Hi! I had a job interview and everything was going well, but I got stuck on the question about my weaknesses. If I tell the full truth, I feel like I’ll never get hired. But if I hide the negative parts and they show up later at work, that won’t be good either. What should I do? Should I be completely honest or only partly?
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  • Brian Sitenge

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    The best way and professional way to answer this question is to say. I fail to say no to tasks hence I end up having a lot of tasks to do..
    Or you can... say I like my work or tasks for the day to be completed the some day hence knocking off late. more

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  • As a college instructor who sometimes taught employment skill classes, I would tell students to use some of their strengths as the foundation for... weaknesses in that --- any strength taken too far, becomes a weakness. As pointed out above: Strength - team player willing to take on taskes/weakness - sometimes take on more than I should. But what I have learned to do is prioritize and evaluate my time management before accepting new tasks. Another example: As a team player i am able to forge strong relationships with others, but sometimes people see me as open so they end up sharing personal information and spend time talking with me. I have learned to be both open and yet create enough of a boundary that I don't become too involved with people. Take any strength, carry it to an extreme and it becomes a weakness, but always add how you've learned not to fall into that trap. more

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  • some questions on an interview may be testing your reasoning capacity you need to give it opinion

  • The best approach is to be strategically honest. Choose a real weakness, but frame it in a way that shows self-awareness and growth. For example,... instead of saying “I’m disorganized,” you could say, “I used to struggle with prioritizing tasks, but I’ve been improving by using project management tools and setting clearer deadlines.” This way, you’re not hiding the truth, but you’re showing that you take responsibility and actively work on improving. Employers value honesty combined with problem-solving and self-development. more

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  • Tell them: "My challenge is that I struggle with a "work-life" balance. I tend to have a strong work ethic."

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  • Common interview question here. Be honest: think of a skillset you’ve used both successfully and at times unsuccessfully. Turn the interview into a... conversation and honestly share how you’ve recognized your weakness, how you’ve improved in this area, and results from that improvement that will be of benefit in the job role you're interviewung for. Conclude with your looking forward to continuing learning and development in this area and are open to coaching.  more

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  • True be honest always it pays

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  • Honestly, I am not an HR if there's any I would happily see their take on it, but I don't see any usefulness of such questions. As usually see that... can be misleading and easily manipulated. In a way that if you memorize the mostly used acceptable answers and say them confidently it passes and you wasn't truthful. And if you are truthful you will feel exposed and whatever you answer you will feel bad about it. My take on it is that it would be better if some research done by HR based on job position and work environment what are the strengths needed personal and professional. Then test it out during the interview with practical activities or explicit questions. Then no awkwardness or exposing feeling from candidate, and from other side interviewer will have more credible judgement on if candidate is really fit or no for such position. more

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  • Tell only the good about yourself, later on if things changed you tell them it was then not now

  • Always be honest about what you can and can't do. Dishonesty isn't about ability its about integrity.

    Skills can be taught and learned. If you don't... know, declare that. You can frame it as something you've never come across or experienced, or you can simply say, 'I don't know, and I'm willing to learn.'

    An issue I really have a problem with in interviews is this narrative of strengths and weaknesses. While it is a popular HR question its also very misleading and borders on emotional manipulation. It's also presumptuous and inaccurate to assume that an absent skill equates to the individual being weak. BUT That's my little hobby-horse.

    It should, by all accurate measures, be referred to competences achieved and competences not yet achieved or exposed to. Not knowing something is not a weakness; it simply means in the context of your existing experience, you may not have been exposed to a particular skill.
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  • The best way and professional way to answer this question is to say. I fail to say no to tasks hence I end up having a lot of tasks to do..
    Or you can... say I like my work or tasks for the day to be completed the some day hence knocking off late. more

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  • The best way and professional way to answer this question is to say. I fail to say no to tasks hence I end up having a lot of tasks to do..
    Or you can... say I like my work or tasks for the day to be completed the some day hence knocking off late. more

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  • My weakness is saying the truth. That's an answer i dreamt of. Many work places don't like the truth as it is but a little sugarcoated. I get... emotionally true an answer not good for sales and and marketing.  more

  • There's professional ways to answer this question research YouTube for examples. You have to turn it into how this benefits the company. You also have... to show how you overcome the challenges.  more

  • Be honest upfront