“Should I only talk about technical strengths that relate to the position?” “Are certain strengths better to mention than others?” Although strengths-based questions can seem tricky, with a little reflection and preparation these questions can be a great opportunity to make a positive impression on employers. Surprisingly, this can be a difficult question for many students to answer. More than likely, you are going to be asked a question like the examples above during an interview.
What would you say are your three greatest strengths?. Telling a story is far more powerful than bleating "I'm a hard worker!" or "I'm self-motivated" - bland and forgettable things that any job seeker could say (and thousands do). I have seen in my one year of recruiting for Wiggly Devices that when you hire for brains and heart and are willing to train people in their jobs, you will great a terrific team of people who really care about their work and one another.Īs you saw in these examples, you can push a lot of information across the gap between you and your interviewer when you tell a story. I love talking with people and hearing about what's important to them. I'm relatively new to recruiting but I find that I'm good at it and I love it. I take my reader's point of view and ask myself "What would I want to know about this topic if I were the person reading this material?" I'm always thinking about different ways to get information across. I love to write! I love writing marketing brochures, website copy, sales training materials, press releases and every other kind of business communications. I'm passionate about helping people climb the learning curves that their jobs throw at them. I built a simple FAQ list that helped the receptionist at my last job learn her role in just a few weeks. I like to break things down so they're easier to understand. I gravitate naturally to instruction when somebody around me is having trouble. He ended up doubling his order volume with Angry once he felt heard and acknowledged. I spent a lot of time on the phone with that customer and built a great relationship with him. At Angry Chocolates I took over the account of a guy that nobody else wanted to deal with, because he was so difficult. I like to solve thorny customer problems. At Acme Explosives I re-designed the ordering process and got our average order turnaround time down from four business days to one. It's fun for me and over time I've gotten pretty good at it. I love to re-design processes to make them simpler and faster. You will notice that each of these answers includes a story! Here are five ways to answer the question "What's your greatest strength?" However, we will give out-of-touch interviewers a pass because they may not have heard the news that talent-aware employers are no longer relying on the dusty, crusty interview script of old. Smart employers hire people because they are smart and have great backgrounds - not because they give the pleasingest answers to silly, outdated interview questions like "What's your greatest strength?" They don't ask job-seekers to dance and prance to get the job - anymore than they would expect a plumber to beg for the opportunity to get a kid's sock out of a tub drain. Smart employers already know that the worse they treat job applicants, the worse their business results will be. The standard interview questions (What's your greatest strength? What's your greatest weakness? What was your greatest failure? What's your five-year plan? Why should we hire you?) reinforce the bad, old idea that the employer is mighty and the job-seeker is an ant. I disapprove of any job interview question that an interviewer will ask an applicant but will not offer to answer themselves, too. Let's be honest - "What's your greatest strength?" is a dumb question. If they are sick of hearing the same old answers to their interview questions, they should ask better questions! I don't feel sorry for those interviewers, however. You are right - everyone who interviews job candidates has heard these standard answers (and many more) to the question "What's your greatest strength?" countless times. Sign up here to get top career advice delivered straight to your inbox every week.
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