What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
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- bklyndroobeki
You're sitting across from your interviewers, they ask, what do you answer?
- monospaced0
- What's eminem gotta do w/ it?bklyndroobeki
- haha awesome sceneMilan
- ''perfection'hotroddy
- brilliant scenefadein11
- bklyndroobeki0
I tend to belabor over design. I also tend to martyr myself (if I answer honestly). I don't see these two things as good behaviors. There's gotta be a better way to work + be a little more confident about my work, or I wouldn't nitpick my own work. But I don't know.
- ORAZAL0
Cancer
- monospaced0
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.- Good answer.bklyndroobeki
- LOL. Yes, they won't know what hit 'em.ORAZAL
- Yup, perfectionismformed
- lines from Trainspotting scene above- classic!whatthefunk
- randommail0
I remember actually getting this question once.
I always thought this sort of cliche came from TV or movies. But it turned out that inept idiots who for some reason were in the positions to hire new people said this too.My reply was, "I believe I do not have any weaknesses related to the job I am interviewing for. If I said I was a weak art director, would you still hire me?"
I got hired.
- whatthefunk0
I've actually learned to take this concept of being a perfectionist and position it as my weakness is between being a perfectionist and a pragmatic MVP'er when it comes to product design.
- monospaced0
Most designers I'd say would consider perfectionism as a weakness. Speaking for myself, I have to have someone tell me when something's done or else I'll refine it forever and I'm rarely happy until my client is. Is that a weakness? Perhaps. It goes away over time, you learn to let certain things go so you can focus your energy on bigger and better projects and tasks.
- "you learn to let certain things go so you can focus your energy on bigger and better projects and tasks." < love this ty for the reminderbklyndroobeki
- reminder.bklyndroobeki
- jaylarson0
I've been told saying perfectionism is a noob answer. Say something that is relevant to the job, something that you would be gaining from the position. Not something glaring either. If you get this question, you are likely dealing with an inexperienced interviewer.
- formed0
I don't think is is a weakness, per se, but it can be. There are deadlines and budgets, so there are times when you just have to get the job done. This is what I would expect as part of the answer (and yes, I do and will ask this question when hiring).
I want to know what they think of themselves, whether they can self reflect and grow. If not, then I would assume they have an ego problem.
- ok_not_ok0
Kryptonite
- iCanHazQBN0
Legs and asses are my weaknesses.
Is that your receptionist over there? I don't know how I'll get any work done at this company with her walking around like that.
Um, yes, I suppose I could leave the premises. I appreciate the opportunity.
- sem0
Ninjas, every damn time.
- What if every country has ninjas, but we only know about the Japanese ones because they’re rubbish?ORAZAL
- lol orazaliCanHazQBN
- That logic has you hired ORAZALsem
- And it's not even mine, saw it on the webs.ORAZAL
- randommail0
How about this script?
"...what is my greatest weakness? Well... I'm sure I'll always have some room for self-improvement, none of us are perfect right, I'll have to get back to you on that... But I do know that whenever I feel I have a weakness that affects my job and ability to grow as a leader, I immediately address it. I am always trying to stay on top of trends and learn new technologies. For example, I recently started to ..."
- pango0
Uncontrollably sarcastic towards peers...
- CALLES0
boobs... actually no legs im a leg guy
- GeorgesII0
my small cock!
* unzips, look straight in the eyes
* AM I HIRED?- Well, they'll know your a liar cuz all blacks have big penii.iCanHazQBN
- it's 2015, who the hell still says blacks?bklyndroobeki
- I think you're being overly PC. I've heard it from black people that "black" is the preferred term.iCanHazQBN
- Want me to call George an African American? He's not from America.iCanHazQBN
- I don't know which country he identifies himself with, so I'm going by race.iCanHazQBN
- I'm really curious as to which term you'd use.iCanHazQBN
- Frankly, I think the fact that you view the term "black" as an insult just shows how prejudice your point of view is.iCanHazQBN
- And I'm done.iCanHazQBN
- Fax_Benson0
weak bladder in pressure situations, such as interviews.
