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