RE: common interview question

[Maggie Pierce Secara <maggiros -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I think you can answer the question without it being a
deep, soul-searching issue.  Sometime during last
year's perpetual job search, I decided that there is
no reason to take this as a personal question. 

When they ask me what my strengths are, I talk about
my skills (I write very very well), so why should my
weakness be a character flaw?  So, I'd say "I really
could use more work on  <some technology I wish I knew
more about>" and that successfully diverted the
conversation back into professional terms.

It may not be what they think they were asking, but
it's an honest and thoughtful answer.  

Maggie Secara









--- Shea Michael EXT
<Michael -dot- Shea -dot- extern -at- icn -dot- siemens -dot- de> wrote:
> 
> Diya asks:
> ############
>  When the
> interviewer asks  the candidate about his/her
> weaknesses, what kind of responses does one reply
> without the risk of sounding negative and not be
> considered for the position. 
> 
> If we try to make a positive look as a negative,
> would
> that serve any purpose? Is there some approach to
> this
> question and what are the options?
> ############
> 
> The classic stock answer I always heard was,
> "Sometimes I work too hard." or "I am too much of a
> perfectionist."
> 
> These are kind of tired and fake though. What you
> might consider doing is thinking of a weakness you
> do see in yourself and explain how you overcome it.
> Something like:
> 

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