What are Your Weaknesses? - Sample Answer

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In this video, "What are your weaknesses? - Sample Answer", Linda Raynier shows you how to communicate job weaknesses by using an example of a weakness for an interview. Weaknesses in job interview is a very common question that is asked and you want to be prepared by knowing what your weakness in job interview is. To understand your greatest weakness interview answers, you need to know it's not a personality trait. Weaknesses for an interview are based on a certain context. Watch the video to figure out your interview weakness answers.
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You need to know several things about weaknesses:

1. 1) Your weakness is NOT equal a personality trait 
2. 2) Your weakness is NOT a strength in disguise 

Then follow 3 steps that will help you to assess what your weaknesses are.

Bonus:
Here are some helpful lines to get you started:
“In situations where ______(insert your context/situation here)”
“I have tended or tend to ___________(insert the way you exhibit this weakness, not the weakness itself)”
“This has made me appear ______(insert weakness here”
“As a result, I’ve learned to be cognizant of this fact and no longer ______(insert the way you exhibit this weakness)”“Instead, I now _____(insert your solution that resolves this weakness)”
This has resulted in ___(insert your successful results)”

CONNECT WITH ME:

[LindaRaynier]

What are Your Weaknesses? - Sample Answer // Please let me know if you felt this video helped!

[NickB]

Don't be nervous for an interview. Just study up on the company, have confidence, know your work history, recall stories, relate your work history to the job, have questions to ask at the end. If you don't get it, so be it. Don't take it personal. Life's too short and the world is chaos. Just be happy. Keep plugging away.

[TinyFord]

My biggest weakness is finding a good answer to the question of what my biggest weakness is

[Mode]

Who's watching this at 3 am because there's an interview tomorrow? (Or later/ if you sleep that still counts as tomorrow)

[carmenluna]

I watched almost all of your videos to prepare for my very first job interview. The interviewer asked me this question and I answered it according to what you had suggested and she nodded her head, and even said she agreed with me! My first ever interview went really well because of you, and the best part??

I GOT THE JOB!!

Thank you so much for making all these videos. It really helps!

[beautygloss]

"My weakness is that in situations when there's a deadline i tend to want things done quickly and efficiently" that sounds a lot like a strength in disguise. Same as saying "my weakness is that i'm a perfectionist"

[romarana]

I changed two jobs in last 1 and half year and I refer to Linda's videos both the time. they asked me this question and the best answer I came up with is, " For me it is very hard to say NO, I want to explore more and learn more so every time my teammates asks for a favor I tend to say yes and always end up with more responsibilities, that also one of the reason I am quite efficient now with time management and apart from that I get chance to work with the teammate, get to know the person"
I think it is a great answer.

[starstrudel]

I usually just patch things up by saying my weakness is I can get a little scatterbrained because I'm usually handling many tasks at the same time. I always follow it with a solution, such as "--which is why I'm always keeping meticulous notes and constantly updating my agendas; it keeps me on top of things."

[applebomb]

it all boils down to who is the most convincing liar and story teller
i'm neither of that and those hiring managers hated me for that

[philipjames]

Whose nervous for tomorrow's interview? I know I do. =/

[LeilaBenamor]

my last interview I answered 'my weakness is how I answer questions in interviews' and I got the job! anything is possible

[mayazoey]

I am having a mock job interview as an assignment next week and I am going to say this: "Well, I used to have some problems with properly communicating with others because I was a shy and enclosed person. For example, I would be nervous when presenting a project to a group of people, or meeting new people. I have grown to learn and develop my improved communication skills over the span of my middle school years until now while experiencing times when I am speaking with strangers or even larger groups of people. Now I feel as if I still have very minor problems with communication, such as minor stuttering but I feel like I can learn to fix it."

[NachaMikaelys_Official]

90% of people here have interview in the following days.

[benramsey]

David Wallace: What are your strengths?
Michael: Well let me tell you my weaknesses first. I work too hard, I I care too much, and sometimes I can be too invested in my job.
David Wallace: And you strengths?
Michael: Well my weaknesses actually are my strengths.

[siobhanshavonne]

I really just hate the whole interview process. 😟

[mamitink]

It’s 2020 and we’re now doing over the phone interviews due to COVID. So now they can’t see my anxiety yayyy😊

[roshnireddy]

Literally read word to word to my hiring manager and she loved what I said. I LOVE

[Jimmytwogunz]

I once said in an interview that my weakness is that i have handwriting like a Doctor and it's dreadful. the interviewer looked at me and said my mom is a Doctor and i just laughed out LOUD " Said sorry for laughing " then the other 3 people Laughed... I got the job purely on that i think lol

[rodrekatolbert]

I am practicing for an interview for entrance into a Sonography program. I took your advice and formulated a weakness "area for growth". I need to know if my answer will hinder me from getting into the program because I am being too honest or if it would help me shine bright and win the interviewers over.... This is what I am thinking about using for my weakness question.

In the past, learning and retaining new material was a challenge for me. I did not always make the grades I knew I could make. Given that I noticed this was such a challenge for me, I decided to change the way I studied new and challenging material. Thanks to those changes I could study in a way that worked for me. Learning and retaining information became more natural because I had a better understanding of how to process new information. As a result, I started making A’s in classes I once struggled in, while helping those around me who once struggled with new material also. I am proud to say that I look forward to learning new and challenging material know.

[Abby-wscn]

Who else is watching this video two hours before the interview? 😓