Saturday, February 14, 2009

What’s your greatest weakness?

From DICE, February 11, 2009...

It’s an interview question that can subtly weaken your chances of landing the job. Just hesitating can sway an interviewer against you. According to Joann S. Lublin of The Wall Street Journal, the question is the most common, and most stressful, query posed during interviews.

Some people offer replies they mistakenly assume that bosses love, such as ‘I am a perfectionist.’ That response will be used against you because you appear incapable of delegating, warns Joshua Ehrlich, dean of a master’s program in executive coaching sponsored by BeamPines Inc., a New York coaching firm and Middlesex University in London.

So, what’s your best strategy for dealing with it?

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