写什么弱点不会自杀

mindfree

This is a good question. You will be asked also in job interviews. Therefore think about it early.

My suggestion is that you should dig more on each shortcoming you think of. For example: impatience.

It is definitely not a good personal trait. However, as we all know, you cannot reveal a true weakness in your application. Every weakness MUST be truned into a strong point somehow.

If using impatience, I would probably say that I work with my team in many occations (have teamwork experience). I always take the lead to finish my part as well as possible (initiative, time-management, prioritize tasks). However, sometime my team member might be lagging behind due to personal reasons (lazy, no priority, poor skills). In such case, I will be impatient and push a bit too hard on my team member. Sometimes I even work with them to complete the project (leadership).

you can elaborate a little but the whole point is to show that you have GOOD quality, not real weakness.

wwwzzz

I think the key is not what the shortcoming is, but what you are doing to make up for it. Actually the adcom/interviewers are acute enough to discover you are trying to disguise a strength. They also understand that nobody is perfect. So just be honest with the shortcoming of your choice.

However, if you know the school/company well enough, you will know what should be avoided. For example, you cannot tell a consulting firm that you hate dealing with people, or a I-banker that you are not good at numbers, or HBS that you just want to be mediocre, or Kellogg that you prefer individual work than teamwork... These are indeed suicid shortcomings!

On the ethical aspect, this is not lying, but deciding not to reveal unwanted truth, given these truths are critical--All in all, if you DO have a major shortcoming that makes you unqualified for admission/employment, you probably won't enjoy the life at the given school or company anyway.

木木和木木

以下是引用wwwzzz在2004-9-16 6:50:00的发言：

I think the key is not what the shortcoming is, but what you are doing to make up for it. Actually the adcom/interviewers are acute enough to discover you are trying to disguise a strength. They also understand that nobody is perfect. So just be honest with the shortcoming of your choice.

However, if you know the school/company well enough, you will know what should be avoided. For example, you cannot tell a consulting firm that you hate dealing with people, or a I-banker that you are not good at numbers, or HBS that you just want to be mediocre, or Kellogg that you prefer individual work than teamwork... These are indeed suicid shortcomings!

On the ethical aspect, this is not lying, but deciding not to reveal unwanted truth, given these truths are critical--All in all, if you DO have a major shortcoming that makes you unqualified for admission/employment, you probably won't enjoy the life at the given school or company anyway.

嘻嘻，先向wwwzzzmm 问个好。how about you recently? Enjoy your life in Chicago, don't you?

I do agree with what you said.

But a question always bothers me is that:

1) You have a shortcoming, ok;

2) you endeavor to overcome it, ok;

3) then what's the result of your hard working?

If you said you succeeded, then the shortcoming proposed above would not be your real shortcoming at this moment; A prospective also means that " you are trying to disguise your virtue. ", like you said.

If you failed, that seems worse than to say i've overcome it; which means you are unable to make progress;

Then what should be an appropriate answer? " I've been endeavoring to overcome this weakness, and I've already made some progress. But now, I still need to go on my effort, because it's still one of my weakness...." !

Further proposals are welcome.!!!

wwwzzz

Well, this question is not exactly about what shortcoming you actually have, but how well/objectively you know/present yourself.

The interviewer is hoping to see that:

1) this person is not a swellhead, ("自大者",  从金山上查滴) but has a clear self-perspective and is courageous enough to face it and reveal it to others;

2) s/he is also constantly making efforts to improve her/himself, and in the right way. --so what matters is not the result, but the attitude.

My $.02.

caterpillar

以下是引用wwwzzz在2004-9-17 11:30:00的发言：

Well, this question is not exactly about what shortcoming you actually have, but how well/objectively you know/present yourself.

The interviewer is hoping to see that:

1) this person is not a swellhead, ("自大者",        从金山上查滴) but has a clear self-perspective and is courageous enough to face it and reveal it to others;

2) s/he is also constantly making efforts to improve her/himself, and in the right way. --so what matters is not the result, but the attitude.

My $.02.