How NOT to answer “What are your greatest strengths?” → Mention something unrelated to the job e.g., I’m great at tennis! → Mention a job-related skill but without context e.g., I’m great with customers! #strengths #interviewquestions
→ Only focusing on hard/soft skills e.g., I’m excellent at Photoshop and Illustrator or I’m a great communicator and a people-person. Here’s the thing: interviewers don’t ask this question to trick you into giving away your secrets or to catch you red-handed.
They want to know the following: → Will you perform? → How self-aware are you? → How much they’ll need to spend on your training? → If you’re a cultural fit. → If your goals for the role align with theirs.
So what they’re really asking is, “What are your most role-relevant strengths that would benefit us?” To answer this the right way, you need to include: 1) Job-relevant hard skills (up to 3) - you’ll find these in the job description 2) Soft skills too! 3) CONTEXT