Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s mini advice column. Twice a week, Deputy Editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace ...

For job seekers, interview questions require you to think quickly on your feet and respond to any curveball the interviewer throws your way — even when these questions veer away from the scripts you ...

How To Answer The 'Greatest Weakness' Question The interview question "What's your greatest weakness?" is one of most pointless and offensive questions you can ask Yet interviewers still ask it every ...

It’s not easy admitting your flaws, especially in front of potential employers. However, most hiring managers aren’t looking for perfect candidates. So, when they ask you to describe your weaknesses, ...

Question: In a job interview, what’s the best way to respond to the question, “Describe your biggest weakness?” This question seems to trip me up and I’m never sure how to answer it. I feel like I’m ...

Admit it. You’ve conducted at least one job interview and asked the candidate, “What is your biggest weakness?” And if you haven’t asked the question, you’ve definitely been asked that question at ...

Many people attempt to sidestep the question with glib responses like "I work too hard," or "I'm a perfectionist," Mann says, but interviewers can usually tell when you're being insincere. A good ...

Answering the dreaded “What are your weaknesses?” interview question can be tricky. Many candidates struggle to provide a meaningful response that addresses this question without damaging their ...

For years now it has been true that it's much easier to perform a job than to get the job. Many corporate and institutional functions and activities have devolved over the past 20 years, but the ...

People typically have a really hard time answering the “what is your biggest weakness?” question. It goes against all of the self-promotion cramming people do when on the job market. How can I portray ...

During a recent class I taught on interviewing, this baby boomer came up and asked me how to deal with nervousness. She knew it was the reason why she failed at interviews. Alan Carniol owns a job ...