{"id":20711,"date":"2013-09-15T10:38:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T17:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=20711"},"modified":"2013-09-15T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T17:23:44","slug":"weakess-what-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/weakess-what-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"Weakness, What Weakness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SuccessIsNot\"<\/a>I saw it. The question was looming in an essay and hiding behind a corner in the brain and\/or instruction sheet of my interviewer.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Natalie, tell me about your weaknesses and what you did to overcome them\u201d? Gosh, there are so many, I don\u2019t even know where to begin. Ding!<\/p>\n

What do you do when you read\/hear the weakness question? Schools are assessing how well you self evaluate. Like a business problem, they want to hear your plan of action, your implementation, and your success rate.<\/p>\n

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  1. Prepare the answers<\/strong> in advance.<\/li>\n
  2. Be honest<\/strong>. If you are let go from a position, you need to discuss the lessons learned from this negative situation and how you overcame the situation.<\/li>\n
  3. Remain professionally focused<\/strong>. Don\u2019t discuss<\/a> your cousin\u2019s attraction to arson or your mother-in-law\u2019s conspiratorial behavior.<\/li>\n
  4. Proactively address the issues<\/strong>. If you have a quantitative weakness<\/a>, take courses that address the weakness (accounting, statistics). Don\u2019t wait for the admissions committee to ask you to take a course. If you are uncomfortably shy, discuss your involvement with Toastmasters.<\/li>\n
  5. Avoid clich\u00e9s<\/strong>. If your weakness is that you work too hard and can\u2019t say no, well, that is not a weakness, that is the life of an MBA.<\/li>\n
  6. Ask for help<\/strong>. If you need help drafting your essay<\/a> or framing your answer for your interview<\/a>, Accepted.com is here to help you. Please contact us<\/a> for assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


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