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Dear seniors,
Could anyone there please give me an advice how to explain when ask about one’s weakness and strength during in an interview? What are the weakness and strength one can mention? If at any given situation asks to say something about one’s weakness and strength by the hr, how can I explain it?
Thanking you all in advance
Ben j

You know your strengths and weaknesses means you know yourself to a good extent. After your selection, the company can use your strengths for organizational growth, and the company will avoid assigning tasks in which your weaknesses may frustrate the project.

I want to give an organizational example.

If you are emotional and sensitive to others, then I guess it would be cumbersome for you to terminate or transfer an employee if his or her immediate boss doesn't like him or her and wants to terminate or transfer him or her to a remote place.

Hope you understood.

Ben,

During an interview, when you are asked about your weakness and one strong point, while discussing your weakness, you should bear in mind that it should be something normal and not of a serious nature. Your weakness should be something obvious, a common part of everyone's personality, and should not be something that could significantly impact your work or the organization. Therefore, you have to carefully consider what to say and avoid using a canned or ready-made response. Interviewers may ask follow-up questions in a subtle manner, so it's important to be honest. Trust me, the interviewer will appreciate your honesty.

For your strong point, you can mention something you are very comfortable with and believe you excel at handling efficiently. Think about where your strengths lie. Even though interviewers may ask challenging questions, showcasing your proficiency in that area will leave a positive impression.

This part of the interview is crucial as it puts the ball in your court, allowing the interviewer to observe your facial expressions and body language. Avoid making grand claims about skills you are not adept at. Interviewers simply expect a direct and honest response. Pay attention to both what you say and how you communicate it.

Good luck and best wishes.

Bibhutosh Bhadauria

Tell that "my strength is I don't show my weakness," or ask him, "Does anybody like to tell their weakness? If possible, you?

Tell about your weaknesses in such a way that you are confident enough to convert them into your strengths.

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Hi,

I hope this message finds you well. Thank you for sharing your question about how to discuss weaknesses confidently and turn them into strengths.

When discussing weaknesses, it is important to approach them with a growth mindset. Instead of viewing weaknesses as limitations, see them as opportunities for growth and improvement. By acknowledging your weaknesses openly and demonstrating a willingness to work on them, you can show resilience and a commitment to personal development.

One effective strategy is to discuss how you have actively worked on overcoming a specific weakness in the past. By sharing examples of how you have turned a weakness into a strength through dedication and effort, you can showcase your ability to learn and adapt.

Remember, everyone has areas for improvement, and being able to reflect on your weaknesses and demonstrate a proactive attitude towards addressing them can ultimately highlight your strengths and capabilities.

Best regards,
[Your Name]

Discover the strength behind your weakness. It's paradoxical in approach. For instance, slow thinkers move slowly but are known to be careful, detailed, and meticulous. They are usually better finishers than the quick thinkers. The quick thinkers are easily attractive but most times, small but important details are easily overlooked. So, in a corporate organization, teamwork blends people of diverse strengths and weaknesses. Summarily, sincerely ask yourself what your areas of weakness are and discover the strength behind the weakness.

How to explain when asked about one's weaknesses and strengths during an interview? What are the weaknesses and strengths one can mention? If at any given situation someone asks to talk about one's weaknesses and strengths, how can I explain it?

I believe that you know about your strengths, but regarding weaknesses, you can consider the following points:

Sensitive person: Taking things to heart and becoming too disappointed when things are not done correctly.

Too helpful: Overstepping boundaries while assisting teammates.

Deepak

What is your strength means what are the positive aspects you have in yourself that make you a good person? How do you make use of those points while dealing with others and in difficult situations? With this strength, how will you influence and support people at the workplace, and how will you make use of your strengths to do your work in the concern.

An example of strength includes positive thinking, self-respect, self-confidence, my smile, time management (keeping up time or doing things on time), team working, etc. So when strength has so many things to do in the workplace and life, obviously, they would like to know what weakness of yours may affect your growth in life and how your weakness may affect your colleagues, which in turn will result in poor productivity or low performance among people in the company.

The fact is all of us have strength and weakness, so we should never hesitate to speak it out. But when you speak about your weakness, you should explain to them the measures you are taking to overcome your weakness. For example, if you say, "I get stressed out fast when the workload is high," then your answer should be, "Normally, I get stressed out fast due to workload, but now I have started meditating every day for the past 2 months, and I can see that I have good control over my stress; now workload is not a pain for me."

Ultimately, the company wants to know if you think practically and come out with a solution to a problem or if you tend to accept the problems without finding any solution and blame it on your fate, etc.

One should not always live with their weakness even after realizing that it's a negative point in their life. We should be smart enough to convert our weakness into strength.

Hope this information would be of use to you.

I hope this will help you a great deal.

Q: What are your strengths?
A: This is one question that you know you are going to get so there is no excuse for being unprepared. Concentrate on discussing your main strengths. List three or four proficiencies, for example, your ability to learn quickly, determination to succeed, positive attitude, your ability to relate to people and achieve a common goal. You may be asked to give examples of the above so be prepared.

Q: What is your greatest weakness?
A: Do not say you have none - this will lead to further problems. You have two options - use a professed weakness such as a lack of experience (not ability) on your part in an area that is not vital for the job. The second option is to describe a personal or professional weakness that could also be considered a strength and the steps you have taken to combat it. An example would be: "I know my team think I'm too demanding at times - I tend to drive them pretty hard but I'm getting much better at using the carrot and not the stick."

Tommy

Benjamin,

What Bibhutosh Bhadauria, Ezekwem, and others have shared is very practical. The strength I find in you is when you ask a question by itself! Being open to accepting what you do not know and being willing to seek others' help. Being courteous to those who offer help is essential. What you say should be contextual and specific to the position for which you are being interviewed.

Seema's response reminds me of "sandwich feedback." You are asked to give feedback on yourself in a sandwich format, starting with your strengths (soft bread on one side of the sandwich), stating your limitations or weaknesses (spice/meat in the middle of the sandwich), and ending by sharing the efforts you are making to overcome them (soft bread on the other side).

Warm regards,
Rajrm

In a group, things that others don't have and you possess are your strength, and vice versa.

This should be your answer because, in some cases, your strength becomes your weakness, and your weakness becomes your strength.

This question looks to be very simple at first sight but is a tricky one from the organization's point of view. When talking about your strengths, avoid saying "I am honest" or "I am hardworking" as it seems very traditional. Analyze yourself to identify the positive points that make you stand out from others and how you could help the organization with them. Your weaknesses shouldn't be such that they affect your interview. Be tactful while addressing your weaknesses.

Regards,
Pratik Khurana

Hi Poonam,

By the rule of thumb, candidates should not speak of too many weaknesses as it would have a negative effect. Talk about your strengths, but only those that you genuinely feel you possess.

Poonam
Pune

It should be seen in two ways.

1. A person's GENERAL strengths and weaknesses, as per his SWOT analysis; this describes him as an INDIVIDUAL in society. One should do his own SWOT analysis to retain his place in society.

2. A person's PARTICULAR strengths and weaknesses, as per the JOB FUNCTIONS, for the position he is attending the interview. Most interviewers look for this answer and NOT the candidate's general strengths and weaknesses, since even the interviewer cannot assess them from the answers. So, prepare yourself by learning the ideal job functions for the position applied for. Assess yourself and decide what job functions are possible for you and tell them that are your strengths. Whatever you feel you can't execute immediately but can learn and do later - tell them that are your weaknesses.

I think this suffices your request. For more details, you may contact me at ekancs@gmail.com.

Eka

Dear BEN JAMIR,

Good evening.

With reference to your query, you need to understand the nature and behavioral science. Interviewers ask this question and study your body language. They discover all the chemical reactions to this question. Hence, be honest and give positive feedback on negative traits. Like some of the negative traits such as bad handwriting, errors in spoken English, etc. These traits can be improved during training; do not express the traits as permanent in nature, which are not trainable. Best of luck.

I hope you'll find the above useful.

Warm regards,

R K Panda

You need to be careful when answering questions like this in an interview. Often they are set as traps!

When answering questions about strengths, try to find a strength you have that matches something in the job criteria and then back up your answer with examples. For example, if the job criteria mention initiative and you are a person that uses initiative, then if you are asked to name a strength, give that as your answer and then tell them about a time you have used your initiative to good advantage at a previous employer.

When it comes to weaknesses, BE VERY CAREFUL how you answer this question. The accepted method of answering this question is to take a weakness you may have had in the past and turn it into a strength. My advice to people is to study the job description very carefully and find something which is not in any way relevant to the job and use that if necessary. I once was asked this question and after taking some time to pretend to think about it, replied that I was unable to speak a foreign language - something that was not required in the position. The reason for asking the weakness question is to eliminate candidates - many people shoot themselves in the foot by not thinking about it.

Examples of Strength:

1. Team building, working with others, and appreciating their contributions without criticizing and finding fault.

2. Support and assistance, being able to help others achieve their targets.

3. Friendliness and approachability.

4. Ability to make positive, result-oriented changes against conventional practices.

5. Being analytical is a good strength, but some people may consider it a weakness because analytical individuals are never in a hurry. They take time to go through the lines, read between the lines, dot every "i," and cross all the "t's." In the end, the result is complete and unquestionable. Most people become impatient with those considered too analytical. Note: Frauds have often been discovered by analytical individuals because they were careful not to simply approve documents. They have an investigative approach, asking a lot of questions such as how, why, where, when, and what.

6. SMART attitude: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. Planning your activities in line with this acronym is a strong strength.

7. Multi-tasking and having diverse knowledge are also strong points.

8. Teachability and self-developmental ability.

The list could go on endlessly, but essentially, you should develop your strengths. Our natural personality strengths come from the background of our individual temperaments. When you examine your temperament, you will see your innate strengths and weaknesses.

Regarding examples of weaknesses, look through the above points and try to find their opposites.

Take care and remain blessed.

Reason for this question: How much do you know about yourself? What is your attitude towards weakness? Is your weakness really a weakness?

This is not a direct question, so you may say, "Life is strength. Death is weakness," which indirectly speaks to you being a self-confident person.

Dear Friends,

I have a different view on this question.

Strengths and weaknesses depend on the situation and the position they are looking to fill.

1. For a sales representative, talking about the product or service is a strength. If they overdo it, that is a weakness.

2. Communication skills - Need to be communicative; what is needed. If it is more, it's a weakness.

3. Hard work is a strength (always doing overtime due to procrastination is a weakness).

4. Always working smart is a strength; doing politics in the organization is a weakness.

5. Alertness is a strength, and intruding on others' activities and jobs is a weakness.

I personally feel that this question is asked by interviewers to understand what skillset is useful for the position being recruited. If there are weaknesses compared to the required skillset, HR should work on areas for improvement. For example, if a Senior Manager is emotional, focus on Emotional Intelligence training programs.

For instance, if some Senior Management staff are good at strategy, planning, etc., they may not excel in computer skills like presentations and typing. Direction for improvement needs to be provided.

You may focus on the strengths and weaknesses related to the position being sought.

Regards,

V. Jagannathan

When you talk about your strengths, you can say you are sincere, hardworking, dedicated, etc. But do not overdo it. Always tell something believable because your body language and eyes give you away.

When you are talking about your weaknesses, talk of simpler ones like "I can't wake up early in the morning, so I try to finish my work at night itself," or "I am a workaholic. So I regularly meditate to keep myself stress-free." Something like that. But remember, do not dwell for a long time on the answer because these are slippery questions that are asked to see if you slip or not. Concise answers and a realistic approach with conviction will be appreciated by any HR. I am sure all the people here agree.

Simply put, I can say these:
Strength: Should be "Unique"
Weakness: Should be "Universal"
Hope you like this. :)

In this modern, career-oriented world, you should be careful enough and not let anyone know about your weaknesses. Obviously, nobody is perfect, but at least by keeping an optimistic approach towards life, we can reach the pinnacle of perfection. Never disclose your weaknesses in an interview because it might not lead you to the job. Make your weaknesses your strengths by carefully analyzing yourself.

Ben J

For Weakness, you can elaborate on the following:
I put myself and other team members/teammates in a sense of urgency for any assignment, resulting in errors in the assignment.

For Strength:
I always navigate key innovative practices in <Task>/<Organization> for the establishment of benchmarking practices and solutions.

Strength is something you do better in, and weakness is something you cannot be confident in completing. It requires someone to mentor you in order to convert your weakness into strength.

Strength - You know better.
Weakness - Opportunity for improvement. You need someone's help.

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All the best.

I sincerely thank and appreciate all my seniors and friends for your valuable suggestions and guidance. I sincerely thank all of you. I am looking forward for your valuable suggestions on my queries.
Once again thank you and God bless.
Ben J