面试时提你有什么缺点会给你加分？ [美国媒体]

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What is a good weakness to mention on a job interview?

面试时提你有什么缺点会给你加分？


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innamonSwisher
When I was graduating college I got interview tips from my dad who was heavily involved in the hiring process at his company for his department. His advice on this one which I’ve used ever since and has gone great was:

我从大学毕业的时候，我那深谙招聘流程的老爸给我提的建议很是受用，并且我一直沿用至今。

The whole “say a weakness that’s actually a positive” has been done to death and is such common knowledge that it’s no longer a clever “trick” and is now seen as avoiding the question. People want to see some self awareness obviously don’t bring something absolutely terrible up but mention a real flaw and most importantly what you’ve done to address or work with it.

他跟我说‘把事实上是优点的东西说成是缺点’这个套路早就用死了。大家早都心知肚明这个套路，并且避免这个问题。面试官真正想看到的是自我认知，但并不是要你把致命伤暴露无遗，而是提到一些真实的不足之处，更重要的是要说到你为了弥补这个不足做出了什么努力。



tacoslikeme
Doesn't that just make this a bad question for an interview?

这难道不是一个会让你面试失败的问题吗？

CinnamonSwisher
Well it depends how you measure good and bad. For low level positions they’re not looking to build a profile on you based on your literal answer they’re looking more for how you answer. Are you giving a lifeless robotic answer or are you giving a relatable human answer? Are you comfortable discussing things like this or does it make you panicky? Are you giving something canned or introspective?

这个问题完全取决于你是如何定义优点和缺点的。对于低层岗位来讲，用人单位并不是要基于你的回答而决定雇用你与否，他们更多的是观察你是如何回答这个问题的。你是机械的给出一个毫无生气的答案，还是给他呈现一个更人性化的答案；你是侃侃而谈还是局促不安；你是泯泯众人还是独树一帜？

And then for higher level positions you should have enough experience to actually know your weaknesses and this would get more field specific and relative. And at this point all the gimmicky answers would be a no go.

对于高层岗位来讲，你应该有足够的经历供你去了解自己的缺点，而这个问题会更具有专业针对性与相关性，小聪明性的回答明显不是一个合适的答案。

So essentially there’s more being uated during interviews than the literal answers given. Hope this helps a little? But yeah I hate the question too

所以关键是在面试中考官会评估你的方方面面，而不只是评估你的肤浅回答并做出判断。这应该有所帮助吧？但我也不喜欢这个问题。

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fdar
"I take words too literally."
"Can you give an example?"
"Yes."

“我凡事太按照字面的意思了。”
“你可以举个事例说明一下吗？”
“可以。”

mmmspaghettios
"What is your greatest weakness?" "Ummmm probably that I have no strengths"

“你最大的缺点是什么？”
“嗯.....我最大的缺点大概是我没啥优点吧。”



KazzyKatalyst
Hearing the workaholic thing too is extremely offputting to me because it either means theyre a kissass or they will put in a ton of overtime and stress out everyone else (because they now have to keep up with that person putting in the time of TWO people) and then just ultimately burn out.

我是很反感听到人说自己是工作狂的，因为这意味着他们要么是马屁精，要么是自顾自加班加点，无形中给他人造成压力（因为为了要跟上他的工作进度等于要另两个人投入时间）然后大家最后都给他整得累死。

bloodstreamcity
"I'm terrible at interviews."

“我超不擅长面试。”

AccountNo43
"im bad at interviews. I guess I don't do them very often. I have typically stayed at previous jobs for a long time"

“我不擅长面试。我猜是因为我不经常面试。我是那种典型的一份工作会做上很久才换的人。”

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LosGatosMalos
I got my current job after I said this. The interviewer asked me if I had any questions or concerns about the position. I said "I'm a quick and eager learner but I'll be honest I have absolutely no experience in this industry so training me will need to be from the ground up. Will that be an issue?"

我这么说后得到了现在做的这份工作。面试官问我对这个工作还有什么问题或者顾虑，我回答：“我学东西很快很急切，但老实说，我在这个行业上一点儿经验也没有，所以大概要从最基础教我。不知道这算不算个大问题呢？”

Lerijie
This is probably the best one that isn't a thinly veiled humblebrag about being a perfectionist or TOO punctual. It's honest expected and something you are guaranteed to fix if you get the job.

这大概是最好的回答，而不是装作谦虚实则露骨地吹嘘自己是个完美主义者或是守时的人。面试官期待的是你的诚实回答，以及如果你得到这份工作后，会解决这个缺点的保证。

notmyclementine
This is the right answer. Then describe how past experiences can help you get over the learning curve with your inexperience.

这才是正确的回答。接着描述下过去的工作经历将如何帮你在缺乏经验的情况下，克服现在这份工作中会遇到的学习困难。



ERRORMONSTER
Show enough self awareness to know your actual weaknesses and mention how you're working to reduce their impact on your life.

必须要表现出你有足够的自我认知，了解自己真正的缺点，并说明你是如何减少其对你生活的影响。

For example I have an issue with speaking compassionately. For a long time I believed brutal honesty was the best way to go about things but it often backfired and made people less willing to work with me because they respected me less and they thought I respected them less. My wife has helped me with this by for example when I say something and it's phrased badly she'll say "stop. Try it again." And I'll rephrase it to be more empathetic and kinder while still gettin across the information I want to communicate.

例如，我不会很委婉地说话。很长一段时间以来我都相信，直截了当是处理事情的最好方式，但这常常给我带来麻烦，人们不愿意和我一起工作因为他们不尊重我，而且他们也觉得我不尊重他们。我太太在这方面帮助了我，例如，当我在说起一些事措辞比较糟糕时，她就会说：“停下，试着换种说法。”然后我就会重新组织语言，让交流时能在表达同样语意的同时话听起来更顺耳友善。

CharlieChooper
I work in healthcare and always say "Not speaking Spanish" and odds are the interviewer is also not fluent in Spanish so it comes across as not really a weakness. WIN WIN

我从事医疗保健方面的工作，面试时我总是说自己的缺点是“不会说西班牙语”。巧的是面试官偏偏也不是很会说西班牙语，所以这在面试官看来并不是缺点。双赢。



EDIT: thank you for the various precious metals. I realize this advice can backfire. That’s why I said sometimes. There is also a way to phrase this that makes you sound better

后注：谢谢大家提供的宝贵意见，我意识到这个建议也可能造成麻烦。这就是为什么我说有时候。也有换种措辞来表达可能听上去更好。

bertie_bonez
I’m the same way. I’d be afraid to say this in an interview though because it could be interpreted as “not a team player”.
I wouldn’t say I’m not a team player but I do have a hard time working with a lazy team that does shitty work.

我也是。但我在面试中不敢这样说，因为可能会被面试官理解为我“没有团队精神”。我不认为自己没有团队精神，但我确实很难与一个做事糟糕的懒散小组合作。

frogkisser
It's a pretty good answer - I've both used it and heard it in interviews and it always comes off as introspective and insightful as long as you say how you're planning to deal with this.

这是个很棒的回答——我不仅自己用过，在面试中也听过别人这样说，而且这也让你给人留下一种有自省精神和见解深刻的印象，只要你阐明了你将如何去处理这个问题。



JoNightshade
I once got a job partly because of my honest answer to this: I need to know why I am doing what I'm doing. I don't like being told to do something without an end-game in mind without knowing the reasoning behind it. When I work I need something to aim at. Some employers don't like this because they like their employees to be cogs in a machine they control. I don't like those jobs and I don't want them. The place I was applying to was not that kind of workplace and they liked my answer. Ended up being a great job where my boss valued my input and trusted me to take the reins on a variety of tasks.

我有次被雇用的部分原因是我在回答这个问题时比较诚实：我需要知道我为什么在做我现在正在做的事。我不喜欢在不知道原因的情况下被指派去做一些事情。当我工作的时候，我需要一个目标。一些雇主不喜欢这样，因为他们倾向于雇那种如同机器齿轮一样转动的员工，这样便于控制。我不喜欢这样的工作也不想要这样的工作。我去应聘的工作并不是像工厂一样的地方，而面试官们喜欢我的回答。最后我找到了个上司认可我的努力、信任我到让我去接管各种项目任务的好工作。

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StudMuffinNick
"Being vague."
"Can you elaborate?"
"Yeah."

“比较模棱两可。”
“你能详细说明一下吗？”
“可以。”

derpymango89
“Terrible handwriting is my biggest weakness” “How so?” “You’ll never know what I wrote down. It looks like a blind man wrote”

“我最大的缺点就是字写得很潦草很遭。”
“怎么说？”
“你根本看不懂我写的是什么，那字看上去就像是盲人写的一样。”



owlsquid
I was asked this during an interview with Uber and I was completely caught off guard — I ended up fumbling and saying something along the lines of “I cannot ride a unicycle” for which I immediately regretted...

我在优步面试时，这一问题就让我措手不及——最后我胡乱说了些“最大的缺点是我不会骑独轮车”的鬼话，说完马上就后悔了......

rocknrollchuck
"My biggest weakness is that sometimes in interviews I have absolutely no idea how to answer some of the questions."

“我最大的缺点就是在面试时不知道该如何回答某些问题。”