1684. What is your shortcoming?

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Can you discuss a shortcoming you've identified in your professional experience, and how you're addressing it?

Skill Assessed
  • 1. Self-awareness : The ability to recognize and understand personal strengths and limitations.

  • 2. Continuous Improvement : A commitment to continuous personal and professional development.

  • 3. Honesty : Being truthful about one's abilities, and showing authenticity.

  • 4. Self-Reflection : Demonstrating the capacity for critical self-evaluation and learning from experiences.

Purpose
  • 1. Assessing Growth Potential : Gauging your potential to grow and address professional challenges.

  • 2. Evaluating Problem-Solving Skills : Understanding how you approach and resolve personal weaknesses as it relates to your job.

  • 3. Judging Self-Awareness : Determining your level of insight into your own professional areas needing improvement.

  • 4. Identifying Areas for Support : Identifying which aspects of your career could benefit from additional training or mentorship.


Hints
  • 1. Balance your answer : Couch your shortcoming in a way that it is genuine but does not raise red flags about your ability to perform the job effectively.

  • 2. Focus on past to present journey : Narrate how you realized this shortcoming and the steps you have taken or are taking to improve upon it.

  • 3. Avoid cliches : Stay clear from overused phrases like 'perfectionist' or 'workaholic,' which may sound insincere.

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Topics: 
Work Ethic
Roles: 
Data Entry Specialist
Sr. Quality Engineer
Companies: 
Tesla
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