"My greatest weakness is remembering people's names when I meet them. I understand it is a weakness in medical genetics because I will need to remember my patients' names and the names of the other physicians and support staff I will be working with daily. I recently bought a book called 'How to Remember Names and Faces' by Luis Echeverria. He is a Memory Master Champion and guarantees success by reading his book and practicing memory training exercises. I have been reading the book for a week and have already found I remember people's names and faces better. I am confident this weakness will become a strength when I finish the book and the exercises."

If possible, focus on a weakness related to your future training as a medical genetics resident, but not one that is an essential job duty. For example, suppose you say your weakness is your verbal communication skills. In that case, the interviewers may pass you over for another candidate since that skill is essential to being an excellent clinical geneticist. Your interviewers will expect you to have a plan to address your weakness as a new resident in their program.