1.What-is-your-greatest-weakness？

1.Whatisyourgreatestweakness?Whenyou'reaskedwhatyourgreatestweaknessis,trytoturnanegativeintoapositive.Forexample,asenseofurgencytogetprojectscompletedorwantingtotriple-checkeveryiteminaspreadsheetcanbeturnedintoastrengthi.e.（也就是）youareacandidatewhowillmakesurethattheprojectisdoneontimeandyourworkwillbeclosetoperfect.Notethat（注意！）thetermweaknessisn'tusedinthesampleanswers-youalwayswanttofocusonthepositivewheninterviewing.Sampleanswers:1.WhenI'mworkingonaproject,Idon'twantjusttomeetdeadlines.Rather,Iprefertocompletetheprojectwellaheadofschedule（提前，区别于inadvance=事先，预先）.2.Beingorganizedwasn'tmystrongestpoint,butIimplemented（执行，贯彻）atimemanagementsystemthatreallyhelpedmyorganizationskills.3.Iliketomakesurethatmyworkisperfect,soItendtoperhapsspendalittletoomuchtimecheckingit.However,I'vecometoagoodbalancebysettingupasystemtoensureeverythingisdonecorrectlythefirsttime.4.Iusedtowaituntilthelastminutetosetappointmentsforthecomingweek,butIrealizedthatschedulinginadvancemakesmuchmoresense（更合理，更有意义）.5.Iwouldsaythatyoucanbetoomuchofaperfectionist（太完美主义者了）inyourwork.6.Iusedtoliketoworkononeprojecttoitscompletionbeforestartingonanother,butI'velearnedtoworkonmanyprojectsatthesametime,andIthinkitallowsmetobemorecreativeandeffectiveineachone.Suggestions:1.Sometimes,youhavetobehonesttowhatyouhaveratherthansayingsomethingthatyoudon'thave.Butitmakesyourinterviewresultsbecomechallenginginachievingit,maybeforexample...Ihaveweaknessesthatmakefeeldown（沮丧）eversince（从那时到现在）.IamtryingmybesttoovercomeitinsettinggoalsandtomakememotivatetobecomesomethingIwanttobecome;2.Don'tSayWeaknessI'vejusttakenanemploymentcourseandhonestlyyoushouldnevermentionaweaknessthatcannotbeturnedintoapositive.Youalsoneverwanttosayyouareaperfectionist.WhenIamaskedthatquestionIanswerwith：Beingnon-bilingual(说两国语言的)ismygreatestdrawback.However,IamcurrentlytakingBECcoursestobettermyEnglish,tobettermyself,asanengineeringbackground,Englishisananotherweaponformycareerpath.Simply,don'tsayweakness,andsayhowyouarefixingit.3.Question!CanIconsidermyheightasmygreatestweakness?4.Don'tApplyMostinterviewersalreadyknowwhatyou'reansweris.Insteadofsaying,IworktoohardorI'maperfectionist,simplystatethattheweaknessesyouhavewouldnotinanywayaffectyourablilitytocarryoutthepositionappliedfor.Thatisanhonestansweranditisnotinsincere（虚假的，不诚实的）.5.NoToleranceforSlackers（懒鬼）Ihavealowtoleranceforslackerswhodeliberatelyhideinhallways（走廊）,takeseveralsmokebreaksoutside,chatwithfriendsforseveralhoursofthedaywhilesomeoneelseiscarryingtheirshareoftheworkload.Iusedtobequietaboutthis,butnowIconfront（对抗，反抗）them.SinceIworkinahospitalsetting,theworkcannotbeignoredbecausetheyarehumanbeings.SoIconfronttheslackerandeithertheyworkorIreportthem.Itiseithertheirjobormineontheline,butIdonotkeepsilentanymore.6.MytypingspeedandaccuracyissomethinginwhichIamtryingtoimproveoneveryday.IfindIamslowbecauseIdon'twanttomakemistakeswhichwillcostthecompanyandmyselfnotonlymoney,butalsotimetofixthemistakes.