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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The hiring manager wants to hear about your greatest weakness to see that you are self-aware and can identify an area that needs improvement. When you admit you have a deficiency in a particular aspect of your life and take steps to improve, it shows the interviewer that you are motivated and inspired to grow.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Focus on a weakness related to working as an intern but not an essential job duty. If you say your weakness is your verbal communication skills, the hiring manager may pass you over for another candidate since that skill is an essential part of being an excellent intern.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Avoid describing a weakness that is a crucial responsibility of an intern or not work-related. The hiring manager wants to hear what weakness in your professional life you have identified and how you plan to improve.

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"My greatest weakness in my professional life is my typing speed. I can type 40 words per minute, which is average. However, my goal is to get to 60 words per minute. I signed up for an online typing course and started one week ago. The course outline says that I can go from amateur to pro in thirty days, spending one hour a day practicing. My goal is to be at 60 words per minute in the next thirty days."

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