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A. Discuss:
1. What are your worst qualities?
2. What are you terrible at?
3. What do you want to be better at? How can you do it?
4. What is your teachers biggest weakness?
5. What are you trying to get better at?
6. How are you trying to improve yourself
(skills/characteristics/bad habits)?
Suggestions:
1) Describe a real weakness, but choose one not related to the essential skills for the job.
2) (1) Describe the weakness, (2) give a general example of it, and (3) describe how you are
working to improve or fix the problem.
Example: (1) Im not always very organized. (2) Sometimes when I have too many projects to do, I
dont manage my time well. (3) I am improving my organizational skills by regularly using a planner
and some smartphone apps and my supervisor told me he was impressed by how organized Ive
become.
D. Softened Expressions
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Topic 8 Weaknesses English for Interviews
3) Explain what you are doing to improve (**Its better if you can
show youve improved**).
a) I have recently begun using apps to schedule and organize my work.
b) I have been going to a club where we practice different kinds of spoken communication.
Choose 2 of the structures below and write about 2 weaknesses using the three step answer: