Interviewer: what do you think is your biggest weakness?

Preface

• Believe 100% 80 Students will be asked this question ： What do you think your biggest weakness is ?
• This is also a problem full of fear for job seekers , Especially our programmers , We are not as handy in communicating with people as we are in communicating with code , If you don't answer well, you will give HR Make a bad impression , If you can win a city beautifully , Then you will take the initiative .

Why ask this question

• To answer this question, we must first know Why would an interviewer want to ask this question .
• Usually like this Open questions , Positive solution Not the right answer , It's you Solutions to problems , Do you think the interviewer really wants to know what your weakness is ?
• interviewer I've known for a long time When answering this question, the job seeker Can't Put your own Shortcomings are exposed , He knows that all the shortcomings you say are false , So what he examines is whether you have the right self-awareness .

  

Contrarian taboo

Don't talk about advantages and disadvantages

• Many students come up and directly compete with the interviewer , shortcoming ？
  • I always Finish the work ahead of time , Make colleagues feel empty
  • I Too efficient , Cause colleagues to be laid off .
  • I'm too good volume 了 , I don't leave until the company building closes every day , It caused a lot of trouble to the security guards .
  • I'm too lazy 了 , I'm too lazy to go out , I'd rather be coding at home on weekends than be excited .
  • I'm a little bit Perfectionism , I want to be perfect in everything , Therefore, it is inevitable to delay some development progress .
  • I'm too good 了 , When a new colleague comes, I can't wait to teach him to do it together , As a result, our progress is full .
• After listening to this , The interviewer will only look at you speechless and say “ ha-ha ”.
• To put it bluntly , The interviewer will only think that you put him Be a fool , Even if you answer fly , In the opinion of the interviewer Low EQ and love to show off The performance of the , Will let you The image sank to the bottom .

Don't be too honest

• Many programmers type too much code , Forget how to communicate with people with high EQ , Come up and have a showdown , shortcoming ？
  • I Not very much Study , I feel very troublesome .
  • I Don't like Work overtime , I think it's a waste of personal time .
  • I It's nothing Patience, , Of course, I am also changing .
• good heavens , You think you're in love with the interviewer , It's better to bow to the handle , Get your heart out .
• To put it bluntly , This answer is not You treat him like a fool 了 , yes You are regarded as a fool by him 了 , Think with your toes , These words are impossible to say .

  

How to answer

• Knowing what the interviewer wants to know is actually very simple , Basically, follow the following three steps to summarize the shortcomings .
  • The interviewer thinks it's not a weakness
  • The pattern is disguised
  • How to solve weakness

The interviewer thinks it's not a weakness

• The interviewer is nothing more than HR and Development boss , Do you think that such a busy development will waste this time to ask you these open questions , So the general question is HR.
• If you are facing someone who doesn't know technology HR That's easy ,HR Inviting you to the interview shows that your resume has passed their hard requirements , Explain that your basic ability is ok , that HR What do you mainly want to see ？ It's your soft power .
• HR There are also indicators that he hopes you can succeed in the interview , First of all, you can't make him think you can't , Through the communication with you, we should know how your human EQ is , Can you talk , Will your character be bad , Will you be impatient, etc .
• So in this case , " What are your shortcomings " This question has been a sentence they blurted out , You can understand it as Pressure test , See if you will panic .
• At this time, just be bold " Flicker past " That's all right. , So what " Flicker " Well ？
• You need to know HR Not studying technology , As long as we don't go to his Professional knowledge related answers Just get close , Think about what you are HR Speaking of emotional intelligence, patience and personality in front of you is not to die .
• For example, you are a front-end , You can say that you are not familiar with the deployment of operation and maintenance , Lack of experience, etc . You do the back end , You can say that you are not familiar with those cool page interactions .

The pattern is disguised

• If you really don't know what to say " shortcoming " , You can open the pattern , Raise your eyes , In terms of future career planning .
• You can choose an ability defect that is far away from your current level .
• For example, you want to be a management in the future , You can say ： you x What is your career plan for , And then in x Years later, I want to go in the direction of management , Although I have no problem with basic skills such as development and business , However, the understanding of management is not deep enough , This is what I will learn in the future .

How to solve weakness

• You should know that the interviewer is not deliberately difficult , A bone picker in an egg , The interviewer is hearing about you " shortcoming " after , What he actually wants to know more is , Will these affect your next work at that time .
• So we should not only point out our shortcomings , Also give a solution , Show your ability .
• This is the focus of this whole answer , You should tell the interviewer because of this " shortcoming " What measures have you taken , How to prevent the next work delay .
• Complement the actions you have taken to overcome this shortcoming , Let the interviewer believe ： Although there are deficiencies in this regard , But it has good potential and is already working on it .
• In fact, just let the interviewer know that you have a clear self-awareness , Make the interviewer feel " This guy is good , Be able to locate and solve problems by yourself " , In this way, the question is even answered .

  

Excellent cases

Highlight your good habits

• Because my previous company often had a front-end that was responsible for the iteration of many projects and the development of new projects .
• And I am used to focusing on one thing , So when there are some new needs, I just don't remember the oral hearing .
• So I often use notion Let's record todolist To record the workflow and priorities .

Highlight the attitude of learning

• I didn't often use it because of work xxx Technology stack , I have a little contact in my spare time , But the understanding is not deep enough .
• But since xxx after , I bought relevant books and some video teaching in-depth learning .
• Every day I spend an hour after work Nuggets ,CSDN Wait for the forum to become active , Read the articles of netizens . At the same time, I will also share my doubts with you , Make progress together , Let me become more and more familiar with this .

At the end

• In fact, the interviewer asked this question I don't really want to embarrass you with this question , But I hope I can hear one from you Make him comfortable and reassure him The answer , Let him know you It's not that casual , People with bad character will do , Keep some honesty , Of course, add some Reasonable decoration , Answering this question is like playing ～
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