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...it requires a great deal of honesty and openness...An interview is a place for none of those things. Wrong. It's exactly the place for both of those things.
by edw519 14y ago
...it requires a great deal of honesty and openness...An interview is a place for none of those things.
Wrong. It's exactly the place for both of those things.
For every instance in the class QuestionsAskedToMe, including "What is your greatest weakness?", I have a simple rule: Just tell the fucking truth.
If you're so concerned that the telling the truth in an interview can come back to haunt you, then you shouldn't be interviewing with that company in the first place.
[My answer: I am very impatient. I always have been. People close to me have even pointed it out. (My brother reminds me for every time I make a hasty decision.) Sometimes this has served me well, but it's also caused problems when working with others. I have made a lot of progress trying to be more patient, but I still have a way to go.]
- ArcticCelt 14y agoIt's kind of funny that your honest answer is the stock slightly dishonest answer that most people give while answering that question.
- caseyohara 14y agoSecond only to (I invest too much in my work|I care too much|I overcommit myself). I find it hard to be honest on this kind of question without sounding cheesy or insincere. Revealing personal weaknesses to complete strangers is extraordinarily difficult. Ironically, answering dishonestly can itself be quite revealing.
- neiljohnson 14y agoI agree that this is what an interview /ought/ to be, but anywhere that is going to ask 'what is your greatest weakness?' with a straight face is unlikely to value said openness and honestly.
- ucee054 14y agoAnd when she asks "Do I look big in this?", you scream "You have a fat ass!"
- ipedrazas 14y agoAnd then you'll end up with no job and no girlfriend, and you will sleep peacefully because you just said the truth. Not.
- skeletonjelly 14y agoNo way! You can't approach this question from a 100% logical side like a robot, it has to involve some of your emotional consideration. I answered "I'm lazy" when I was a youngin. The guy asked me if I wanted to rephrase. There's no benefit in saying what I said, I could have said "I have a problem breaking down large tasks into pieces" and said the same thing a bit smarter.