What's a good weakness?
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In a grad school scneario...
...I have no idea what the "correct" answer is.
This is a common job interview question however, and the best answer is an honest one that you can then spin as a strength by describing how you have since worked to improve.
Mine:
"I tend to be a very hard working type "A" person who expects the same out of others. I had to learn that as a manager my job isn't to necessarily try to turn everyone into duplicates of myself, but instead to guide and inspire everyone on my team to do their best. Every team has A players, B players and C players...hopefully the C's become B's and the B's become A's, but mostly I try to focus on having everyone do their best individually and respect their individual contribution, instead of expecting or demanding everyone mirror my type A personality. The result of this is that I have found the teams I led to be in general happier and more productive"
In general the "I sometimes work too hard and need to occassionally back off and smell the roses" is a good (if corny) answer.
...I have no idea what the "correct" answer is.
This is a common job interview question however, and the best answer is an honest one that you can then spin as a strength by describing how you have since worked to improve.
Mine:
"I tend to be a very hard working type "A" person who expects the same out of others. I had to learn that as a manager my job isn't to necessarily try to turn everyone into duplicates of myself, but instead to guide and inspire everyone on my team to do their best. Every team has A players, B players and C players...hopefully the C's become B's and the B's become A's, but mostly I try to focus on having everyone do their best individually and respect their individual contribution, instead of expecting or demanding everyone mirror my type A personality. The result of this is that I have found the teams I led to be in general happier and more productive"
In general the "I sometimes work too hard and need to occassionally back off and smell the roses" is a good (if corny) answer.
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Jade4u
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Picking up stray animals, that is mine. If I see an animal outside I will follow it and follow it to see if it appears to be headed to a place that could be its home and if it appears like it is just wandering I will take it home. WARNING if you have a pet make sure before you let it outside that it has a tag and collar on because there is people out there like me if an animal appears to not belong in an area its coming with me if it has no tags. To me I think some animals get dumped/abandoned, lost if they wander too far from home and personally I do not want animals getting put in a pound someplace or going somewhere else to be abused.
So often I see signs of missing animals and all these pictures do not have animals with tags. If someone trustworthy found an animal with tags I am sure they would call the number on the tag and eventually your pet would return home. Other than that keep it up and someday my dream will come true and I will have a black lab.
But honestly as much as I love the black lab if it had tags I would give it back to its rightful owner. I just would not leave it out there searching for its last meals or trying to fend for itself.
I also ask why do people with cats let them outside in a busy city, I have seen cats in residential areas that are so close to the busy streets I think they do have homes there, but here they are trying to cross a street like Burnhamthorpe and they could get squashed. I just gasp each time I see a cat crossing a road in a mad dash. I've already seen 3 corpses this year.
So often I see signs of missing animals and all these pictures do not have animals with tags. If someone trustworthy found an animal with tags I am sure they would call the number on the tag and eventually your pet would return home. Other than that keep it up and someday my dream will come true and I will have a black lab.
But honestly as much as I love the black lab if it had tags I would give it back to its rightful owner. I just would not leave it out there searching for its last meals or trying to fend for itself.I also ask why do people with cats let them outside in a busy city, I have seen cats in residential areas that are so close to the busy streets I think they do have homes there, but here they are trying to cross a street like Burnhamthorpe and they could get squashed. I just gasp each time I see a cat crossing a road in a mad dash. I've already seen 3 corpses this year.
Some good answers here, but you also have to make sure it sounds original, not canned or corny. The perfectionist answer, while smart, makes you look like an a-hole, and they're looking for someone they can work with, get along with.
