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Actually I think the trend has gone the other way. I remember reading a bunch of interview tip things that actually said hiring managers were getting tired of bullshit answers like "too productive," or "work-aholic." I was honest. But I also included steps I'd taken to improve in the areas of my weaknesses, and included examples of things I've done in the past, where I was able to accomplish something despite those weaknesses. IE. personal interaction is not a strong point of mine, however, that does not mean I'm incapable. At my last position, I got a lot of experience with communicating effectively with our payables vendors to resolve the various disputes that came up regarding product shipment and receiving. Further, during our year end audit, I was able to assist the controller by contacting our customers and working with them to get confirmation on our A/R."

This was followed up with a question on communication with other employees, to which I responded that we had had a drastic over-haul of our T&E policy, and that while I was not comfortable with it, and it certainly wasn't my most favorite task in the world, when it was necessary I had to communicate those new requirements to our employees, truck drivers out in the field, and in some cases work extensively with them to ensure that they adhered to the new policy."

It worked out well, because T&E control was one of the concerns at my new job, so I was able to take a question about my weakness and spin it so that not only did I demonstrate that I am willing and able to do my job despite my personality preferences but also that I was capable of solving a problem specific to the employer with which I was interviewing.

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