How to Answer: What is your greatest weakness?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Medical Records Abstractor job interview.
16. What is your greatest weakness?
How to Answer
This question is commonly asked during interviews. Your answer should demonstrate honesty by recognizing your weakness and your problem-solving skills by describing the steps you are taking to turn your weakness into a strength. Identify a weakness that is relevant to the job but will not make you look like a poor candidate. Describe how you have identified the weakness and what you are doing to improve it. End on a positive note by explaining how your fault is turning into a strength.
Written by Krista Wenz on October 25th, 2021
Answer Example
"My greatest weakness is public speaking. I can speak well in a meeting or conference where I know the people I am speaking to, but I get nervous when speaking in front of people I do not know. At my last job, I recognized this as a weakness when my supervisor asked me to put together a presentation about abstracting medical information to present to a medical facility. Even though I knew my job inside and out, I froze at the podium. I was able to present the materials with the help of my supervisor, but I knew that I had to address the situation for future presentations. I enrolled in an adult education public speaking class at the community college and have been perfecting my public speaking skills. I have three months left in the class and already feel that my skills are improving."
Written by Krista Wenz on October 25th, 2021