Interview Prep: What’s Your Greatest Strength and Weakness?
Some job interview questions are fairly straightforward, others less so. Then there’s this double-down trickster: What is your greatest strength and what is your greatest weakness? This two-sided question can either spotlight your self-awareness or plunge you into interview anguish. Let’s go over how to choose what to reveal, along with some precautions. What is […]
How to Ask Your Boss for a Raise
The desire for better pay has been a major motivation behind the Great Resignation. What if you like where you work – but wish you could make more doing it? Before you quit, maybe it’s time to ask for a raise. Requesting a higher salary makes many people uncomfortable. Employees sometimes hesitate to ask for […]
Answering the Interview Question: “How Do You Handle an Increased Workload?”
Whether you’re taking extra assignments while a co-worker is on leave or working at warp speed to finish a project by the deadline, just about every job has times of stress. But not everyone handles stress the same way. When an interviewer asks, “How would you handle a sudden increase in work responsibilities?” they really […]