🎯How to Answer “What’s Your Greatest Weakness?”

TLDR: What Recruiters Actually Want to Hear

Recruiters are not testing perfection. They are testing self awareness, accountability, and growth. The strongest answers name a real weakness, explain its impact, and show exactly how you are improving it.

🎥 What This TikTok Covers

This episode breaks down how to answer one of the most stressful interview questions: What’s your greatest weakness?

Leshore, an Extern alum with experience at Microsoft, Google, NBA teams, and Dell, walks through a real example instead of a scripted answer.

He explains why fake weaknesses fail, how over owning work can hurt teams, and how showing growth turns a risky question into a strength.

🧠 The Interview Strategy Explained

The example weakness shared is overworking and trying to handle everything alone. Early in his career, Leshore believed reliability meant doing everything himself. Over time, he realized that avoiding delegation slowed teams down and limited collaboration.

His solution was not to hide the weakness, but to fix the behavior. He now sets clear ownership early, loops teammates in sooner, and regularly checks whether he should ask for help instead of defaulting to control.

This framing works because it shows:
• Awareness of the weakness
• Proof of its impact
• Clear behavioral change

That is exactly what recruiters look for.

🧩 Why This Answer Works in Interviews

Recruiters care less about the weakness itself and more about how you manage it. This answer shows a growth mindset, proactive behavior, and team awareness, all without sounding defensive or rehearsed.

It turns a stressful question into proof of maturity.

🥳 Want help answering hard interview questions like this?

Watch the full TikTok series or explore Extern resources to practice interview answers with real feedback and structure.