how would i answer the question that what are your strenth and weakness?
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Your strengths are the things you're good at, the things you do well.  Your weaknesses are the things that you still have to try hard to do well.  For example, you might be a helpful person (a strength) but not a good communicator (a weakness.)
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Honest personal assessment.\n\nWhat are you really capable of?  What are you too weak to handle? \n\nWhat have you done?  And what does your behavior say about you?  \n\nCan you change what you are by what you do?\n\nQuit spinning these questions in flattering ways, and you will find you are farther along then most.\n\nJust as a man cannot pour water into a full flask, truth seeking begins with willingness to be emptied and poured out and to show up empty.
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Do you want to be honest, or do you want to get the job?\nIf honest, answer honestly.  Tell them what your true weaknesses are, and ask that they mentor you to help you overcome them.\n\nIf you want to get the job, however, you have two choices:\n1) Answer with a weakness you used to have, that you already overcame.  Example: "My weakness was that I was not proficient with Microsoft Word, and therefore took longer to create documents.  However, I have since taken a course to raise my proficiency, and I have overcome that weakness."\n2) Answer with a weakness that is not really a weakness the company cares about.  Examples: "I get so involved in my work that I forget about my personal life."  "I'm a perfectionist, so I don't let less than correct items go from my desk."  Things like that.
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Always have something to say when you are around them. It doesnt have to be the most refined statements that you have to make, but anything simple will start a conversation. If not sure, ask every day questions and you will get an answer. That may lead you to asking another question and you get another answer. Probably then you too will be asked and you answer back. By and by, you will realise that you are warm with this person or persons and the shyness will become history.   :-)
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First, best advice to prep for the interview is to get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast (just don't have a spinach omelet).\n\nSome tougher questions I have been asked, and how I answered them:\n\nWhat are your weaknesses when it comes to work?  -Some people will tell you to say you're a perfectionist, or you tend to work too hard - I think by this time employers know those are not always true answers.  I think you should tell the truth.  What I said was that I tend to obsess on one project, getting it perfect, sometimes to the neglect of other projects, and that I might need help spreading myself out.\n\nWhy have you worked at so many different places?  -Here I addressed the "job hopping" which might not be an issue for you but if it is, what I said was that it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up, ha ha, but that it turned out to be a good thing, because I am so well rounded now, I am very flexible, and I can do anything I'm faced with.\n\nThat's all I can think of for now.  Good luck!!
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Nearly the most important thing to the content of your speech is that you speak slowly and as clearly as you possibly can.  Also, stand up nice & straight and don't fidget or sloch. Try to project your answer all the way to the back of the room.  Try to use words such as "like" or "um" as little as you possibly can.  Good luck - you'll do great!
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Research the position you are applying for ahead of time and try to find out your duties. Look within yourself for your talents that would complement that position and duties. When asked what strengths you have, simply state your own talents that are suited to that position. If you don't have any experience in that position, say I learn things quickly and require little supervision to get my job done. You might add that you take pride in getting a job done correctly and on time. Don't lie, but don't be ashamed to make your good points shine. ... Good Luck...
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Are you asking me or yourself? Look inside yourself and think about your positive attributes. Not just physical but what you are good at. Then think of those things that you need to change.Look again at yourself and the answer will come to you.
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I have been asked this one before, and it is asked for a good reason.\n\nFirst, they want to know about your integrity. If you say that you don't have any weaknesses, they know that you are either naive or lying. Next candidate please...\n\nSecond, they want to know that you are aware of your weaknesses. We all have them, and *they* know that. You should know what yours are. If you don't, then that is a major weakness in itself.\n\nThird, and most importantly, they want to know how you *compensate* for your weaknesses. For every weakness that you tell them, thell them *truthfully* what you do and have done to compensate or strenghten yourself.\n\nThe least important reason that they ask the question is to actually know what your weaknesses are.\n\nBe truthful, be fair, but **don't** forget to tell them how you will work so that your weaknesses will be addressed by yourself.
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I would say my weakness is always thinking the best of people, which can come back to bite me on the @ss, but I wouldn't change that about me cos most of the time it works out great, it 's just those times when I really let my guard down, God, people can be really nasty!!!
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An example of the best way to handle this question: "I tend to be a bit disorganized, so I compensate by keeping a priority list of everything I need to do and don't allow myself to ignore it." Any time you admit to a weakness, make sure you explain how you've overcome or compensated for it. ( I was a Personnel Manager for two very large corporations and conducted literally thousands of interviews. )
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What is your greatest weakness?\nI would say my greatest weakness has been my lack of proper planning in the past. I would overcommit myself with too many variant tasks, then not be able to fully accomplish each as I would like. However, since I've come to recognize that weakness, I've taken steps to correct it. For example, I now carry a planning calendar in my pocket so that I can plan all of my appointments and "to do" items. Here, let me show you how I have this week planned out . . .
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Your pros should be strengths, and your weakensses should also be disguised strengths.\n\nExample:\n\nI'm working on being a little less detail oriented, but producing accurate work is important to me.  Sometimes I spend too long trying to find minor errors.
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This is a wonderful question for a college interview.  Only YOU know what your true bad qualities are, if you have any?\n\nYou want the interviewer to know that you can identify your short comings.  So it is important to find something about yourself that may be considered a bad quality, if not by yourself then others. \n\nBut I would suggest to identify small quirks NOT major crises.  You don't want to appear as unable to manage situations.\n\nSome negative qualities may be:  \n\n"I set my car "trip set" button to measure the miles between destinations and it drives my friends crazy".  (reason for this quirk would be to establish that you always plan ahead, that you measure your goals for the most expedient way to accomplish them)  then add that you feel that while some may see this as a bad quality I see it as being time efficient.\n\n"I think I may ask too many questions, I have been told since childhood that I just talk too much."  (reason for this is to establish that you are inquisitive)\n\n"I know I am the loudest person in the room." (reason for this may be to denote I AM important)\n\nBut basically look for small negatives that can been seen as strengths.\n\nAlways be positive, but not arrogant.\n\ngood luck tomorow........\n\n\nAnna M.
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Well you having to ask this question should tell you something about the situation. Good Luck
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You have to understand or think about why the interviewer is asking you that question in the first place? IMO it to see how self aware you are, do you really know what your weakness are? as well as your strong points. \n\nAnother reason you might be asked this question in a job interview is too see if your weakness's leave you at a sever disadvantage in carrying (performing) that specific role? After all you wouldn't have much success at being an airline pilot if your weakness was a lack of spacial awareness for example! or a bank clerk who wasnt any good at communicating with customers face to face (OK an extreme example but you get my point I'm sure).\n\n**Its to see how well rounded, how experienced you are as a person and how well equiped you are for the job on offer.\n\nIvan
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Whether you actually want information, or just want not to look bewildered when they drop the question in your lap, you are right to have an answer planned. I think you should focus more on what impression your question will make on them, than on what information you might get from the question.\n\nWait till you see how the interview went. If they want you, ask some questions that relate to things *you* want to get out of the job. Do you feel you need training? Do you feel you need to switch roles every few months (particularly important to get promoted to manager)? Don't say you want these these, ask how they they handle stuff like that. Now, if it's a big company and you are talking to a professional HR person or recruiter, it won't make much difference because they won't have any role in your job. But if it's your soon to be manager, get 'em on the hook.\n\nIf you are sensing they aren't sure they want you, you have one more chance here to ask some questions that relate to things *they* want which might make them want you. Figure out in advance what your weaknesses are likely to be, and figure out questions that will show that you understand yourself and are working to improve. \n\nFinally, if it's pretty clear that they don't want you, definately ask why, and what you could have been or had that  they were looking for. It will help you put your best foot forward in your next interview. Plus, it really will make you look more conscientious (don't make it sound like you're ready to fib to get a job) and they might just remember you if another opening comes up.