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Claire wrote:
my answer to my weakness: i tend to put a lot into my work and struggle with work life balance and will do someone else's job if they slack off.
i've just given you a second peice of positive information about myself using the weakness format. it's a lousy question. people hate answering it and it doesn't actually give you the information that you think you're asking for.
That's how you choose to answer the question, other's answer it differently.
Photosynthesis wrote:
it doesn't tell you that. doing a good job answering that question means you only get two positives.Claire wrote:
what is the strengths/weakness question even supposed to tell you guys. what are you getting at with that. how is that useful to you guys when reading an application.
It tells us what people's strengths and weaknesses are with dealing with people. It wouldn't be ideal if everyone wasn't great at the same thing and a problem like that arose and now no one can really deal with it. It also gives us an understanding of what areas can be worked on, so I'd say it's pretty usefulwhat is the strengths/weakness question even supposed to tell you guys. what are you getting at with that. how is that useful to you guys when reading an application.
my answer to my weakness: i tend to put a lot into my work and struggle with work life balance and will do someone else's job if they slack off.
i've just given you a second peice of positive information about myself using the weakness format. it's a lousy question. people hate answering it and it doesn't actually give you the information that you think you're asking for.