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Originally Posted by skunkworks
I've always thought "what are your weaknesses?" is a great question. You get to weed out the people who are lying, are prone to blow smoke up peoples' asses, have a destructive amount of overconfidence, cannot honestly self-assess themselves, and don't know their own limitations.
My greatest weakness: I put a lot of pressure on myself, and that causes me to get frustrated when I'm working on something and it's not cooperating.
See guys, it's simple. Be honest, but not too honest.
I was interviewing for jobs about 7 months ago (i even got the one i wanted). I was asked this question at all three interviews i went to and i answered the same each time: greatest weakness = punctuality. Its a totally honest answer for me and the interview just moved right along after that. Its possible that I just got good marks on other stuff that allowed me to overcome that answer. I got 2/3 job offers (the other one was AutoCad intensive and I had never used it before).