Q: “So what would you say is your greatest weakness?” A: “It would have to be that I am too much of a perfectionist. I work too hard and I am not satisfied until the job is done. ” Wow. For years, job applicants have been wussing out of the “biggest weakness” interview question by[…]
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Tag Archives | Biggest Weakness
Show Me Where on the Doll the Interviewer Hurt Your Ego
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 | BY MICAH
Most hiring managers use a number of different interview tactics in order to judge your candidacy. Knowledge based interview questions are designed to see how much you know. Wild card interview questions are used to see how well you think on your feet. Logic based interview questions are designed to see if you have problem[…]
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List of Ideas for “Biggest Weaknesses” That Aren’t Weaknesses
JUNE 24, 2011 | BY MICAH
You have several weaknesses. You are lazy, you are uncoordinated, you smell like cheese and you have a tendency to fall asleep on your desk and drool on important paperwork. For obvious reasons, you can’t tell the interviewer. These things need to stay between us and you. So when the interviewer asks you to come[…]
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Difficult Interview Question: If We Don’t Offer You the Job, Why Do You Think That Would Be?
JUNE 7, 2011 | BY MICAH
It’s not fun when someone forces you to say bad things about yourself. It is as though they are asking you to harm your own self esteem. They are saying “hey, I know you like most things about yourself, but I’m going to need you to point out to me where you suck.” Luckily, despite[…]
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Interview Question: What Are Your Two Greatest Weaknesses?
APRIL 29, 2011 | BY MICAH
Now you’ve done it. We’ve discussed “greatest weaknesses” in the past. Thanks to the Internet, most people now say “My greatest weakness is that I’m a perfectionist. I work too hard…” That answer blows. Really, it’s just awful. It’s become so overused that it’s a cliché, and most interviewers are going to roll your eyes[…]
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Q&A – What Are Your Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses?
NOVEMBER 19, 2010 | BY MICAH
We’ve gone over how to discuss your greatest weaknesses before. It is one of the most difficult questions to answer. Most people that try to answer it run into two problems: Real Weakness – if you provide a real, bad weakness, you make yourself look worse to the interviewer. There is no reason to point[…]
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