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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.
As IBM's recruiters advise, "Reflect on your prior experience and your strengths and weaknesses, and visualize the type of job you're aiming for." How aware you are of your strengths and weaknesses and how readily you can own and share them will attest to your experience level and emotional maturity. When sharing your weaknesses, showcase your strength of character, self-awareness, and focus on your development. Also, if you can share a weakness that also serves as a strength, all the better.

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 one of my strengths is my time management skills, planning for contingency situations, and allowing myself extra room to over-deliver. But my leaders have shown me that this is a double-edged sword, as I sometimes work too hard and burn out too early in the game. I am getting better at looking at this as a marathon and not a race."

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'd say that one of my strengths is in mentoring and developing others on my team. I strive to be a trusted resource and want to help further the goals of those on my team. As far as a weakness, I would say that I can be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to the standard I set for myself in my work. I try hard to lead by example and put too much thought into living up to expectations. And when I don't live up to my standard, which I have been told is sometimes unrealistically high, I can be a bit hard on myself. But I am learning to be more forgiving."

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