Weaknesses In Job Interviews - How To Answer Interview Questions About Your Weaknesses

"How do I answer questions about my weaknesses inwith my work all the time".
job interviews?" is the most common question we'reFor a job where working as part of a team is
asked as interviewers.important:
It's also a common job interview question so you're"I prefer working in teams to working alone. Although
right to want to be prepared for it.I'm able to stay focussed and complete the task, I
Few people are so here's your chance to get aheadprefer the sharing of ideas and achievements which
of your competition.happens when you work in teams. Some of my
We interview for a living and here's our advice.colleagues work better alone and this is something I
When asked about your weaknesses remember toam working on to improve".
talk about something you've perceived as aNotice how, with a little forethought, you can give your
'weakness' but worked hard to overcome or'weakness' a positive spin? In this answer, you're
something which you find harder than others but canshowing that you work well in teams, which is a quality
still do, using some strategy or another.most employers look for.
And make sure it's not something central to the role!Finally, never identify emotional states or personality
Good answers might be:traits as weaknesses, only skills, experience,
For a job where organisation is important, but notknowledge or preferences. Don't ever say you get
central:stressed, bored, demotivated, angry, upset etc.
"I'd like to be more naturally organised like my managerPeople have said this in interviews with us. Although, as
who remembers everything and never has to writeemployers, we might accept shortcomings in people's
anything down. Although my memory's not as good asskills, experience and knowledge, few of us want to
hers I am able to keep on top of things by using atake on employees with attitude issues!
to-do list and keeping a diary so I know where I am