1. What is your greatest strength?
“My greatest strength would have to be that I’m reliable. No matter what the task is I will get it done in a timely fashion. Another thing that shows I can be reliable is the fact that I work well under pressure. All jobs do have some level of pressure that is involved and obviously the levels of pressure may vary significantly depending on the individual’s job title. For example, when I was working for a company called Claire’s (a costume jewelry store) a regular part of my job was I had to pierce people’s ears, which included infants as well. These piercing were a daily task and the pressure to not make a mistake was unbelievable, but it was my job and I knew I was capable of doing it. Pressure is to be …show more content…
What is your greatest weakness?
“My greatest weakness is that I tend to overthink things as well as make them a lot more complicated than they need or even should be. In fact, I’ve noticed that thinking too much causes me to lack on getting things done so when I know I have things to do I stop myself from being so wrapped up in my head and just focus on the tasks at hand. I think the problem I have with overthinking things is something that I share with a lot of individuals and it’s also something that leads people to read more into personal development.
To give you more of an example of a situation in which I actually second guessed my actions would have to be when I had a presentation to do for my speech class and once I reached the front of the class I froze. I didn’t know what to do or what to say. I was completely scared and the whole time I kept thinking to myself that I must look ridiculous up here and how everyone must think I’m a failure. It was a terrifying experience and I did everything I could to avoid them so I wouldn’t have to be in a situation like that ever again. I allowed myself to get discouraged and it led me to not be able to finish my presentation. Soon after this I started socializing with my classmates more often so I was more comfortable talking to them and this helped me a lot when it came to having to present an assignment in that class, but unfortunately I still struggle with the confidence to just get up there and start talking to just
“My greatest strength would have to be that I’m reliable. No matter what the task is I will get it done in a timely fashion. Another thing that shows I can be reliable is the fact that I work well under pressure. All jobs do have some level of pressure that is involved and obviously the levels of pressure may vary significantly depending on the individual’s job title. For example, when I was working for a company called Claire’s (a costume jewelry store) a regular part of my job was I had to pierce people’s ears, which included infants as well. These piercing were a daily task and the pressure to not make a mistake was unbelievable, but it was my job and I knew I was capable of doing it. Pressure is to be …show more content…
What is your greatest weakness?
“My greatest weakness is that I tend to overthink things as well as make them a lot more complicated than they need or even should be. In fact, I’ve noticed that thinking too much causes me to lack on getting things done so when I know I have things to do I stop myself from being so wrapped up in my head and just focus on the tasks at hand. I think the problem I have with overthinking things is something that I share with a lot of individuals and it’s also something that leads people to read more into personal development.
To give you more of an example of a situation in which I actually second guessed my actions would have to be when I had a presentation to do for my speech class and once I reached the front of the class I froze. I didn’t know what to do or what to say. I was completely scared and the whole time I kept thinking to myself that I must look ridiculous up here and how everyone must think I’m a failure. It was a terrifying experience and I did everything I could to avoid them so I wouldn’t have to be in a situation like that ever again. I allowed myself to get discouraged and it led me to not be able to finish my presentation. Soon after this I started socializing with my classmates more often so I was more comfortable talking to them and this helped me a lot when it came to having to present an assignment in that class, but unfortunately I still struggle with the confidence to just get up there and start talking to just