How to Answer the Strengths Question during an Interview

Summary: Knowing how to answer what your greatest strength is during an interview can be a challenge when you want to demonstrate a skill that is valuable for the company.

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One of the more difficult questions asked during an interview is to describe your strengths and weaknesses. You don't want to sound high and mighty by bragging about all of your amazing strengths and you don't want to be untruthful by not giving your true weaknesses. Take the time before your interviews to go through your strengths and weaknesses so you are prepared to answer the question with the best answer.




Here are potential strengths you can provide:

Communication

Listing communication as a strength is important for jobs that require a lot of reports and correspondence for presentations, selling, managing conflict, active listening, dealing with customers, negotiation, and meeting participation.

Diligent

Diligence is a better way of saying that you work hard and are willing to work extra hours. Employers are looking for people that will complete projects on time, take on more responsibilities, are willing to do more than is required, produce high quality work, work without supervision, and follow up on their own.

Planning Skills

Someone that can plan and is organized will be able to manage their time, prioritize, meet deadlines, multi-task, maintain schedules and calendars, use resources effectively, deal with competing demands, and achieve objectives and goals. If you feel that the company would appreciate someone like this and it matches one of your strengths then use this one as your strength.

Other skills you might want to consider are being flexible, adaptable, decision making or judgment, problem solving, coaching or mentoring, the gathering and analysis of information, team work, reliable or dependable, self-reliant, self-disciplined, persuasive, persistent, energetic, values integrity, and takes initiative.
 

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