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Weeding people out based on whether they give a "correct" answer to this question seems kinda ridiculous. With the exception of someone admitting to a horrendo
by copenja 18y ago
Weeding people out based on whether they give a "correct"
answer to this question seems kinda ridiculous.
With the exception of someone admitting to a horrendous
fault (anger problem), I don't see how this answer could
dictate a hire or no hire.
If your interviewing someone with great credentials, great references, and then they answer this question with "sometimes I work too hard"... your not going to hire him?
What this question does is force the candidate to make a snap decision: Is this particular interviewer hoping I express an honest weakness or is he seeing if a can turn a weakness into a strength?
Guess wrong and your out?
- shiranaihito 18y agoI usually restrain myself on HN, but this time I can't.. Please, oh please oh please keep in mind that "your" is not "you are". Having to constantly be deciphering (imploded) sentences is exhausting. "Is he talking about possession?" "Is he comparing things or putting them in chronological order?".. and so on.
- shiranaihito 18y agoAnyways.. :) I've been asked this question a lot of times. Usually I've worked hard to dance around the issue, and I guess I've often blown it too. Once I even voiced my concerns about the sensibility of the question, but the interviewer said I should answer it anyway! I think I should try something like this in the future: - What's your greatest weakness? - Asian women. ( Unlike some people even on HN, I don't claim to see much action though :p )