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Explaining Weaknesses in a Job Interview
This is probably the most dreaded question of a job interview, and many consider it a stupid question. Why would anybody admit their weaknesses?

But it's a legitimate question. You can use this opportunity to shine ... or not. The interviewer wants to see:
* How you approach a difficult question
* Whether or not you recognize yourweaknesses (we all have them)
* What you're doing about them
* Whether your individual strengths and weaknesses (they're usually related) make you the right candidate for this job

One common approach is to repackage your strength as a weakness, such as "I work too hard." The idea of using a weakness as a flipside of a strength is a good one, but it shouldn't be something so blatantly phony andself-serving. You need to make a real concession here, but one that won't hurt you too much.

The best approach is to:
* First decide on how you want to position yourself. Ideally, you should also understand what the interviewer is looking for.
* Then calmly and sincerely admit the weakness and what you're doing about it

Some examples:
* I'm sometimes a little too soft on thepeople who work for me. Usually I'm able to motivate and lead people to do great work, but sometimes when I fail, I have a hard time taking the hard actions to correct their behavior.
* Sometimes when trying to hit a deadline I'll get too tough on my co-workers, and then I have to come back afterwards and apologize. I've been getting better about this, I know the team is often more important thanthe deadline, and I'm trying to learn to make the deadlines without pushing others too hard.

You want to be careful here. You never want to sound:
* Phony and self-serving
* Egotistic, as if you don't think you have any real weaknesses
* Defensive

Of course, you also don't want to admit a weakness that's too big to get you hired, like "I always miss my deadlines." So playcarefully, but try to admit a real weakness that's related to a strength, and that won't sound too bad.
When asked what your weaknesses are during an interview always try to make the end of your description a positive. For example, you can say that one of your weaknesses is that you sometimes get easily frustrated with yourself or others if a job isn't done perfectly. However, this is simply caused byyour passion for your career and your desire to do everything as well as it can be done. This way, while you admit to becoming frustrated, you show that it's only because you care so much about your job.  
More input:
* This can be a difficult one. The best way to answer would be to chose something that can be turned around to look like a strength. Example: "My computer skills were lacking alittle, but I took a computer class and got my skills up-to-date."
* If this is for a job interview, then you should always turn your weakness into a positive. Say, one of my weakness' is that I do not quit until I get the job done. Or, I am a perfectionist. I want to make sure that everything I do is perfect and in the right order. Good luck to you:) Find weaknesses that are also strengths-for example: I do not care for paperwork, so I try to get it all done by 10AM so I can go on to other things.
* The question is how to answer the question without making it look like you have a weakness that might prevent you from getting hired. At the same time, you don't want to mention a weakness that isn't really a weakness and simply tell the interviewer what you think they want to hear.Trust me, an experienced interviewer has heard every cliched answer to this question and will know when you are feeding them a line. The purpose of asking this question is firstly to see how you handle a stress question and secondly how you actually respond to it.
* Here are some guidelines for responding when an interviewer asks what about your biggest weakness:

1. Answer the question...