It's actually one of the standard interview questions. The best answer is to mention a weakness that is also a strength and describe the steps you took to combat it. For example, you can say that your weakness is always wanting to satisfy the client yourself, and wasting time because of it when you could've passed it to someone more knowledgeable and save time for both yourself and the client. Then say that over the years of working in a team you learned to overcome that inner desire and trust your team members more
But if we're being completely honest here, my weakness is reluctance to change and unpreparedness to sudden changes. Much like Altmer, come to think of it
Nah. The goal of the question is to see how self aware you are and whether you are willing to work to overcome your weaknesses. There is another question that I think is absolutely dumb - Where do you see yourself after 5 years? Interviewers are fond of that for some reason -_-
Though some interviews are impossible to prepare to :)
Wow, Now that is a revelation, perhaps you have misjudged your self, or is it that others see you differently surely you would have to have demonstrated exemplary leadership for you promotion to Sergeant, sorry to answer a question with a question, Do you think then that leadership can be taught? personally I do not think so, anyway I digress, I am disabled now after an horrific accident at work that almost claimed my life, my biggest weakness is not being unable to fully come to terms with what happened to me, I was educated to degree level now, I struggle to write a simple paragraph, my brain just does not work as fast as it used to, Dont get me wrong though I don't believe in self pity nor would I indulge in such ridiculousness. Great Question
My ability to say no.
It sounds kinda stupid but it can lead to lots of difficulties. I work in the security industry hence my motivation to look beyond the here and now. Someone mentions something and I immediately look at the long term problems and possibilities. That's the nature of my job, if can nip something in the bud before it grows too big then I do it. The problem with not being able to say no means I can get given multiple tasks to complete in one night where it would be better to spread them out. Hence I can find myself frequently under pressure due to not being able to say 'No, give it to someone else'.
If I say no then I feel I'm letting the person down and myself. It's only when it's around 01:00 in the morning when I kick myself just to do the same thing the next day.
I am far too trusting and passive. People are able to walk all over me because I always give them the benefit of the doubt. This leads to me being taken advantage of in a number of situations. I would be able to avoid this problem if I stood up more for myself, but I hate conflict of any kind and would rather simply take a hit or walk away.