As a candidate, you may have many opportunities for improvement. While admitting your weaknesses seems scary, faking them can do more harm than good. So, we recommend choosing a real weakness, which, however, is not related to the requirements of the job description. If you mention a weakness that is essential to the role, you 

give a reason to the recruiter to choose someone else. On the other hand, providing the right answer helps you portray yourself as a good fit for the role and boosts your chances of advancing to the next stage. To find your key weaknesses, exercising self-awareness is imperative. To do this, we suggest creating a list of your areas for enhancement. 

Below are some of the questions you may consider asking yourself. The answers that come up more frequently will be your main weaknesses. – Is there a task or skill related to work that I do not like to do or that I am not good at? – Was there ever a time when I failed at work and fixed it? – Did my supervisor mention we need to improve on 

something and then praise me when I fixed it? – Has anyone criticized me for working a certain way? – Am I required to improve something, and how do I approach it? – How did I fail to complete a task, and what did I do for improvement? – What I don’t like about the job?

Moreover, choosing a skill-based answer can be a sensible choice because you can take solid steps to develop that particular skill by learning a new skill or tool.  However, be aware of the context of the interviewer’s inquiry as they may be expecting a character-based answer. You don’t want to appear as if you’re deflecting 

the question.  For instance, if you find yourself in an interview for a position in the tech industry, you can answer the question by presenting a weakness in a tool, assuming it’s not required, as in the example below. Example with a hard skill: “Excel is always useful. The younger me realized the possibilities of managing 

myself and tracking important data for my activities very early. But I always knew the basic stuff, and that became a hindrance later. As I was developing my career in the industry, I wanted to be able to use it more efficiently and creatively. That is why I took online courses and that helped me realize that I am a visual learner. Now I try to use visual graphs all the time.”

The attitude of realizing your weak areas and taking the initiative to develop yourself further is a universally engaging quality for all enterprises and organizations.  Thus, making yourself more wanted. In order to demonstrate these qualities, you should mention previous successful efforts for improvement. For example, 

how you developed great project management skills by doing a specific activity. Another way is to explain that you are in the process of improving and have seen some positive early results.  For instance, reading a book about project management and implementing specific techniques you learned give you better results. Some 

useful tips as proof of improvement could be the following: – Took a paid or free course online – Read a book – Attended seminars/courses on events related to your weakness – Joined groups and workshops – Did volunteer work – Asked and received help

1) Don’t Like Repetitive Tasks “I find myself not giving my 100% when I’m working on repetitive tasks. My results were dwindling, and that hurt my creativity.  I analyzed the tasks and realized that although we do the same thing in general, every situation is different. And under close inspection, I realized hidden details. If they were improved, 

2) Delegation “Sometimes, it’s hard for me to delegate responsibilities when I feel I can handle a job on my own.  Usually, I can manage multiple aspects of the projects I participate in. But when I was promoted to Manager in my last role, I had to learn to delegate tasks. To help me with that, I established a new process

3) Public speaking “I get nervous when I speak in public. Even though it has little to do with my role as a designer, I still feel that it is a necessary skill – especially to communicate ideas.  To overcome this, I asked for help from my manager, and he advised me to talk for a few minutes at each team meeting about our project timeline, 

4) Talkative “I am talking a lot, especially when I am excited about something. I am the first person to build relationships with my colleagues, and this is a great team-building skill.  However, I sometimes bring the conversation to a point where it can distract other colleagues. That’s why I found other ways to connect with my co-workers.

5) Giving Advice “When someone asks for my opinion, I really want to offer valuable advice to them, but I tend to overdo it. I really listen, and that’s how I was promoted to Manager. But when I am giving advice, I speak too much, and I expect things to run instantly better.  After reading a book on how to offer feedback (book name), I

6) Impatience “Sometimes, I don’t have enough patience. When we are working on a project, and it doesn’t go as planned, I get frustrated.  I usually finish my tasks as soon as possible, but that’s not realistic for everyone. That weakness affected my relationship with my co-workers. In order to improve this aspect,