What is your weakness?

Answer

My weakness is that I have trouble differentiating what is important from not important. As a result it leads me to two deficits.

  1. I have to take two or three days to finish taking notes for my reading assignments.
  2. I have trouble taking lecture notes

However, I do take great reading notes, which helped me to earn As in my reading quizzes. One of my friends is great at taking lecture notes. She likes my reading notes. As a result, I decided to trade my reading notes with her lecture notes, such that I can earn As in both the reading quizzes and the lecture midterms.

Commentary

Some interview guides advice you to turn your weakness into strength.
However.
I decided to show how I manage my weakness instead. I think this is a more realistic approach because I still have this problem. Furthermore, by doing this, I can demonstrate my problem-solving skills to my interviewers.

Side note
Your interviewer may specifically ask you for multiple weakness. However, I doubt this particular question will come up in your interview because I never have one in my four interviews.

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