Overview: Honest weakness answers show awareness and growth when explained clearly.Interviewers focus more on improvement ...

Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s mini advice column. Twice a week, Deputy Editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace ...

A job interview is about more than sharing your work history and skills. According to Career Sidekick data, an average online job posting receives around 250 applications, but only 2-3% of those ...

You might understandably pause when asked at a job interview about your greatest weaknesses. You might also understandably dread the question coming up. And you wouldn’t be alone. You want to respond ...

Answering the dreaded “What are your weaknesses?” interview question can be tricky. Many candidates struggle to provide a meaningful response that addresses this question without damaging their ...

Arguably, one of the questions that candidates most dread during a job interview is the proverbial, “What would you consider to be your top weakness?” To state the obvious, it feels simultaneously ...

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 ...

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 ...

Acing a job interview is all about making a good first impression, and one big way to miss the mark is to answer an age-old question with a cliche. Responding to the question "what are your weaknesses ...

According to a small business report, 50 percent of companies in 2016 say the hiring stage is the toughest challenge they face. 50 percent of companies keep the hiring area active, this means that ...

A conversation I had with my daughter in the past aroused in me emotions of both concern and relief. Yes, two conflicting emotions, but the feeling that stays with me is the relief. Relief because she ...