Do you have "interview talking points"?

[IZthe411]

Originally Posted by GypsySoul22

I think the hardest one is 'what are your bad points?' If you say something negative, you look like you can't do the job right. If you say something to twist it like "I get impatient trying to get so much done in a day that I find it frustrates me' it sounds phony.

Does anyone have a good, real answer for what to say when they ask your bad points?
Do they HAVE to ask this?

Why don't interviewers ask real, pertinent questions like:
1) What computer skills do you have and do you know how to (whatever they need) like 'word process?" or "make a database" or mail merge?
2) What work skills in your past will enable you to do this job which requires you to (whatever)....

Psychobabble and gobbledygook and 'tell me about your bad points' or 'how well can you bulls***t me' doesn't prove a thing!!

When they ask for bad points, give them something that is a developmental point for you....of course it should be true, but something that isn't a skill needed to get the job, but you probably haven't had much experience using. For instance, I am an auditor, one of my 'bad' points was that I didn't have a lot of formal budgeting opportunities at my former employer. I was involved but I never had a chance to develop one on my own. Leave it at that.

[Jackyfrost01]

I agree with the last couple posts. Tell them something you improved in the past and unrelated to anything that job your applying for. You've answered the question and they can't really judge you on it other than knowing you have recognized and attempted to improve any faults you may have had (they don't need to know how long ago that was). In fact the more recent, the better.