The problem is that the "weakness" question has become so predictably overused and coached that everyone has a "weakness as a strength" answer readily prepared.

The problem is that the "weakness" question has become so predictably overused and coached that everyone has a "weakness as a strength" answer readily prepared. I've found that textbook interview questions don't do anything other than badge the interviewer as unimaginative and 1 dimensional. IME, the best interviews are conversations and not interviews at all.