Esra Gurkan, for MAILONLINE, writes:
\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?<\/p>\n
… A job-hunter known as humansof took to Reddit to pose the horrible question to see how other people had answered and was soon inundated with responses. Among the 1,600 comments were people\u2019s own solutions \u2026 [1]
\nOne Redditer answered the dreaded question by saying that they take failure a bit too hard sometimes. Another user, Bumpkinsworth, expanded on that, writing, \u201cYou can elaborate as to how that pushes you to work harder so that you won\u2019t make the same mistake twice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone else advised using humor, suggesting you could remain silent and then pull a card from your pocket that reads, \u201cI over prepare.\u201d And yet another Redditer sarcastically suggested the following reply: \u201cPeople say I can be condescending. That\u2019s when you \u2018talk down\u2019 to people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another Redditer also used humour to win over the interviewers, saying: ‘I had one laugh with the response, “my biggest weakness is not fully knowing my weaknesses all the time”.<\/p>\n
One commentor recounted a story about a man that was far too honest in his answer: When asked what his greatest weakness was, he replied “women” and then proceeded to tell them he got caught cheating by his wife.<\/p>\n
Gurkan continues:
\n Sefromans replied to the thread with some useful advice: \u2018Saying something behavioral based like \u201cI don\u2019t work well with people\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m soft spoken\u201d is like shooting yourself.<\/p>\n
\u2018Give a skills based \u201cweakness\u201d that you can take action to improve upon in the near future.<\/p>\n
\u2018Something like \u201cI\u2019m not too familiar with Microsoft Excel at the moment, but I\u2019m planning on taking classes this coming month.\u201d Make sure you provide a remedy to the weakness.\u2019 [1]
\nWe dread this question because an honest answer is likely to torpedo any hopes of getting the job. Weaknesses don\u2019t play well in our world. To succeed, it\u2019s important to appear strong, capable and in control.<\/p>\n
However, the biggest interview any of us will ever face doesn\u2019t come in this lifetime, but rather when we stand before God in the next. God won\u2019t need to ask, \u201cWhat is your greatest weakness?\u201d He already knows the answer. It\u2019s the sin that has caused a separation in our relationship with Him.<\/p>\n
We might impress the world with a clever answer that serves to hide our weaknesses, but God isn\u2019t so easily fooled. But here\u2019s the good news: We don\u2019t have to \u201cmake sure\u201d we \u201cprovide a remedy\u201d to our biggest weakness. God has already done that by sending His Son into the world to die for our sins.<\/p>\n
That being so, all that\u2019s left for us to overcome our biggest weakness before God is to humbly put our trust in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
\n \u201cHumble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up\u201d (James 4:10).<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.\u201d (2 Corinthians 12:10)
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1. \u201c\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; < http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-3825805\/Job-hunters-reveal-NOT-answer-interview-question-s-biggest-weakness.html >.<\/p>\n
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