# Interview question: What's your greatest weakness?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-question-whats-your-greatest-weakness/58114>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 15, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-question-whats-your-greatest-weakness/58114 "2001-03-15T18:29:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ignatzmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ignatzmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatzmouse)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-question-whats-your-greatest-weakness/58114/21 "2001-03-16T02:18:37Z")

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My favorite answer to this question was given during an interview for a high school teaching position:  
“I have trouble controlling my anger when students make fun of my name.”

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-question-whats-your-greatest-weakness/58114/22 "2001-03-16T02:41:29Z")

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“Greatest weakness? (pause, assume disarming smile)…My overweening modesty.”

Wring is dead on.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-question-whats-your-greatest-weakness/58114/23 "2001-03-16T04:50:10Z")

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“I get distracted by uncontrollable urges to fellate my boss.”

What? What’s wrong with that answer?

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