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Quick! Here's a red brick. Tell me five things you can do with it. Go!

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5.Weapon to stave in skull of person asking stupid questions.

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interesting. this was my first thought as well.

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try telling them what you think your honestly think your weaknesses might really be. for me, I hate being asked to work a lot of hours. I have a very busy life outside of work, thanks.

--turnipmonster

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"I often assume too much responsibility, rather than delegate."

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Depends on what kind of job your are applying for... If it is a customer service type job try answering that you tend to see and sympathize with the customer's point of view and get upset when you can't help them... This is exactly what they are hiring you to do anyways so it is not really a weakness..

The trick is to make your "weakness" sound like a stregth when it applies to the job you are looking to get

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Agreed. Prepare ahead of time and have the weaknesses ready to go - know how to turn them into strengths.

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What are you supposed to say when the interviewer asks, "What are your weaknesses?"

Gee, I steal company equipment and photocopy my ass when no one is around.

So really, what might a good response be.

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Try this:

"I have a terrible addiction to gambling and will spend much of my workday posting in internet forums."

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try telling them what you think your honestly think your weaknesses might really be. for me, I hate being asked to work a lot of hours. I have a very busy life outside of work, thanks.


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being completely honest in interviews is not completely effective. This approach does not alway's work.

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try telling them what you think your honestly think your weaknesses might really be. for me, I hate being asked to work a lot of hours. I have a very busy life outside of work, thanks.


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being completely honest in interviews does not effective. This approach does not work.

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This is not always true. Some interviewers absolutely despise the bullshit.

I would never, ever hire anyone who said "my weakness is that I work to hard". If they start feeding me crap like that, the interview is essentially over (I'll go through the motions of the rest of the interview, but I've already crossed them off the list).

Some interviewers just want to be told the truth. If I have to BS my way through an interview, I don't want the job in the first place.

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try telling them what you think your honestly think your weaknesses might really be. for me, I hate being asked to work a lot of hours. I have a very busy life outside of work, thanks.


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being completely honest in interviews does not effective. This approach does not work.

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This is not always true. Some interviewers absolutely despise the bullshit.

I would never, ever hire anyone who said "my weakness is that I work to hard". If they start feeding me crap like that, the interview is essentially over (I'll go through the motions of the rest of the interview, but I've already crossed them off the list).

Some interviewers just want to be told the truth. If I have to BS my way through an interview, I don't want the job in the first place.

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Prob the wrong question to ask then.

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This is not always true. Some interviewers absolutely despise the bullshit.

I would never, ever hire anyone who said "my weakness is that I work to hard". If they start feeding me crap like that, the interview is essentially over (I'll go through the motions of the rest of the interview, but I've already crossed them off the list).

Some interviewers just want to be told the truth. If I have to BS my way through an interview, I don't want the job in the first place.

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It is often wrong to be completely honest. If you asked that question and the person responded with "well i don't like to work long hours, and i like it when no one tells me what to do, also i like too only work half days every friday." well he is being honest but I am sure you would cross him off you list too

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I would never, ever hire anyone who said "my weakness is that I work to hard". If they start feeding me crap like that, the interview is essentially over (I'll go through the motions of the rest of the interview, but I've already crossed them off the list).

Some interviewers just want to be told the truth. If I have to BS my way through an interview, I don't want the job in the first place.

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I feel the same way, both as an interviewer and as an interviewee. I had a lot more confidence after being on the other side (interviewer) a fair amount.

As an interviewee I'm just not interested in any job where the interview process is that scripted. this is obviously a personal choice and industry/job dependent.

--turnipmonster