[Closed] What personal weaknesses are acceptable in an interview?

Being a perfectionist. I always say that, even though its not treu.

Bad flatulance that clears the office quickly?

theers nowt wrong wi that, luv

I once went for arrogance and not suffering fools gladly as negative points. Funnily enough I got that job.

you like to run with scissors and untied shoelaces

Just be honest? Maybe that's my biggest weakness?

Break into a rendition of "Weak in the presence of beauty", sat on the lap of the interviewer like a cabaret singer.

Kleptomania and a borderline case of tourettes.

That paves the way for swearing in the office and the use of office post-its at home.

Sorry, did you want positive things? Ah...

Use the old 'tend to take on too much to the detriment of my life outside work' classic. Then supplement with the 'using clear prioritisation and time management to rectify this' line.

I interviewed one guy for a role - his opening gambit was to stop me introducing myself and say "excuse my demeanor, I'm not ACTUALLY unhappy, I am glad to be here and excited about the role. I'm just not a bright and happy guy". (delivered in a flat monotone)

Wasn't sure what to make of that TBH. Admirable honesty but given it was a job that involved much interaction with others and he'd be acting a representative for the team across the company it didn't come across as a great idea...

Tell them that your weakness is your strength, as it's your weakness that spurs you on. 🙂

Or maybe that you shave your legs and wear lycra!

I tend go to with I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and control freak, so I find it hard to delegate to people until they have proven that they are able to meet my standards, I combat this be ensuring any deadline I have set allows time for me to review the other persons work, which allows me to either learn to trust their work, or change what I need to and then later discuss what I felt was missing.

The love of high heals

roundwheels - Member

The love of high heals

or the inability to spell maybe?

In my experience as long as you show you are aware of your weaknesses and know what to do to counter them it should be ok.
Unless it's something really bad and then I wouldn't mention it. If I were you I'd think up something not too bad and have a prepped answer. Practice it so it sounds natural and not forced.

Weakness for cute office administrators

Kryptonite

fundamentally lazy and spend too much time on MTB forums. Surely that would be acceptable, albeit not for the successful candidate 😕

If we were all honest I would get the job against many others. After all a serial masterbator and lover of hardcore pronography is far better than coating yourself in white powder and midget hookers isnt it? Actually the second sounds more fun..