| No matter what anyone else will tell you, there are | | | | Internet. If you are unsure as to just what you think |
| ways to answer specific questions during an interview, | | | | your weakness is, then it is best to turn to those who |
| as well as things you should NOT say. If you are one | | | | know you. Your parents and friends will be able to |
| of those people who fears the job interview process, | | | | share some inside information better. Sure, you may |
| you are not alone! For tips to putting your best foot | | | | have to go through a bit of ribbing when you ask, or |
| forward during a job interview, read the article below! | | | | end up with silly answers, but it will help to narrow |
| Do not be afraid of your weaknesses, but do not | | | | down your weaknesses. |
| make one up, or use one that you may have heard | | | | Be sure, however, to limit your strengths and |
| before. The most played out and abused "weakness" | | | | weaknesses to the job you are applying for. An |
| would have to be the saying, "I am too much of a | | | | interviewer at the local department store is not |
| people-pleaser!" It probably just made you seem fake | | | | interested in your strength to withstand you mother's |
| and unconvincing to the interviewer, and you lost more | | | | tuna casserole, just as much as they are probably not |
| "points" during the interview. | | | | too interested in your weakness for certain television |
| Be certain that you do not hang yourself though. This | | | | series! Either way, many people try to play their |
| can be a really tricky question. I recall one of my | | | | strengths as weaknesses, and this is not the way to |
| interviews with a daycare I was working for. When | | | | go. That just comes off as if you are trying to play up |
| asked what my weakness was, I told the director that | | | | the interviewer. Granted, that is not always a bad thing, |
| I am misconstrued as a female canine at times (A | | | | but just be careful how you word things. |
| _itch), when I was actually just shy. It seems that | | | | Weaknesses are not always a bad thing, no matter |
| every time I began a new job somewhere, my | | | | what someone may tell you. Everyone has at least |
| shyness made me ignore other teachers, and that is | | | | one, and to be so ignorant as to tell an employer that |
| why I had so many of them come up to me now and | | | | you have none - well, that is just ignorant. Respect the |
| again, stating, " Wow, I thought you were a _itch when | | | | person interviewing you, and treat them as you would |
| you first started here!" | | | | an important figure. After all, that person may be in |
| Alas, this is still my weakness, but I happen to have | | | | charge of your employment. If that is not worth your |
| anonymity when it comes to the world within the | | | | respect then, well, you may never get a job! |