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00:13 好,話不多說,我們馬上進入 What is your biggest weakness 的第二種回答方式,這種模板呢,主要是在呈現「自己已經改善到一定程度的弱點」。
實戰應答範例二
這種模板的內容通常會直接用現在完成式來呈現,去訴說從過去到現在,你做了哪些事情去改善你的缺點,然後去強調改變前後的差異,那這個改變就盡量要能夠以數據化呈現,不過呢,也還是要強調說,你仍然有在這方面繼續努力,不太建議你講得好像這個弱點已經不是個弱點了,因為題目問你的是 “What is” 而不是 “What was” your weakness。
接下來這個例子呢,是來自一個要應徵 行銷內容企劃 的範例。在聽的時候,請一樣幫我注意這位面試者「是如何點出自己的弱點」還有「他是如何做結尾」。
01:19 In situations where [a lot of deadlines are approaching at once], I have tended / tend to [put my focus on the overall performance and appearance of a project and might sometimes leave out some details like a typo], which has (made me appear) [a bit careless at times]. As a result, I’ve learned to be conscious about this fact and I have been [using tools like Grammarly to avoid any typo. And I also started to keep a work journal to better manage my work schedule. This has allowed me to double check each project before finalizing them]. So now, I rarely [overlook details just because I’m running out of time], and this has resulted in [an improvement of customer conversion rate by 7% in the last season]. But of course, I am still working on this issue and trying to [lower my error rate to 0% in the work I do].
02:17 相較於前一個模板,這是比較不帶情感的回答,內容比較著重在數據上,你可以依據這個公司的風格去選擇是要講前面那種比較有故事性、帶感情的回答,還是這種比較正規嚴肅一點的。
那這個例子就可以看到,他一樣使用了「情境描述」的方法來指出自己的弱點,而且,比前一個模板更好的地方在於,他點出了「一個特定的情境」來讓面試官知道,欸,我是只有在這樣的情況下,弱點才會跑出來,我並非無時無刻都是粗心的人。
02:58 這點很重要,這位面試者是說 In situations where [a lot of deadlines are approaching at once], I have tended to [put my focus on the overall performance and appearance of a project and might sometimes leave out some details like a typo], which has (made me appear) [a bit careless at times]. 他沒有直接說 I am careless. 而是先給出一個「明確的場景」來敘述「我是只有在很多 deadlines 一次逼近的時候才會顯得比較粗心一點」。
因為如果直接說 I am careless. 那聽起來就是一個 personality trait,感覺就是一個可能沒辦法被改善的東西。而你選擇的弱點,盡量都要是 fixable 可以被改善的。所以,我們可以用 In situations where … 來帶出一個特定的場景。
03:56 再來,你要表現得像「在這個場景裡面,也不是『一定』會這樣」,所以你可以用 I have tended / tend to do something ,來弱化語氣,說我有這樣子的「傾向」。然後再用「描述實際情況」的方式來敘述你的弱點,像是 I have tended to [put my focus on the overall performance and appearance of a project and might sometimes leave out some details like a typo]. 然後呢,才點出「弱點本人的名字」說 which has made me appear [a bit careless at times]. 也就是「這樣的現象呢讓我有時候會被認為是一個有點粗心的人。」所以這邊用了很多詞來緩和弱點的表達。
04:51 接下來,就是講述你是有認知到這樣的行為或反應是不好的,並且做了哪些事情來改善這個弱點,所以會說 As a result, I’ve learned to be conscious about this fact and I have been doing something to change that. 「你做了哪些事情來改善你的弱點」要講得越精確越好。然後,就直接了當地說出你這個弱點已經改善很多了,而這樣的進步替公司或自己帶來什麼樣的成長。
05:26 所以會說 So now, I barely [make which mistake], and this has resulted in [what kind of improvements]. 最後呢,還是要表明「我知道這樣還不夠好,我仍然在嘗試進步」然後可能說一下自己的目標是什麼。那像模板的範例,這段就會是 But of course, I am still working on this issue and trying to [lower my error rate to 0% in the work I do]. 所以他的目標是讓他負責的所有工作錯誤率都降到 0%。
QA 模板二
06:07 In situations where [ 描述特定情況 ], I have tended / tend to [ 描述你的弱點行為舉止 ], which has made me appear [ 弱點本人 (形容詞) ]. As a result, I’ve learned to be conscious about this fact and I have been [ 做出什麼改變 (Ving) ]. So now, I barely [ 弱點行為舉止 (動詞) ], and this has resulted in [ 實質改變的結果 (數據化呈現) ]. But of course, I am still working on this issue and trying to [ 最終改善目標 ].
弱點回答三原則
07:06 OKAY! So, this is how you answer this question! 掌握三個原則:
- 第一,A weakness is not a strength in disguise. 誠實回答,用實際的案例闡述弱點。
- 第二,嚴肅看待這個問題,掌握答案的關聯性,這不是展現幽默感的時候。
- 第三,Your weakness has to be fixable. 要選擇能夠被改善的弱點,所以盡量不要講你的「個性」怎麼樣,最好要用「你在某些特定情況下,會做出什麼特定的表現」這個方式去做說明。
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