Tired of the bs in the interviews. “Give me your top 4 strengths and weaknesses”. Really?!

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I always want to say my biggest weakness is that I have so many strengths nobody can handle it. But seriously, asking for a number of weaknesses and strengths is just inane. The time spent could be used to actually find out something about a person instead of asking a canned question that will elicit canned responses.

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I couldn’t agree more and I don’t really think they care.

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My top strength I showed up

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I nail interviews my strengths I am a hard worker, I have 28 years of experience, am excellent at problem solving and I focus on the positive.

I hate questions like that. I just want to get to the nitty gritty and the stuff that really matters. I feel like we should spend them most time talking about what makes me good for the job, the kind of experience that I have, and what I will bring to the team. Not what my favorite animal is and where I see myself in five years.

These are questions they ask when they have no idea what to ask you! Like, "why should we hire you instead of another person". Just list your strengths and make your weaknesses sound like strengths. "People.say I'm too.detail oriented but I like to.be thorough", etc.

Yes I hear ya but now do I need to prepare 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses? It’s ridiculous.

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