"My greatest weakness is [plausible yet trivial issue]. It was a minor problem on [studly project X], but I took the bull by the horns and tackled it with [a su

"My greatest weakness is [plausible yet trivial issue]. It was a minor problem on [studly project X], but I took the bull by the horns and tackled it with [a suspiciously detailed action plan]. Now my coworkers see me as [some sort of Greek god]." The most important thing to keep in mind with interviews is that few people conduct enough of them to really know what they're doing. Most interviewers are just asking questions they've heard others use in similar circumstances. All that really matters is that you keep cool and present a air of intelligent, affable engagement, no matter how silly the questions are.