From the course: Expert Tips for Answering Common Interview Questions
How to approach this question
- Hey, my name's Gene Finley, and I'm a senior manager here at LinkedIn. I want to help you come up with an effective answer to what is your greatest strength? Now, this might seem like an easy question, but it's really not. You don't want to come off as arrogant. You don't want to come off as braggadocios. What you want to do is sound humble, and there are some things that you can do, some tips that you can employ to have an effective answer. Number one, choose relevant and specific experience. So if you're applying for a sales job, tell a story about a time where you helped a customer solve a problem with your solution. And then number two, be specific. Perhaps closing that deal helped you hit a percentage of your annual number. I want you to use soft and technical skills to tell your story. So on the soft side of the house, if you're focused on effective communication, tell 'em about a time when you used that effective communication skills to have a conversation with an executive. If you've led a technical project, heck, tell me about a time when you used a project plan to manage it. As a hiring manager, that gives me confidence to add you to the team. I want to know that once I plug you into my team, the team will be more effective. I want team players. (upbeat music)
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