Esra Gurkan for MAIL ONLINE reports:
\n Job interviews are an unpleasant chore that we all need to go through to get the role of our dreams. It\u2019s easy enough to talk about why you want the job and why you\u2019re the best person to do it. But there is one question that everyone dreads and is most likely to trip us all up: What\u2019s your biggest weakness? [1]
\n Reddit received over 1,600 comments posted on a thread, which asked for the best and the worst answers to this question. Here are a few that stood out:<\/p>\n
What\u2019s Your Biggest Weakness?
\n\u2022 \u201cI have trouble delegating tasks sometimes. I like to do things myself to ensure they\u2019re done to my personal standards, but it is something I\u2019m working on.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cI take failure a bit too hard sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 To add some humor, someone suggested, \u201cRemain silent, and pull an index card out of your pocket that says \u2018I over-prepare.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cI\u2019m overly critical of my work.\u201d
\n A few answers that are not recommended:
\n\u2022 \u201cThose eyes of yours.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cI don\u2019t work well with people\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cMy biggest weakness is that I have too many strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cI\u2019m too soft spoken\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cPeople say I can be condescending. That\u2019s when you talk down to people.\u201d
\n One helpful suggestion was to give a skills-based weakness, something you can take steps to remedy, like:
\n\u2022 \u201cI\u2019m not too familiar with Excel at the moment, but I\u2019m planning on taking classes this coming month.\u201d
\nWhen you stand before God there\u2019s a pretty good chance that the subject of your weaknesses will come up. What will you say? \u201cThose eyes of Yours\u201d probably won\u2019t win you any points, because the weaknesses God is concerned about are your moral shortcomings. And don\u2019t waste your breath denying that you have any such weaknesses, for the Bible has said, \u201cIf we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth\u201d (1 John 1:8). So, denying your faults amounts to calling God a liar — not a good strategy.<\/p>\n
However, the Bible goes on in this very passage to say, \u201cBut if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness\u201d (1 John 1:9). Here the Apostle John gives us the only acceptable answer to this question; confess your failings and ask for God\u2019s forgiveness. There\u2019s no reason to fear this question before God. He\u2019s not looking for a reason to reject you; rather, He promises to accept every sinner who responds honestly and with humility.<\/p>\n
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1. \u2018What\u2019s your biggest weakness?\u2019 Bosses reveal how you should really answer the dreaded interview question,\u201d by Esra Gurkan for MAILONLINE, October 10, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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