Reply To: What’s the hardest/weirdest question you’ve been asked at an interview?

[Peter Watson]

Well, Xenia – I guess this is just a different way of asking you “what are your strengths”? There are lots of ways for interviewers to try and ask this questions e.g. “how would your friends describe you?”, “how would co-workers describe you?” etc. This is just one of them! If you don’t understand your own strengths and weaknesses then it’s going to be a lot harder for you to convince someone else! It’s definitely worth you spending time to understand both and – crucially – HOW THEY RELATE TO THE WORKPLACE!