What is your Weakness? | Best Answer (from former CEO)

The best answer to the job interview question "What is your Weakness?" from a former CEO.
This is one of the toughest job interview questions to answer.
This is the 6th video in my series on Getting Hired. I will be exploring all the common job interview questions, including "What is your Weakness?" and "What is your Greatest Weakness?" Please see the other videos in my "Get Hired" playlist for more tips.

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This job interview question has many forms:
What is your weakness?
What are your weaknesses?
What is your greatest weakness?
What is your worst trait?
What is your biggest weakness?
What's your greatest weakness?
Interview weaknesses examples?
What is your greatest weakness interview question
Weakness interview question
Strengths and weaknesses
Worst trait
Weaknesses

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[TheCompaniesExpert]

Have you ever been asked this? How did it go?

[lesterscrugs]

My poor understanding of Greek mythology has always been my Achilles elbow

[coolhand]

I answered “Pringles” on the last interview and got a good laugh and the job.

[warpig]

My main weakness is that I sit around all day watching Youtube videos that don't apply to my life at all.

[AdoNir]

I failed in some interviews in the past couple of months. Started watching your videos, 2 companies interviewed me and I used all of your tips, they both wanted me, and one even already offered me a job.
Thank you so much!

[emil]

"My weakness is that I work too hard and care too much"
- Michael Scott

[harveyweinstein]

Whenever I think I wish I'd done something with my life besides being a trucker, I remind myself I've never been asked a question this stupid to get a truck driving job.

[sipinthatbub]

Man, i hate job interviews. Those feel more like a bragging contest rather than a serious selection process.

[buzzo]

Job seeker: my weakness is honesty...
Recruiter: I don’t think that honesty is a weakness...
Job seeker: honestly, I don’t give a dam what you think!

[ElCanguroChileno]

I'm loving these videos.
Short.
Sharp.
Straight to the point.
Keep up the great content. 👍

[timmacdonald]

Last time I was asked this question my answer was somewhat similar. I said "I can be a little hard on myself at times. I set the bar high in terms of expectations because I care a great deal about the role I am in and the quality of work I produce." The interviewer admitted he has never heard a response like that before, but it was fantastic.

[justAmy]

My son in law actually did use a very direct, I’m an addict, as an a answer. At the time, he had just gotten out of rehab, right out of college and gotten into some trouble. He was so broken and honest trying to deal with working his program. He was confident in his education, but broken with what he had put everyone through...anyway, he looked right at the guy and said, I’m an addict. I guess it hit the interviewer very hard...he too had struggled with addiction. He told my son in law that he had never had anyone say that.
My son in law landed the job and has had many promotions since then.
I’m so thankful for his honesty and integrity. It certainly could have gone another way, but i like to think God put him there at that time.

[DaveDman]

"I really really love stealing. I just cant help myself I have to steal at least once a day or ill go crazy."

[CosmicCrowMC]

I love how this guy is just popping up into everyone's recommended now. I love his content!

[welon]

The last time I was asked this I said: "I struggle with multiple tasks at the same time, I end up forgetting something." I got the job, but I guess the interviewer helped me by asking: "Do you do anything to avoid this?" And I straight up said: "Yes, I do a checklist of everything, I'm slow, but I get it done."

[MarkButts]

I am 57 years old, almost 58, and I hope I don't ever have to go through the interview process again, but if I were, I now know the answers that I didn't know before thanks to this series of videos.

[janamoorhead]

I have always answered this question, "I am human, and don't know everything. No matter how good you are at something, there is always room for improvement"

[andrewhicks]

I once tried to be clever and said, "My greatest weakness at the moment seems to be my inability to quickly ascertain my greatest weakness." I didn't get the job.

[ihr]

I legitimately tell people "I am SO lazy that I end up doing things right the first time, just to avoid having to do them over again."

[jamesdojr]

Best answer, I take any and all failures too personally. But it drives me to success. It's TRUE for me and a really good answer.