Examples of Greatest Weakness Answers that Work

[@irbeast69]

Who else has an interview tomorrow?😂

[@brandonspiegel2293]

Same

[@y2kbass]

me!

[@brandonspiegel2293]

@@y2kbass Good luck!

[@Fred42lb]

Yup, good luck guys!

[@brandonspiegel2293]

@@Fred42lbThanks, you too!

[@starbomb4091]

the best liar and storyteller gets the job.

[@motasralucamaria]

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[@MzImperfectCrys]

This is the truth !

[@JAQ274]

Basically interviwers are least qualified.

[@mmalemangandroniccahmaffa5123]

😂😂😂

[@chanaleegold8938]

This is so tru

[@loohna1716]

I have an interview in 40 minutes... My weakness is... Procrastination

[@nicoledixon6837]

Mine 2

[@sunildafrias5304]

Got the joke!

[@ramubhaipatel478]

Got the job?

[@CelesteG26]

😩

[@borislavkovacevic7675]

I hate this question.

[@dagwould]

And rightly so. It is a dumb question that tells the interviewer nothing of workplace value.

[@paullesieur147]

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[@DarianHarder]

To me it’s like they’re asking “why should I _not_ hire you?”

[@tirhasaregawi6702]

Me toooooooo

[@mrboerger1620]

Yeah me to.

[@h3arty]

This is the best advice on this question. Thank you. I once said I feared others thought I was arrogant; of course, I didn't get the job. Hahah. Now I'm going to use the shy/quiet one. Wish me luck on Tuesday!!

[@cpeezly3142]

h3arty did you get it

[@beth1679]

cmp probably didn't

[@tyhjyydesta]

My biggest weakness is that I have low tolerance for stupidity, for example kind of stupidity represented by this question.

[@BLuyanda27]

tyhjyydesta 😂👏🏼Exactly!!

[@ShadowHasselhoff]

This makes me want to hire you.

[@CoreyGriffinisAwesome]

Your recommended answers to this question are spot-on. I came to this video because I have a critical interview coming up where this is quite likely to be asked. I think I've been asked this in every interview I've had and I agree that it's a poor question to ask. Before I watched this video I have always stated the first 2 choices, since they tend to work together. Being self-critical an over-analyzing your own work is a sign of being methodical and deeply invested. If these are true traits that a candidate has (I surely do) then stating these two things should come naturally.

[@Mahmoud-ko9eb]

@1:11 gets to the point

[@edutechional]

Thanks!

[@SangNguyen-uz4pb]

Thanks

[@priscilla184]

😂😂😂

[@sheree1994sa]

😂😂😂😂thank you

[@pappaclutch3266]

This question is my greatest weakness ..

[@jennakhivkapratt8751]

I'm going to use that next time

[@lyndaczika6327]

Kwad Daddy same here!!! 🤣🤣

[@supercoolmunkee]

Nuff said 😂

[@JESSEBOY512]

Damn that’s good lol

[@JimmyGunXD556]

Critical... Perfect! Thank you so much!! I'm impressed that you said that the interview question is a loose, loose as I felt the same. All the best!!!!!

[@edutechional]

Thanks! I'm glad that you found it helpful

[@TheBurningofSolomon]

Overly self-critical actually is me. Thanks for the tip on that. I'll be using it tomorrow if they ask!

[@JayB2]

This is one of the most commonly asked questions in a job interview. And normally when they ask this question in the interview they will also add "And please dont tell me your greatest weakenss is that your a perfectionist". But I would say how you answer this should also have to do with what kind of job you are applying for. Lets say its for sales or customer service. Then you really wouldnt want to say your weakness is that your "quiet" because they are looking for outgoing assertive people.

[@edutechional]

Those are great insights and I agree completely. The job and company should be taken into account when preparing a resume along with preparing for an interview.

[@InsanityisSanity]

This was the BEST video ive seen on this question. The slow to take action... Uffff, im using that in my interview with Amazon tomorrow 😁

[@edutechional]

Good luck with your interview tomorrow!

[@chadmccain2965]

my favorite answer is, my greatest weakness is my pride but I always remain humble...I actually used it today during my interview.

[@sarahtipton7110]

I hate this question because my greatest weakness is honestly that I'm a perfectionist. It makes me quite slow and I will do things over and over until I think it's acceptable. But you give that answer to your interviewer and they just think you picked the first answer you saw on some blog post. Guess I'll have to use the 'self critical' answer

[@dagwould]

Greatest weakness: so does being a perfectionist degrade you performance by...what, 1%? So hardly an issue. Because there's no point of comparision, your greatest weakness might sound bad, but be less a performance impediment than someone with a 'good' weakness that degrades their performance by 80%.

[@sarahtipton7110]

To be fair, I think my 'perfectionism' is bordering OCD, so I'm probably not a good representation of that issue. This is to the point of, for example, redoing my whole final year sketchbook at university because I thought my handwriting was messy. So in my case, it severely degrades my performance.

[@lethalchaos19]

Thanks John I just had an interview i knew they wont hire me when they ask me about my weaknesses.... Because i told them my weakness is my lock of self confidence to myself.

[@wargex]

No offense John, but you would clearly never hire Sarah. Because you are here. Looking up basic advice like the rest of us. Because you're not hiring. And if you are, you're still here, on youtube, just you know. Acting like a jackass, real productive, A+ work there guy, employee of the month over here guys. Keep up the good work. If only there weren't more people like you.

[@moiseszapata1153]

@@shawnwwe So do you have great examples?

[@alexisngu5564]

The one time shy and quiet work for me :)

[@ASHIFRIZWAN]

Excellent... I have been finding a good answer since a year.... Everybody is suggesting to do this way...that way without giving any example...Yours are perfect for me :D

[@ivysii8874]

This is the best and easiest answer I've ever seen. I'll update if get the job

[@edutechional]

Good luck with the interview!

[@ivysii8874]

@John AFFLECK Yes. But because of this covid 19 I lost my job

[@alexbaker2133]

I answered this today and they told me this example sucked moral of the story don't mention the one about being shy or timit n turning it into a positive

[@vanjwatler6280]

Great video! My answer would have been that I am a perfectionist. But with the follow up statement would state that I can be overly self critical, so I am constantly checking my work but I am working against perfectionism and I am practicing "growth over perfection"

[@PawsAndProfoundFacts]

Overly self-critical. This is a really good one

[@kimishaibrahim5220]

This video really helped me on this question. I always have trouble with it. How can you put into words what your weakness is?? This definitely helps.

[@tinxe6821]

I like to think a good weakness is something that can be improved over time. Like, i dont currently have my certifications however I am currently working towards this goal.

[@AB-el5oy]

these are legit the best answers i've seen anywhere! thank you!

[@edutechional]

Glad you like them!

[@RodesLaw]

Telling your perspective boss that you are shy or quite seems like the worst answer ever, its even worse than saying you're impatient.

[@edutechional]

Every boss is going to be different, however I've hired multiple employees who gave that explanation and they turned out to be great assets to the company.

[@mernam5056]

Why?

[@dagwould]

My approach to this dumbest of all questions, usually asked by rank amateur pop psychologists, it to convert it into 'what I'm working on right now....I'm not satisfied with my performance at...but to meet my own standards I'm ... Problems with the question are: 1. it is inviting you to incriminate yourself. In Australia that could be grounds for an unfairness complaint to Fair Work Australia (a government tribunal) even before you get the job, and damages being awarded!, 2. it is uncalibrated. What if your greatest weakness is that you are a tad less genius than Einstein, but you say that you are 'stupid'. how does that compare to the other person whose greatest weakness is that they can't learn from experience and are indeed 'stupid'? No comparison of course, so the interviewer has no means of 'norming' answers and making any sense of them. Favourite flip answers: I don't suffer fools, I don't answer all the questions that I am asked, I am flatulent, or I have poor lip-synch.

[@Numantino312]

0 to 0:50 the interviewee will incriminate themselves by revealing a true weakness "i'm prone to doing cocaine to keep myself going during project crunch times" or do a poorly constructed lie "i'm too perfectionist". what you leave out is that the glib bullshit artist who successfully makes it past that question and into the job is the same person who gets busted loading the copy machine into their pickup X months into the job, or embezzles $130,000 from the company. my point: is that i don't like the question any better than you do. really good answer from my friend who Got The Job as recent grad (graphic artist): "my lack of experience". from there, he went on to point out A things in his generic work history to show that he can pick up on things and get up to speed quickly and B this blank slate means he's not going to bring preconceived notions to the job, and thus will do things as trained. thanks for a good vid. you're giving me ideas to work with for three interviews this week.

[@erinss]

okay this is my favourite video on weaknesses thank you & it actually helped :)

[@edutechional]

I'm glad that you found it helpful!

[@ThePeaceReport]

Valuable information in 4 minutes. Thank you.

[@certifiable1794]

This really helped, it was one of the questions I have not been able to answer in the past

[@edutechional]

I'm glad that you found it helpful!

[@lyndaczika6327]

Thank you for giving some realistic and specific answers!!! 👏👏 I’d love to see more videos like those from you!!!

[@KostasA89]

I liked your video, but I am doubting about if to be shy and quiet is considered as a good answer! I would avoid this answer because in the modern life of the companies they prefer empoyees who are taking quick actions to the one who contemplate. But of course it depends on the company and in the position.

[@ashokmukherjeetankeshwarim9383]

Kostas Anastasiou q

[@ResumeExpertsbybuyResumespro]

I guess it all depends on the personality of your opposite.

[@tonirojas2519]

Great point!! I said this at my Sephora interview awhile ago and that was NOT a good answer. They wanted me to sell sell sell. Of course not all companies are that way and not even all Sephora’s. It was the managers preference. I still got the job tho lol Also, I realize I’m a year late lol just in case someone else might stumble upon this comment. Just think of what company you’re applying for.

[@teresaharper6532]

love ur honesty about it being a silly question to ask because it actually ssssooo issss

[@MilciadesAndrion]

I have an interview tomorrow. I think I got good answers from this video. Thanks

[@edutechional]

I'm glad that you found it helpful! Good luck in the interview!

[@katiebikes]

Best video I've watched on this question, thanks.

[@tongzhang3474]

If you say you have backbone, they say you dont compromise for team goal. If you say you can handle many tasks, they say you don't focus. If you say you can resolve disagreements, they say you shouldn't cause conflict at first place. If you say you're eager to grow, they say you don't have experience they need.

[@nicholasbanko2945]

This has helped me so much as I have debated the answer to this question for some time with little avail. Thank you

[@Ramazanulı]

I have all three weaknesses that you've recommended. Don't know which one is the greatest in me.

[@evangordon9580]

iJust came to say thank you for this tutorial video, iDefinitely need to represent this to my Therapist. Keep it Up Man! ✌

[@edutechional]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@michellem6403]

You had the best advice yet for this difficult question. Thank you ! =)

[@edutechional]

You're welcome, I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@daizymonnie9588]

So can I say, I have the tendency of being quiet because I think it's more important to listen to all the details of a project or challenge before giving an answer? Can that work?

[@edutechional]

I think that's a great answer.

[@itsong1337]

I feel like these weaknesses would work well in just about any job interview you would go to.

[@edutechional]

Thanks, I think so as well!

[@estellacoggins715]

Thank you, you're the best person to help with this!!

[@edutechional]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@damnshitashley]

saying youre overly self-critical is a strength in disguise as a weakness imo

[@Ulrich1971]

Right to the point! Excelent video instruction.

[@edutechional]

I'm glad that you found it helpful!

[@Sda-vh1or]

You just described me so thank you have a hi 5 🖐🏽 and a heart 💔

[@edutechional]

I'm glad that you found it helpful!

[@Sda-vh1or]

edutechional sorry I just realised it was a broken heart lol in my comment ♥️

[@mooabdzar3972]

What if i say it's hard for me to work in a very negative environment? Like boss who's angry all the time, and sly employees, etc.

[@kristina5404]

Moo Abdzar That's a good one and I have the same problem.

[@cocotulle23]

I wish I’d listened to this before this morning. 😅

[@Markerece]

you should do more of these, very helpful

[@pinkinkling1905]

This helped me with making my OC, really

[@miketawana3314]

the best answer ever....thank you

[@syscabmcommunity3368]

Thanks,, what about being late for work every day, 5 or 10 minutes but almost every day. That is my bioggest weakness ever, but lately I dont mentioned it due to afraid recuiter dont beleive something so simple.

[@intense0excellent]

2:49 The reason I clicked this video

[@teeteeree3540]

In a highly competitive field, the only one that might make it through is the overly self critical one. I'd steer away from the other 2.

[@dipendratiwari3560]

Thanks. I will use the last one

[@bittu424]

starts at 2:21. you are welcome.

[@tirhasaregawi6702]

Thanks. Today is my interview at Kroger

[@edutechional]

Good luck with the interview!

[@WaldoHitsClips]

Hello, what do you think about this response? I’m sometimes slow to take action at first, meaning that i’m a very detailed person and before i start a new task, i would like to have a clear strategy with how to move forward. I care about my work and doing it well is very important to me. Once i find out the steps towards completing a new task… I’ll become better off in the future of this company or something like that Id really love your help on how to answer the last part of this as well. its for a entry level job at a arcade/restaurant place.

[@dagwould]

Great answer, but that is clearly a strength.

[@MasoodAkhtarHunzai]

This is the best answer ever!!

[@beth1679]

if you give a bs answer completely made up some might like it even when you're completely honest as well, it all depends on the person interviewing you

[@missrosessence8798]

That was fantastic! thankyou

[@edutechional]

You're welcome!

[@drjones694]

Great answers and to the point

[@Moonbeams1111]

Ohh wow. Thankyou so much best answer ever, overly critical on myself, I am this so goodness knows why I didn't think of it 🤣

[@1stAmerican]

it is always the quiet ones that piss in the coffee pot

[@Tcpipx]

Great points! This has always been a great question to discuss - for me.

[@lucatintor4896]

Good video with wise tips, grazie mille.

[@katiklm5065]

Critical and quiet would be the perfect answers I'm gonna use these two but slow to take action that's not what they want to hear bcuz most of companies like people who are quick in taking actions. The video would be helpful thank you👍

[@brandonspiegel2293]

Thank you for the very helpful video!

[@engchoontan8483]

I cannot resist laughing at my opponents-adversaries

[@davionalexander147]

Yup number two is me.. I don’t even have to make anything up now 🤣

[@edutechional]

Fantastic!

[@aleegu3264]

slow to take action???? is it a good idea?

[@edutechional]

A lot of it comes down to reading the body language of the individual interviewing you, that can help you decide the direction to go.

[@eli-y4x]

thank you for your input .

[@poppymeowmeow52]

excellent examples !

[@fishinginindiana1904]

Great video

[@edutechional]

Thanks!

[@teflojr1562]

Did he say on Tuesdays he prepares for codeine interviews?

[@edutechional]

No, when I was filming this series, I picked out a 'theme' for each day of the week to film on. The Tuesday videos all dealt with job related topics.

[@BeerMonies]

This is a great video.

[@anitablanco7309]

I don't think that overly self-critical is good as your weakness because that means you have no self-confidence, and it affects your performance.

[@edutechional]

That can be your opinion, but your conclusion is overstepping because it's not true for all cases. I'm personally quite self critical, but I'm also confident and constantly attempting to get better and being self critical has helped me to be motivated to always learn and improve. Being self critical is bad when it leads to procrastination and perfectionism, but it can be good when it motivates you.

[@anitablanco7309]

I love your explanation and this is what I need to hear! That's why I said in my first comment that saying overly self-critical is not good to say as a weakness because I read in another article (www.psychologytoday.com) that saying overly self-critical means you have no self-confidence and also there are many signs of negativeness. In fact, I am overly self-critical. Thank you so much!

[@khadijaali2316]

Best answers thank you so much

[@dianalitvinova5505]

Thanks to share!!!

[@edutechional]

You're welcome, I hope you found it beneficial!

[@janerleisantos5728]

great points

[@maxmad3667]

Thanks Boss

[@edutechional]

Any time!

[@mrgeorgejetson]

This is terrible advice. It's not enough to say "I'm shy" and hope the hiring manager infers "Ooooh! Contemplative!" from that. You need to (a) not be a bullshitter, and this guy's clearly veering into at least the spirit of that territory, and (b) demonstrate self-awareness and make it clear that you understand your limitations but that you are also taking concrete steps to address these problems. So: no bullshiting (because it's completely obvious and people don't want to work with bullshitters) and make sure the shortcomings you mention aren't deal-breakers. Also, would it have killed Mr "Edutechional" to put on a fucking shirt? He looks like we just interrupted his table-top RPG.

[@KapitalTee]

It's a KZbin video, kid. He doesn't need a button up to create a video for others.

[@WhitneyDeivory]

Thanks for this

[@leilawrightisamazing]

Thank you!

[@jianipierre5040]

Preciate it my boy

[@dharris5887]

What if I say I'm a jack of all trades

[@taemeister9302]

"My weakness is my being too perfect. Biatch." 👌

[@supercoolmunkee]

Same here, I am slowly trying to overcome "being too perfect" and just go with what I already have and make use of it and move on until I can invest in my next goal or project

[@nrxdnz]

damn thanks i always was confused about this question

[@edutechional]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@dajahnance7661]

Does this stuff really work??

[@adolfozunguene158]

Nailed it 👏🏾

[@edutechional]

Thanks!

[@1bosstv]

They're inventing a be-all-end-all answer to this somehow. The "I work too hard" and "I'm a perfectionist" are way too overused, and by extension, speaking in front of large groups.

[@vixscott4286]

okay i know what to say for my interview now 😂

[@royjohnson9043]

these are VOMB

[@o0xst]

thanks for not having an annoying flashing logo intro

[@edutechional]

I try to limit how annoying I am, with mixed results if you ask my wife or daughter.

[@FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

What's your greatest weakness? I don't like talk about money, long meetings or having to mind read some jerk in a suit.

[@TheDanielpaixao]

Slow to take action , overly self-critical , shy ,quiet ,

[@346sammy]

should you say you're quiet in a fast food restaurant interview(kfc) or also should i say i might be shy at first around new people if yes can you tell me a better way to say it

[@quannguyen7933]

the sound is not good I am quite disappointed

[@jennakhivkapratt8751]

I thought he said a "codeine interview " 😄

[@karynneparks6209]

Jenna Khivka Pratt same

[@TheColby3]

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