Interviewer: What professional weakness do you have?
Jon: I think that I need to improve my Excel skills. As you know, it is very important to be proficient in Excel if you want to work in this industry.
Interviewer: Are you saying that you are not good at using Excel?
Jon: Compared to most people, I am great at using Excel. I have a lot of experience working with it, but I think that I could be even better.
Interviewer: So, how do you plan to improve?
Jon: I am currently taking an advanced Excel skills course online. It has been very helpful so far, and I hope to learn a lot of advanced techniques that I can use in my job.
Interviewer: It is good that you being proactive about improving your weakness.
Patterns and Examples
I believe that my professional weakness is ____________________. I ____________________.
- I believe that my professional weakness is my English. I am taking a class every evening to improve my English.
- I believe that my professional weakness is my presentation skills. I have been getting advice from more experienced people about how I can improve.
After working in this industry for a while, I realized that my weakness is ____________________.
- After working in this industry for a while, I realized that my weakness is that I take too much time to finish my work because I am too worried about making everything perfect.
- After working in this industry for a while, I realized that my weakness is writing reports.
____________________ is my greatest professional weakness.
- Understanding complex sets of data is my greatest professional weakness.
- Maintaining a healthy work-life balance is my greatest professional weakness.
