The BEST job Interview Advice Book by See Contributors in details about the book

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Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-29T21:00:00+00:00

Earlier in the post, I mentioned that you must not to try to spin a positive into a weakness. As an interviewer, the weakness that I have heard the most is “I am a workaholic.” A close second is “I must learn to delegate.” These can be weaknesses. In fact, most leaders and business owners will tell you that they struggle with both of these things. They just seem like "not-so weak" weaknesses.

They are grossly overused and you can do better than that. I have faith in you.

If you must use one of the above weaknesses (although, I hope you think of others), try this instead:

Workaholic: I am really working to have greater work/life balance. Although, I will always give 110% to work, I find that the proper work/life balance keeps me refreshed and makes me a much better employee.

Delegation: I am learning that in order to create a well-rounded, cross-functional team, I must allow everyone on the team to gain exposure to different assignments. What that means is that I must relinquish some of the assignments I really enjoy to other members of my team.

Does that sound better?

Moving on...

I have had my share of interviews so I know how you feel. One of the hardest questions I have had to answer in an interview was, “What is something you do not like about yourself?” I like myself, but I am realistic and can admit my flaws. Of course, I gave an answer. I had to. When I answered, the interviewer asked for another thing that I did not like about myself. Two things that I don't like about myself? Wow! The first one was tough enough.

That was an ingenious way of asking the "weakness" question. If you are reading this (and you know who are), that was a TOUGH question!

Have a backup weakness ready in case you are asked for another one.

Don’t just look for the "weakness" question to be asked. Recruiters (including me) are sneaky. We know you have had that question asked the same way for most of your interviewing life. You practice at home, in school and during mock interviews. Yes, we know. Other similar questions include:

Tell me about a time you failed at something?

Which class is or was your toughest class?

Tell me about a time you had to admit to doing something wrong? Whom did you tell? What happened?

If I asked your current or past supervisor, what area(s) do you have to improve on, what would they say?

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