(Who is Leonard? Leonard – Non-Profit Leader with 25 years experience seeking Executive Director role)
Terry: Wow, impressive! Thank you. Everyone has areas of themselves that are not as strong, what would you say are your weaknesses?
Leonard: There are two things. Mainly, I’m not a statistician, so when I look at research and evaluation I’m looking at how to it to a program, so I can learn more about how researchers gather, collect and analyze their data. Although I’ve done some of that, that would be an area that I could grow in.
The second piece is more of when I’m in a discussion to do problem solving is making sure that I bring all of the parties into the discussion and get everybody engaged. I tend to see things quicker and I want to move, but I’ve learned that I have to bring all of those parties into the discussion so that they are part of the solution.
Here’s how I would rate this answer . . .
Q5. What are your weaknesses? – LENNY QUICK RATING – B
Only offer one weakness, make them ask again if they want more, both of your answers here are pretty good, could even build in a little more on what you’ve learned and how you apply now to situations.
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