Excerpted from From
Here to There by Larry Stuenkel
These questions
are similar to what you can expect during a real interview. Being
prepared will enable you to think on your feet.
The suggested replies, excerpted from From Here to There
by Larry Stuenkel, aren't intended to give you one correct answer.
Rather, the answers should reflect your personal frame of reference,
based on your motives, goals, work skills and aspirations. The replies
are meant to stimulate your thinking, not to be memorized.
Q. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would
it be?
Looking at this realistically, if you are a free agent and unemployed,
you would say, "If there was one thing that I could change it would
be to change my employment status. I do not like being a free agent."
Use positive terms, instead of saying unemployed, use "free agent."
It will spark the interviewer to a positive sense indicating that
you are a professional businessperson and you are handling the situation
in a positive manner.
If you do have an area you would like to change about yourself,
make it a positive, not a negative. Do not say things like, "I wish
I had completed my degree, or I wish I had more training." This
shows a negative. Instead say, "If there were something I could
change about myself, it would be that sometimes I have the tendency
to be too quality oriented, and because of the work load it frustrates
me." You want to go into a positive situation.
