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Understanding a potential job candidate’s strengths and weaknesses is something that helps businesses decide whether the person could be a good fit for their company’s culture and approach to work.

"What are your weaknesses?" is one of the most common and dreaded interview questions. We all have weaknesses, of course, but the challenge is to share a weakness that's honest yet doesn't veer into a ...

The Recruiter Roundtable is a monthly feature that collects career and job-seeking advice from a group of recruiting experts throughout the United States. The question we put before our panel this ...

The “what is your greatest weakness” question pops up during most interviews in one form or another. While it ay seem like the toughest question (because who wants to talk about what they are bad at ...

Your answers to common interview questions play a pivotal role in securing a job offer. By preparing and practicing your answers to typical interview questions, you’ll boost your chances of impressing ...

There’s always a lesson to be learned and shared in the matter of discussing weaknesses. Everyone has weaknesses. It’s what we do and what we learn from the mistakes. This is the essence of what the ...

When you’re interviewing for a new job, your number one goal is to make a positive impression on the hiring manager. Luckily for you, some questions are the same in every interview. In every single ...

Interviews are always anxiety-producing — perhaps no more so than when a prospective employer asks, “What is your greatest weakness, and how have you overcome it in previous situations?” How can an ...

Picture this: You’re sitting across from a hiring manager, excited for the opportunity to land a job at your dream company. Then comes the open-ended prompt that will set the tone for the entire ...

Out of all those questions, only one person ever said, “I don’t know.” Everyone else gave every question the old college try. Platitudes. Generalizations. Opinions instead of facts. Everyone cobbled ...