"Whats your weakness..?" THE interview question..!!

[jmo21]

Always been a tricky one for me obviously, because I just don't have one...

well, if push comes to shove I'd have to admit that I can never turn down a free line of coke, I just can't for some reason.

However in an interview I did read a while back that the best approach to this question is to avoid mentioning anything about a weakness for free coke and focus instead on some technical skill that is not a priority for the role.

Not something completely different i.e. for a SQL Server DBA role admitting that you don't really know anything about Perl, but more that you feel maybe your skills in Reporting Services (or some other aspect of DQL Server not directly applicable to the role) are not that strong, and that it's something you are working on.

Of course if you feel like you aren't getting anywhere in the interview you can always take a punt and mention your weakness for free coke, and ask the interviewer if he/she has the same problem, then whip out your stash and offer a line or two - who knows, you might get chatting...

I disagree actually, I don't think that is what most people are looking for when asking that in an techy interview.

It it was, then it's a really easy question to answer.

[tino]

I have a tendancy to "run before I can walk"