Mastering the Interview Question: What Are Your Strengths and Weaknesses?

there is one question where lots of candidates fail their interviews and that question is what are your strengths

and weaknesses now there is a specific way you must answer this difficult question if you want to pass your

interview at the first attempt stay tuned because I am here to help you and just very quickly if you are new to my

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tutorial okay to begin with here's an example of how not to answer the challenging interview question what are

your strengths and weaknesses whatever you do do not say this what are your strengths and weaknesses oh that's a

difficult question I think my strengths are I am a good teamworker and very professional and I

don't actually have any weaknesses because I a perfectionist so that answer would have for sure resulted in an

interview fail now to help you answer the question what are your strengths and weaknesses let me give you the eight

best strengths and five safe weaknesses for interviews and I will then give you three brilliant example answers in a

live job interview please take notes strength number one is loyalty now this means you are someone who is a great

role model for the company and wants to work there long term strength number two is fitting into a team quickly now this

means you will quickly establish how you can contribute to the team and adapt to their ways of working strength number

three is having passion for your work now this means you are someone who is passionate about what you do you take

pride in your work and you genuinely want to do the best job possible for your employer strength number four is

being a problem solver now good problem solvers take responsibility for difficult challenges instead of leaving

them for others to deal with strength number five is being cost conscious this is a great one this means you never

waste company supplies or resources but instead you will seek ways to help the company streamline processes and systems

to save money strength number six is being a supportive collaborator now supportive collaborators are great team

players who help their co-workers when asked and they also are willing to train new team members whenever they join the

company strength number seven is commercial awareness an employee that is commercially aware understands in basic

terms how a business operates they understand that they are getting paid to do a job and therefore they must do

their work on time and to the best standard achievable and go above and beyond to ensure their employer gets a

great return from their investment and strength number eight is leadership capability is you do not need to be in a

management or leadership position to demonstrate leadership capabilities at work now some of the best employees will

take the lead during difficult situations and do all they can to resolve challenging problems instead of

passing them on to their manager to deal with so there's eight brilliant strengths you can use when answering the

difficult interview question what are your strengths and weaknesses now in a second I'm going to give you five safe

weaknesses to use in your interview but before I do if you want onetoone coaching with my team of experts to help

you pass your job interview at the first attempt check out that link okay so let me now give you five safe weaknesses you

can use and I will then give you those three top scoring answers in a live interview weakness number one is public

speaking now a good weakness for job interviews is to say you are not very good at public speaking or giving talks

to large groups of people weakness number two is giving people honest feedback now another safe weakness is to

say you don't enjoy giving people feedback because you tend to distance yourself from potentially

confrontational situations weakness number three is saying yes all the time this is a great weakness for job

interviews now you could say you are the type of person who says yes automatically when people ask you for

help which often results in you taking on too many responsibilities weakness number four is finding it difficult to

let go of projects you might be the type of person who doesn't like letting go of projects because you keep checking over

them however you are aware of this weakness and trying to let go of projects and then quickly move on to the

next one and weakness number five is being too self-critical this is a common weakness

lots of people are tough on themselves and they keep analyzing why they did certain things now while it is good to

be reflective of your actions so you can improve beating yourself up for things is not productive okay now before I give

you those three top scoring answers in a live interview to that difficult question what are your strengths and

weaknesses let me quickly teach you how to structure your answer so the best way to answer the question what are your

strengths and weaknesses is to give three strengths that will add value to their company and then just one weakness

that is not a match for the job description you do not need to give any more than one weakness okay so here's

those three brilliant answers in a live job interview to that question what are your strengths and weaknesses please

tell me in the comment section below the video which answer option one 2 or three you think is the strongest here we go

what are your strengths and weaknesses my strengths include commercial awareness fast pace of work and

collaboration skills I understand I must do a great job to help you succeed complete all work quickly and work

closely with my co-workers and other departments to achieve the company's goals my weakness is public speaking I

am not yet confident at giving talks to large groups of people however this is an area I want to develop in so if there

are any opportunities in this role for me to improve these skills then I would love to give it a try tell me what are

your strengths and weaknesses my greatest strengths include being able to quickly fit into any team my passion for

work which means I get more work done than the average person and my problem solving capabilities I will always take

ownership of difficult challenges to achieve a successful outcome instead of leaving them for others to deal with my

weakness is impatience I have a strong hurry up driver which means I want to get things done quickly this drive

doesn't always match other people's Ambitions which I sometimes find frustrating what are your strengths and

weaknesses my strengths include my costc conscious approach to work I will always seek ways to help you save money another

strength is my leadership capabilities I will take the lead during difficult problems instead of giving them to my

manager to deal with finally perhaps my greatest strength is my flexibility and adaptability I will do work outside of

my job description and work overtime when needed to help the business my weakness is I find it difficult saying

no to people whenever people ask me for help I immediately say yes which sometimes results in me taking on too

much work okay so there was three brilliant top scoring answers in a live interview to that difficult and

challenging interview question what are your strengths and weaknesses don't forget to tell me in the comment section

below the video which answer answer option you think is the strongest now the next thing to do if you want to

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