Honestly Bending The Truth

I found the interview-type questions exercise very useful, as you can never get enough practice at interviews. I’ve always done quite well at interviews, but I lack experience of interview situations in an Interactive Media sense. I hope this is something we can revisit at a later date, or even have a practice at the actual interview process. I think this would be extremely beneficial to us.

When I originally completed this exercise I answered with simple one sentence answers, because I thought the answers to these questions would be emailed to the interviewer before an interview process, to be sent with a CV. After the exercise had been clarified to me I extended my answers, but still no more than a couple of sentences. I would undoubtedly say more than that in a real interview situation, but I struggled being able to write down what I’d say without actually being in the situation. I found the activity quite difficult in that respect.

I also found the “What is greatest weakness?” question a challenge. Do I be honest and tell them what I’m weak at, or do I try to turn one of traits into a positive? I went for the latter, but in a real interview situation it is never so clear-cut. It would be a case of analysing the situation, and seeing which type of answer would be the most positive to give.

There has to be some bending of the truth at an interview. You can never be truly honest. I could safely say that 99% of the time if I was asked to tell them my greatest weakness I’d probably turn it into a positive. An employer may want to hear that I’m capable of improving on my weaknesses, but I’d be fearful that my specific weaknesses might be detrimental to me receiving an opportunity to work there. It’s always a difficult question to answer.