What is your go-to answer on “weaknesses”question during an interview?

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Perfectionism. Not being satisfied with status quo. Caring too much about clients. Unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

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I always say "impatience". I want things done immediately, so sometimes I find myself doing it myself because I dislike waiting on the next person. They love that answer.

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If they ask that question I don’t want to work there!

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I hate these questions because they expect you to flip it into a "well this LOOKS like a weakness but is really a strength because of blah blah blah" and the intention is to be self-reflective but it's not.

I was once asked this by a senior manager at First Republic and I said "I get pretty blunt, and I probably swear too much." (I didn't get the job but that's probably a good thing since I'd likely be out of a job now.)

Anyway, The last time I was asked this asinine question I listed one or two and then said "I try to use my strengths of X, Y, Z to offset that, because it's been my experience that if we focus on weaknesses versus strengths we aren't maximizing what we have in front of us."

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