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Question 5 of 33
What would you consider a professional weakness of yours?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
How you answer this question stands to inform your interviewer of whether you take charge of your professional development, and are actively trying to grow professionally and personally. As detailed in one of Meta's interview prep guides, they will assess each candidate for signals that correlate with what they see as attributes to which they credit their success. One of these is "Growing continuously. Your interviewer will be assessing your aptitude for seeking out opportunities for growth and learning. Do you take constructive criticism as an opportunity to improve? How have you approached improving your skills?"
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I would say that my biggest growth opportunity is sharing tips and tricks with those whom I work with, and helping them out more when they're struggling. I often become far too engrossed in surpassing my deadlines, working at speed, and over-delivering that I rarely afford the time to help out another teammate who might be struggling, even if I have a tip that I can share that will help them over-deliver as well. It's not because I am being competitive or anything like that. I am just too hyper-focused on my own tasks that I become blind to where I can help out elsewhere. Granted, it takes a bit of multitasking. But, I have recently realized this is a growth opportunity and have been making small improvements in this regard, but still have a way to go."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Here are some excerpts from Meta's career blogs, where their top employees detail the growth mindset of their work culture.
"I might not know it inside and out, but I'll learn on the job, make mistakes and get better."
"I always tell everyone on my team that it's great to make mistakes as long as you don't repeat them."
"Getting your team to trust you and to mutually share honest feedback, interests and motivations is highly valued. It is the norm to share wins as well as failures openly within the company."
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Anonymous Answer
I do not have in-depth knowledge of Facebook solutions (ads manager, for example); however, I have continued to learn through the Facebook blueprint and YouTube videos. If Facebook hires me, I will continue to learn more during the onboarding sessions and from my colleagues.
Stephanie's Feedback
This response shows that you are aware of your growth areas and are open to learning new skills. Avoid starting a response with 'I do not...' and frame this skill gap more positively.
Anonymous Answer
I see a list of software and coding languages - I do not have a mastery of all of them. But I would like to tackle them one by one. Or get better at something that I currently know. How would I gain that skill - if there are internal platforms for education and training, I would make the best use of them, otherwise, I will take on additional training courses.
Stephanie's Feedback
In the "Revised Answer" section, I have suggested a slightly revised response.
I see a list of software and coding languages listed in the job posting. While I do not have mastery of all of them, I am eager to enhance my own learning, and I plan to tackle each system and coding language one by one to ensure my mastery. I will seek peer and manager feedback and take on additional training courses as necessary.
Anonymous Answer
Understanding the needs of the stakeholders is one skill that I definitely need to grow in. I can read more about security from a managerial perspective and that will help me understand the impact of each task better.
Stephanie's Feedback
Great response! You have clearly identified an area for growth, along with your plan for how to improve in that area.
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