) as arrogance.
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I have no gag reflex which may not be a weakness I just brought it up in case it helps me get the job wink wink
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"My throat probably, but you could also easily kill me with a solid enough hit to the back of my head"
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I'm too honest.

"I don't think that's really a weakness."

I don't give a fuck what you think.
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Resisting the urge to clap my uncles buttcheeks when he bends over
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I like money so much I'm considering working here.
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Kryptonite
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Well I once answered that my weakness is that sometimes I tend to try to finish everything I have to do without taking breaks and that it has lead me in the past to suffer burnouts since I didn't know my limits and didn't allow myself to take enough breaks.

I was hired.

And two months later I was in a clinical burnout.
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"I think context is very important for everyone to understand, so if I'm told to stop something or that I'm doing it wrong, I explain my reasoning for why I did what I did. This comes off as defiant to a lot of people, but it isn't intended to be."
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"Ha! You think I'd be foolish enough to reveal my weakness so it can be exploited?"
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RetsuZaiZen posted...

DarkChozoGhost posted...

"Based on the job requirements, I don't believe I have any weaknesses that will affect my work."

If they press you further and insist you give something:

"I [something irrelevant to the job], and I've been working to improve it [though this specific way]."

This is what I learned at an interview seminar a couple years ago.

DarkChozoGhost

Is this for real? I think it's a pretty good, confident answer.

I wonder how many interviewers would look at this (possibly incorrectly) as arrogance.

Yeah, that's the "correct" answer to that interview question.
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bbc
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Botulinum

I don't take rejection well and sometimes it results in a violent reaction, I'm working through it by counting out loud to the number 10.

I'm not joking, I actually said this once for an interview at a Whaaburger and when they rejected me, I left while counting numbers while sobbing/screaming, then came back in to order some strips to go.

nowadays I just sit here unemployed, unfulfilled and just waiting to die while cleaning up addy's runny dog shit.
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I'm just so utterly great at everything that I will obviously make all of your co-workers look bad by comparison
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tremain07 posted...

I don't take rejection well and sometimes it results in a violent reaction, I'm working through it by counting out loud to the number 10.

I'm not joking, I actually said this once for an interview at a Whaaburger and when they rejected me, I left while counting numbers while sobbing/screaming, then came back in to order some strips to go.

nowadays I just sit here unemployed, unfulfilled and just waiting to die while cleaning up addy's runny dog shit.

can you blame them? That sounds like you're fucking unstable
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"No. Well, yes. I have to admit it: I'm a perfectionist. For me, it's the best or nothing at all. If things go badly, I can't be bothered, but I have a good feeling about this interview. Seems to me like it's gone pretty well. We've touched on a lot of subjects, a lot of things to think about, for all of us."
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pawgs
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tremain07 posted...

I don't take rejection well and sometimes it results in a violent reaction, I'm working through it by counting out loud to the number 10.

I'm not joking, I actually said this once for an interview at a Whaaburger and when they rejected me, I left while counting numbers while sobbing/screaming, then came back in to order some strips to go.

nowadays I just sit here unemployed, unfulfilled and just waiting to die while cleaning up addy's runny dog shit.

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JeanAmpteau posted...

"No. Well, yes. I have to admit it: I'm a perfectionist. For me, it's the best or nothing at all. If things go badly, I can't be bothered, but I have a good feeling about this interview. Seems to me like it's gone pretty well. We've touched on a lot of subjects, a lot of things to think about, for all of us."

every person who's been hiring for a while will roll their eyes at the "i'm a perfectionist"
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joestarrr posted...

bbc

Vulgorn posted...

pawgs

I ship it.
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Link HT posted...

JeanAmpteau posted...

"No. Well, yes. I have to admit it: I'm a perfectionist. For me, it's the best or nothing at all. If things go badly, I can't be bothered, but I have a good feeling about this interview. Seems to me like it's gone pretty well. We've touched on a lot of subjects, a lot of things to think about, for all of us."

every person who's been hiring for a while will roll their eyes at the "i'm a perfectionist"

It's a film quote
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MetaMajik posted...

@joestarrr posted...

bbc

@Vulgorn posted...

pawgs

I ship it.

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16-BITTER posted...

Ive gambled with "my attention to detail sometimes gets in the way of my productivity" and won several times. You can flip or substitute those as needed depending on how you read the interviewer, in the formula of "my X more desirable trait sometimes affects my Y less desirable trait, though im working on a balance"

I've used this one, as well as saying I have a tendency to overthink things. The way I work it back around is saying I double and triple check to make sure everything I'm doing is as accurate and accounted for as possible, which can come at the cost of time.
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Garioshi posted...

"I think context is very important for everyone to understand, so if I'm told to stop something or that I'm doing it wrong, I explain my reasoning for why I did what I did. This comes off as defiant to a lot of people, but it isn't intended to be."

This is good
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thronedfire2 posted...

Why don't I tell you what my greatest weaknesses are? I work too hard. I care too much. And sometimes I can be too invested in my job.

Was waiting for someone to post this.
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this is actually a good interview question if it's worded correctly and asked for the right reasons

when i hire an analyst or a quant i want to understand that they're aware of their shortcomings in said area and have the self-awareness to actually realize where they need improvement
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I usually list something that I used to have a problem with and say how I've over come it or whatever.

I'm more annoyed by stuff like, "Give an example of when your boss wanted you to do something unethical!" or "What do you do when you have co-workers you don't get along with?"

I've never ran into those issues. So I tell them that, but they act like I need to come up with something.
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"I have a difficult time asking for help, until situations have already gotten out of hand and that has caused process jams and disorganization. Part of working with a team is not only know when to step up but also know when and how to ask for help. I'm trying to get better at the give and the take of team organization."
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Interviews
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i'm stubborn