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| Interview Questions You Need to NAIL - What Is Your Greatest Weakness | Like (75) |
| There are two traps in answering this question. The first is to say I do not have any weaknesses, or I cannot think of any. The reality is we all have weaknesses and chances are if you do not identify any, the interview may very likely be cut short. The second is not being prepared to answer this question. Make sure you are prepared to identify up to two weaknesses. There are two keys to nailing this question. The first is to identify a weakness that will not compromise your competency in the role you are seeking and the second is to identify what you are doing to correct the weakness. As an example, you are currently an Accountant with the ambition to become a Controller at some point in your career. You are applying for an accounting role in a large organization and you know there is room to advance your career in this organization. The weakness you have identified to get from one role to the next is speaking in public and experience and exposure to leadership opportunities. So many of us look or wait for opportunities within our current companies and that just is not good enough anymore. We need to be very proactive about our career and gain the experience externally as well. So now we get to the big question and your response could be one of my goals is to become a Controller. I know I need to have strong communication and leadership skills and in preparation I have joined Toastmasters. I am learning different skills with every speech and I am also learning how to present different material to different audiences. I also volunteer for a variety of club roles every week which is building on my leadership ability. Within 10 months, I plan on having 10 speeches completed which will give me my Competent Communicator designation within Toastmasters. Within 6 months after that my goal is to have my Competent Leader designation which includes taking on over 15 different leadership roles. This response would assume that you have taken a good hard look at where you are in your career and where you want to be in the future. Never say something that is not true. The response does not compromise the competency of an Accountant as at the beginning levels of this career, making presentations is not standard practice, however, the more senior you get in the Accounting function, not only will reports and presentations be required but leadership skills whether formal with staff reporting into you or informal with training and guiding new Accountants will be a required skill. This response also indicates what you are doing about your weakness so you have nailed both keys to this question with a response like this. Read More... Also Read Behavioral Interview Crossing the first hurdle 5 things not to do or say at a job interview 7 questions with Infosys' Srikantan Moorthy How to Take the Multiple Choice Test Companies Ask? |
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