Fixating on Weaknesses | Career Angles

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There is a common fixation during job interviews on the “weaknesses” question.

“What are your weaknesses,” sends every job hunter into agony.

Will my answer be good enough?

Will my answer eliminate me from consideration?

It is a dilemma for which there is no answer other than to recognize the stupid the question is.

You see, what you’re doing is asking people to lie to you rather than tell you the truth.

After all, it’s not like on a bad old episode of Perry Mason where someone on the witness stand will break down and confess to having murdered the victim, job hunters are going to lie to you.

And you deserve it.

They are not going to tell you that they are disorganized if they are.

They’re not going to tell you that they don’t tolerate stupidity like your question very well if they don’t.

Nor are they going to tell you about how, in their last few organizations, they were the pain in the rear that no one could stand.

No, they are going to lie to you and make something up in advance.