If I were to contact your current/most recent supervisor, what would they say is an area that you could improve in?
The interviewer wants to know that you are aware that you are not perfect and that you have areas for growth and opportunity. The interviewer also wants to hear that you are actively working on making the improvements necessary to assist you in being a better laboratory assistant.
Think about one on one meetings as well as previous performance reviews that you have had. Discuss something that has been brought to your attention that you need to work on to be a better laboratory assistant. The interviewer wants to hear that this growth opportunity will not negatively affect your performance in the role that you are interviewing for. The interviewer also wants to hear that you are taking steps to work on this necessary improvement.
"I think that my supervisor would say that sometimes I spend a little too much time reviewing my documentation after running testing. A few times, she has told me to go ahead and pass my documentation on to the data review team and move on to my next testing batch. I know that passing on my documentation, allows me to free up time for additional testing. I am always afraid I will have missed something and the error will not be caught by the reviewer. I am working on improving this as I know that it also gives the data reviewer a chance to do their job and continue to grow their skillset."
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Anonymous Answer
It is possible that if you were to contact my supervisor, they might mention that I should still focus on improving my German language skills.
Jaymie's Feedback
This is a good area of opportunity to share with the interviewer. Just be sure to describe ways that you're currently working to build and improve in this area.
