What do you think, if an employer asks in an interview, "What is your greatest weakness?"

[raccoon]

And I answer, "I'm a fan of the Monkees."

[Scuba]

1. That you're not a Neil Diamond fan.

[Populist_Prole]

2. I hate that. It's so cliche

My preferred answer would be something along the lines of: "That I play along with inane hidebound interview ettiquette and untruthfully answer questions that we both know are bullshit".

Could be worse though: The dreaded "Tell me about yourself" could be the opening question.

[Phentex]

4. I love that answer!

I was thinking chocolate.

[MrsBrady]

3. i always answer that i try to get as much done as I can every day...

and find myself still working at 5 when I need to be wrapping it up and going home.
I even had one boss made me leave one time...yelled at me to go home when he saw me in my office at 10 after 5.

that's kind of a bull shit answer, but also true in a way.
it shows that you are going to work hard and that you are not watching the clock.

[Jenoch]

5. I was once asked in an employment interview

"If you were an animal, what animal would you be?"

I guess there is supposed to be a correct answer to that question, but I don't know what it is.

[Dash87]

10. The correct answer is, "I am already a werewolf."

[astral]

15. lol

I hope I can remember that answer if I ever have to answer the question.

[RebelOne]

6. I was asked that at my last job interview,

and I don't remember my answer, but I got the job.

[Liberal Veteran]

7. Kryptonite.

And a very unique sense of humor.

[Demo_Chris]

8. The funniest (to me) interview answer I have ever offered...

I was interviewing to be a supervisor and was asked how I planned to enforce discipline and keep my people in line. In my most sinister voice I answered "Fear!"

They looked at me like I had lost my mind. They they all cracked up. I got the job.

[Dash87]

9. "That I have fallen far enough to interview with a dumbass like you"

Instant job clincher every time

[bluesbassman]

11. Well, if I had a weakness that was great, it wouldn't be much of a weakness now would it?

I hate questions like that.

[question everything]

12. A cliche reply to a cliche question

I tend to be a perfectionist. Sometimes hard to close a project and to transfer to the next stage.

And I sometimes expect co-workers to be perfectionist like me.



So glad I don't have to deal with this anymore. Good luck.

[Bill USA]

13. say: "Sometimes I have to remind myself that not everybody is as motivated as I am to take on the

hard tasks and to complete them in a way that goes well beyond everyone's expectations."

[IrishEyes]

14. "You're just looking for a job until you get married, Right?"

That was an actual interview question when I was 24. I didn't know what to say. I decided against working there.

[olddots]

16. my uncontrolled urges to dress as an 78 Buick Regal

[NewJeffCT]

17. I had a female interviewer once ask me "what turns you on?"

I should have been snarky and said "women in human resources" or something like that (the woman was in HR). But, I was too young & naive at the time.

[MrScorpio]

18. I'll probably do anything for the right amount of chocolate. mt

[Chan790]

19. True answer:

"unimaginative clients and creative principals."

It's worked for me so far. It doesn't net me supervisors that are avant-garde and edgy and willing to take creative risk...it's just that every interviewer/supervisor thinks: "That's not me...that's someone that makes boring work-output."