How to Answer

It can be difficult to know which weakness to share. Maybe it's not the best time to talk about your communication challenges with your partner or how you need to work on your golf game. Instead, focus on your professional life. Talk about a skill or quality that you are proactively working to improve. You can talk about how you are a perfectionist, often getting caught up in the tiny details that can cause you to have difficulty finishing projects on time. Now you set alarms throughout the day to remind to keep you on task and remind yourself of deadlines. You might also allow others to proof your work so that you don't get too stuck in the details. You could also talk about a skill, like multi-tasking, quickly changing gears between tasks. Before your interview, practice by writing down three examples of weaknesses so that you can answer this question with confidence!