The Weakness Question - 20 Ways Interviewers Will Ask About Your Flaws - Melissa Llarena

The Weakness Question - 20 Ways Interviewers Will Ask About Your Flaws The Weakness Question 20 Ways Interviewers Will Ask About Your Flaws It’s the question that everyone dreads “What’s Your Greatest Weakness?” But what if the interviewer never mentions the word, “weakness?” There are numerous methods an interviewer can and will use to discover your professional shortcomings.Whatever form it takes, you want to be ready to recognize and answer the question in a way that eases the interviewer’s concerns and positions you as the ideal candidate for the role.As a career coach, I often work with job candidates on how to respond to the weakness question, no matter how it’s delivered. At times, the question can be so veiled, it may be difficult to identify what the interviewer is trying to achieve. My interview preparation services help my clients to identify and quickly assess these moments and emerge from the conversation confident that they showcased their best selves.Here are 20 ways interviewers will try to determine your weaknesses:How self-aware would you say you are? Tell me about your blind spots?What do you want to learn in this role?We offer training in a myriad of topics. Would you be interested in refining any particular topic?How would you rank yourself in terms of these skills (insert skills) on a scale from 1-10, 10 being at an expert level?When youve hired someone to be on your team, what have you generally looked for? Sidenote: Typically, hiring managers look for folks who bring skills that they do not have.What new experiences are you most looking forward to having in this role?What do you want to be doing in five years and what needs to happen in terms of your skills and experiences before then in order to be prepared for that end goal?Have you ever been embarrassed in a professional setting? Think about a mistake you’ve made.Tell me about your mentors. What qualities do you admire in them?What can you do with your eyes closed and what would take you a bit more time to accomplish in this role?Of t he skills listed in the job description, which do you think youll bring to this position?What would your current manager say are your biggest areas of improvement?Tell me about a time when you received negative feedback at work. What was the situation and how did you handle it?What about this position appeals to you most?Tell me how you would handle the following situation (insert situation).What do see as the biggest challenge coming into this role and why?What would your colleagues say you’re good at and what would they say you need to work on?Walk me through the first steps you would take in this position.What would you say are your strengths when it comes to working with others? What would you say you need to work on?What kind of environment do you thrive in and why?While several of these questions don’t explicitly ask about your weaknesses, they are meant to disclose your flaws in one way or another.These are examples of those type of interview questions that can trip up ev en the savviest business executives. I can help you nail the 26 others in an easy to download eBook “The Interview-Strategy Playbook for Olympians.”In this new eBook:You will discover and focus on the interview questions that can trip up some of the world’s best corporate athletes and as a result save time and still feel sufficiently prepared.You will prepare like top-performers who aim high. The frameworks and tools in this book were used by Corporate Olympians; my most successful clients who also tend to be top 1% employees.You will have a complete set of 27 questions that are blindsiding executives who want to secure Fortune 500 roles across sectors.You will have access to proven and easy to use frameworks to craft your own powerhouse interview answers and understand why these questions are being asked.You will be able to take comfort in knowing that you have adequately prepared for any interview and benefit from positive interview results.Click here to learn more about the Interview-Strategy Playbook for Olympians.