What Would Your Manager Say Is Your Biggest Weakness

How to answer this question

• 1Give a genuine answer — not a different answer than you would give for the standard weakness question.
• 2Show that your self-perception matches how others actually see you.
• 3Acknowledge that your manager has raised it — that makes it credible.
• 4Frame it with context and show you are working on it.
• 5Consistency between this answer and your standard weakness answer is critical.

Example answer

My manager would probably say I can be too detail-oriented when speed is more important than perfection. She has mentioned it in reviews, fairly. I have been working on setting time limits for myself on certain tasks, deciding when something is good enough, and moving on. It has helped. I still care about quality but I have gotten better at recognizing when 90 percent is the right call.