Addressing Your Strengths

So, firstly we will talk about the strengths and how you should mention the same in your interview with the help of basic examples related to your previous companies or job role that you played. This makes you more clear about your achievements and helps in answering precisely.

1. Go Through the Job Description

First and foremost, what you need to do is read the job description thoroughly. Yes, if you’re thinking that the job description has nothing to do with this general strength-weakness-related question then you are entirely wrong. After going through the job description, you will be able to find out what strengths or personality traits this particular job expects from the candidate – and then you can easily filter out your strengths and weaknesses accordingly to prepare your answer.  

2. Relate Things to Your Job Profile

Always, start your answer by mentioning your strengths and weakness in the interview as it helps in creating a positive impact on the interviewer. But, make sure that the strengths that you are about to mention recruiter should be related to the job profile – however, it doesn’t mean that you’re mandatorily required to mention here technical strengths or skills relevant to the job profile, but you can mention those real-life strengths that you think will directly or indirectly help you out in the job role for which you’re applying. 

For example, if the particular job role requires you to work in constantly changing working conditions, you simply can mention ‘adaptability’ as your strength. Do remember to avoid mentioning any unnecessary or irrelevant strengths such as “I can do 100 sit-ups within 30 minutes” unless and until it is related to the targeted job role such as if you’re applying for a Gym trainer post or any other job that requires physical strength you surely can mention your pushups or sit-ups records.  

3. Give Examples of Your Work

Okay, once you’re done with telling your strength and weakness in the interview, now what…?? So, now you need to give examples of those times when you actually used or applied the said strengths. Just for an example, if you’ve mentioned ‘Discipline‘ as your strength – you need to describe what made you feel so. ​It can be during your previous job or internships, college life, or somewhere else. 

The reason behind it is to justify to the interviewer that the strength and weaknesses in the interview that you’re talking about are genuine, and you’re not faking it. Also, if you’re thinking of skipping this strength-justification part and giving an example then let us tell you that there are many chances that the interviewer may ask you directly about it in the next question. 

Hence, it would always be better if you will get already prepared for it. You can also, describe how can you apply the said strengths or how they would be useful in the job role you are interviewing for. It will also help you to show the recruiter how well you’ve researched for the particular job role and company.  

During a job interview, when candidates are asked – “What are your Strengths and Weaknesses”, most of the time they either opt to become too humble while answering this question or they become a braggart – and let us tell you both the approaches are not ideal or recommended. In fact, some of the candidates don’t even answer this question and prefer to keep quiet and reserved considering the question not that important which is also a wrong thing to do. 

But you should take it as an opportunity to tell about your strong points and mild weaknesses so that the interviewer can assess you accordingly. It also helps in demonstrating self-awareness and helps in creating a good impact. So, in order to help you we have compiled an interesting yet knowledgeable article, which will help you in giving positive answers.