Ask HN: What's your greatest weakness?

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by smaili • 10 years ago

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Time and time again I'm asked this question, and yet I still don't feel confident with any of the ones I've responded with. I thought it would be fun to ask here and see what others normally say is theirs.

So, what would you say is your greatest weakness?

jwilk• 10 years ago

I'm a master of procrastination.

thebigkick• 10 years ago

Talk honestly about things you are working towards professionally.

This has always worked well for me for a few reasons 1) the honesty will show and be appreciated, building trust with your prospective employer and 2) they can make an inform decision as to how they can benefit from your future growth. Both parties win because expectations are set from the get go.

For example, I have a phone interview tomorrow, and I will probably talk about things I am trying to level up on (Angular 2, Laravel and Python/Flask etc) yet, I'm very familiar with javascript, OOPHP, and most of the front end stack.

If you try to fool them it will turn out bad for both in the long wrong. I actually prefer to take a code exam so they know exactly what my weaknesses and strengths are.

Hope this helps.

alansmitheebk2• 10 years ago

Asthma

alansmitheebk2• 10 years ago

...also procrasturbation

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