In this week's job search tip, we're gonna be discussing interview tips
for those of you trying to get your very first job.
We're gonna look at the job interview question what are your weaknesses and find out what employers are really asking.
That's coming up!
Hey guys, I'm Kim with Snagajob, your number one source for hourly jobs
and welcome to Job Hunters, our weekly advice show where we give you job search tips
on everything from resume advice to interview tips, and everything in between.
Now, we're gonna be going over some tips on what you should be doing if you're going to your very first job interview.
Now, this can be really scary. We know. We've all done it.
But if you come prepared by practicing the questions we're going over with you
it will really help give you the confidence when you go in that you have what it takes to get hired.
Ok. So you're in the interview and the interviewer asks you one of the scariest job interview questions.
What are your weaknesses. Now this is really intimidating because you don't really want to go into
an interview and list off everything that's wrong with you.
And it's really tempting to answer this question with:
Weaknesses? I don't have any weaknesses.
So don't say you don't have any weaknesses. Everyone has them.
Employers aren't looking for you to just give them a bunch of reasons why they shouldn't hire you.
They want to see if you know what your weaknesses are and how you'll be able to overcome them.
Now you want to be honest but you always want to be smart with your answer.
So stay away from things like:
Oh, that's easy. I'm really lazy and I love to sleep in.
I tend to procrastinate, that can get in the way sometimes.
I have no idea. This will be my first job, so honestly, I could be a terrible employee.
Or an awesome one. We'll just have to wait and see.
Seriously? You're really asking me that?
I have an explosive temper.
And you also want to avoid lame cliche answers like:
I think my biggest weakness is I'm just too enthusiastic.
Weaknesses? I think I'll probably work too hard and show way too much initiative. Oops.
What you wanna do is pick something that you can prove won't be a weakness long term.
Why I don't have a ton of work experience, I'm a really fast learner and I'm motivated to work hard.
I've spent a lot of time volunteering at a local daycare center and gotten a good idea
of what it's like to work on a team and I'm excited about the opportunity to possibly work on yours.
So an answer like that really shows the interviewer that while they may be interviewing people with a little more
experience than you, you're gonna make a great fit in their company and are very highly motivated
to be a good employee. Now make sure you check out a video that we have right up there
where we go over some things that you can put on your resume if you've never had a job before.
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