What is your greatest weakness?

[Old Greg]

When I had an interview for the army years back in the early '90s, an old crusty Colonel asked me what I knew about Baroque architecture. Seriously.

Not much use for modern databases?

[Gentile]

That's a weakness.



Actually I like cats.

[Gentile]

Not much use for modern databases?

No, that Baroque Technical Architect they used as a consultant led them up the garden path.

[NotAllThere]

---ahem---

If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.

[MyUserName]

I replied to that one that my previous team would describe me as being very fussy. The interviewer smiled and asked whether that was really a strength? I replied that it depended whether you were a member of my team who wanted to put an incorrectly researched code solution back into source control.

[Mich the Tester]

I have an attitude.
You have a problem.

[Gentile]

I replied to that one that my previous team would describe me as being very fussy. The interviewer smiled and asked whether that was really a strength? I replied that it depended whether you were a member of my team who wanted to put an incorrectly researched code solution back into source control.

I'm getting more behind using this question in interviews all the time.

[sasguru]

My biggest weakness - erm, probably my inability to be modest about my many talents.

[oscarose]

Women Cat Lovers May End Up Killing Themselves

[alreadypacked]

I take it your weakness is a fondness for cats? Or the inability to process puerile humour?

<binoculars on>

No still can't see it

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