How to Answer: What is your greatest strength and greatest weakness?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a State Farm job interview.
3. What is your greatest strength and greatest weakness?
The Goal
In a work context, share a few of the strengths you feel will contribute to your success. Offer a trait recognized by your superiors or commended by your fellow team members. Frame your greatest weakness as an asset in its own right, while being open and honest about your shortcomings. Convery that you pursue professional self-growth.
Written by Kevin Downey on October 21st, 2022
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
HireVue assesses data points in the recorded videos to identify the top performers most suited to the company's goals and culture. They'll pass that information onto the company's hiring authority, depending on what HireVue package they've signed up for. Some request only the recorded videos and no assessment reports. Some request the report as well, while others request screening, and only receive those which pass the algorithm's evaluations as potential top performers. Once the hiring authority receives the materials, they can view the interviews side by side for further comparison and evaluation.
Written by Kevin Downey on October 21st, 2022
Answer Example
"My greatest strength is how skilled I am with people. I have well above average interpersonal skills. It is definitely a benefit when it comes to dealing with my clients. But this can be my greatest weakness at the same time. I am very social and very polite, but it gets those around me excited and I find it hard to break away. Not that I keep the conversation going, but I struggle with not wanting to be rude or discourteous and have trouble cutting people off or breaking away. I have greatly improved my skills and my exit strategy, but I am also sometimes just too nice, so I've been told."
Written by Kevin Downey on October 21st, 2022
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