15/11/2023
ADDRESSING WEAKNESSES IN AN INTERVIEW
Interviewers often ask candidates to reveal their biggest professional weaknesses. If this question pops up, don’t shy away from it.
It may seem like the best way to go about a job interview is to list your strengths — and to some extent, that's true. You want to showcase the experience you have and wins you've made to prove you're the right candidate for the role.
But it turns out employers are looking for a little humility in their prospective employees as well. “Humility, to me, is a core part of great leadership,” says Ryan Simonetti, CEO of hospitality firm Convene, adding that, “I don’t have people that work for me that don’t have that.”
As such, Simonetti and other leaders would encourage interviewees to be upfront about where they'd need help doing a job as well.
If you’re coming into an interview saying, I can do this role but “here’s what I might need from you,” he says, then “it’s that type of two-way, honest dialogue that I think sets everyone up for success.”
