Job Interview Question & Answer: What Are Your Weaknesses? |
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How to Answer the Question:
Employers ask this question during the hiring process to find any red flags before they become an issue during employment. Unsuitable job candidates will reveal the reasons why they’re not qualified for the position at hand. Never divulge information which could hurt you professionally or diminish your chances of being hired.
Don’t downplay your abilities during a job interview, but do not talk about your strengths as if you don’t have any weaknesses. A clever interviewee will only disclose a weakness when they have already taken steps to compensate for it. A good response to this interview question is to describe a professional challenge and how you overcame it. Remember to state what you learned from the process and how it made you better both personally and professionally.
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is when someone tells you, you cant do it. thats my biggest petpiev when some one says that not all people learn things as fast as other people people whotake there time are the ones who always succeed the fastest the turtle and the rabbit ive always took heed to that story
April 1st, 2011 at 6:04 pmdo anyone have the proper response for the weakness question? can someone give me an example..
April 2nd, 2011 at 5:21 pmDawnette, For a weakness, tell them something you are not good at but want to improve. Maybe your too impatient and you are trying hard to relax. Knowing that you have a weakness and that you are trying to improve will work well.
April 2nd, 2011 at 5:47 pmHope this helps. Good Luck!
your weakness is when you presuring yourself and somebody else is presuring you and you don’t believe in yourself that one day you can make it and when ypu go to a job interview even though there’s presure but be confident and thik positive then you won’t feel weak no more.
April 2nd, 2011 at 9:02 pma good response? saying that you were weak with delegating. you take on too many tasks when instead you can delegate some of the responsibilities to others in your group? would this sound bad?
April 6th, 2011 at 12:13 amI m shy the first time in my job, but allway like to say the true.
July 6th, 2011 at 4:48 pmI suggest stating a weakness such as a lack of knowledge in a particular area but also state how you’re either taking a class or doing self study to overcome this.
July 8th, 2011 at 2:48 amThis could be done with shyness as well and that you’re either taking a class on public speaking or as Alana stated, how you’re using this weakness to your advantage by keeping your relationships more secure and trusting.
Need to build up my self-esteem more.
June 4th, 2011 at 3:50 pmMY WEAKNESS IS THAT I CAN BE SHY , ALSO I GET AGGERVATED WHEN I SEE OTHERS PICKING UP ON A TASK FASTER THEN ME. SOMETIMES I LET MY EMOTIONS GET THE BEST OF ME ..
June 4th, 2011 at 12:47 pmyou could say that your a nice person, very kind and just one of your weakness’s is to constantly remind yourself to be friendly and to stay patient.
May 20th, 2011 at 4:57 pmfailing, if i dont do right the first time im bothered, and when everything is thrown on me without notice I freak.
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:52 pmI’ve never had a job which leaves me inexperienced compared to someone else who may be applicable for the same position as I.
May 31st, 2011 at 6:51 pmshould i say that my weakness is shy
July 2nd, 2011 at 9:12 amMake your weakness a positive. For example… “I’m shy at first, but this allows me to actually get to know people before I trust them.” I used this for an mock interview by a local news channel representive and they made note of that at the end saying it was a good response. The interveiwer also added that people make their responses to this question all negative.
July 2nd, 2011 at 6:54 pmMy weakness is that I am so determined to never be late to anything that I am obsessively early and spend a lot of time waiting, I wait in waiting rooms, wait for movies to start, wait for the other person to show up, etc. (then out a positive spin on it) So in turn I have learned great patience. In addition, in my job, this actually works to my advantage as it allows me time to get to work and get settled, have a cup of tea, read through some emails or whatever and start the day calm and prepared not in a frenzy. (I love this answer) I have literally never been late to work.
September 17th, 2011 at 6:29 pmall i can tell you is that its important to learn from our mistakes, therefore they will not be committed once more
July 19th, 2011 at 7:41 pmI see vocabulary, word usage, grammar and punctuation weaknesses in the posts on this thread. Maybe brush up on your English skills in order to present yourself more professionally when writing responses. Just sayin’.
July 22nd, 2011 at 3:39 am2 PJ: I was going to write a response, but I’ve just decided to totally agree with you. I thought I was the only one who minds that. Fortunately not:)
I would say something that is relevant to the job that you are applying for, but not directly related to your immediate job task. If you are applying for a customer service position, obviously, being shy and working on it will not get you the job, common sense. It could be something along the lines of taking on too many responsibilities as Tina mentioned whereas you can easily delegate if you are in a supervisory role. Or as far as I am concerned, my weakness is not surrounding myself with a life outside of work:(
Good luck to all and sorry I couldn’t keep it brief…
August 7th, 2011 at 7:25 pmTo tell you the truth, I easily get distracted, I lose track of time, I sometimes goof off, I get carried away by other things, and when it comes to note-taking, I sometimes…doodle.
October 10th, 2011 at 3:21 pmAreerata S
My weakness used to be I was sick if I achieved something that i was not top others.
For example: if I got #2, i felt sick. Because I wanted o be #1.
I would be sick for couple days.
Now I hated to change job because I worked too slow. However, I have to be better. Therefore, I have to do. I have to forced myself very hard to do.
August 16th, 2011 at 12:15 amMy greatest weakness is being shy towards my boss and district managers. All I can do is smile nervously. I know when your boss and district managers are around they are observing you as a team member and I start clamming up in a shell. However, this is the opportunity to show them that they have hired one of the best employees and you love doing your job.
October 20th, 2011 at 3:17 pmMy weaknesses for now is my confidence! why? because I have a bad teeth that needs to be fixed so that I can make my smile back..I know that confidence is so important but in my situition I realy need a job so that I can afford to fixed my teeth..even janitress or a merchandizer I will do it…
September 2nd, 2011 at 2:03 amOne is that I tend to forget and need things to be repeated a lot. This has happened many times a little while ago. I fixing this problem by writing things down more often, and setting alarm clocks for important dates. Another one of my flaws is that I’m a tad bit shy, so I started to talk to more people, say hi down the hallway, and help others in need. I feel like I am improving this, because I always feel satisfied in the end.
August 23rd, 2011 at 6:53 pmmy weaknesses as a person is unable to get a job in which to achieve my short term goals as I am nursing student at Antillean Adventist University just want to pay a Apartamenos to depend on myself and feel better as well be to serving human society in which God gave me.
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:40 amMy weakness, is, to see some people are very inconsiderate toward other people it bathers me for an hour. But then it’s doesn’t take that long for me to get over it and move on.
September 17th, 2011 at 9:38 pmI have no weaknesses, but when I come across one I work my hardest to make it a strength.
October 26th, 2011 at 9:38 pmMy weakness at work if my supervisor will not support me if ever there is a problem may arise and condem without futher investigation and consultation. In other words not giving me a chance to explain…
October 24th, 2011 at 9:34 pmmy weakness is my family, friends, and my studies.
October 23rd, 2011 at 4:00 pmCouldn’t agree more, PJ and Markymark! PJ’s comment was funny thou! If I go along the line of “not being able to delegate and putting a lot on myself; can I also say that one of my weaknesses is that I can never say no? Or It is hard for me to say no?
August 13th, 2011 at 12:13 amWell one weakness that I have is that I get bored pretty easily, but if I’m working I will always be doing something so that shouldn’t be a problem at all. I’m also a little bit shy but once I get to know someone i am very talkative.
August 13th, 2011 at 7:44 amMy weakness is being impatient as a leader of a group, I tend to take over my teams task if I see that it is not being done right away!!
September 15th, 2011 at 3:06 pmshy won’t help you get hired so stop puttin that. They will think its too much time to get you comfortable to open your mouth. As several people have said, your weakness should be a strength disguised. Such as i’m too competitive or i never give up or i go out my way to help everyone or i’m too trusting or i’m a perfectionist so i triple check my work. That should help alot of you.
December 2nd, 2011 at 3:00 amI am a perfectionist, which sometimes can be a weakness.
December 27th, 2011 at 11:30 am