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Alan Nierenberg:
The one question that I personally resent being asked is, what is your biggest weakness?

Employment expert, Alan Nierenberg, author of the book, Winning The Interview Game…

The way they should answer that question, come up with a weakness, one, that doesn't eliminate them from the job. But what they should do is provide a weakness that they can say they are improving upon. For example, I'm impatient with my peers; I get impatient, well now I'm also improving upon that. You acknowledge a weakness and show how are you improving upon it.

Another likely question, so tell me about yourself.

Simple approach to answering that, focus on what the company wants in the position you are seeking. And so you should describe, I have a particular industry experience, I have so many years of being a marketing or a sales or a human resources person. And you should state several experiences.

But don't get caught up in a lot of person stuff that doesn't really pertain to the job. And then there's the old, so why should I hire you?

Well, because I want the job, no, no, no! They should hire you because; I understand this company, I know what you do, I know your product line, I'm excited about your product line and you are at the leading edge of your industry and I'm excited about joining your company.