Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s mini advice column. Twice a week, Deputy Editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DEAR READER: How can you answer the biggest weakness question during a job interview without sounding like an inflated boast? I ...

“You have a Hermione complex,” I told my career coaching client. She was preparing for an interview, and we were talking through the dreaded “What are your weaknesses?” question. Yes, that question ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robin Ryan, a career counselor & author covers job search & careers. Job hunters say that one of the most challenging questions an ...

During a recent class I taught on interviewing, this baby boomer came up and asked me how to deal with nervousness. She knew it was the reason why she failed at interviews. Alan Carniol owns a job ...

Arguably, one of the questions that candidates most dread during a job interview is the proverbial, “What would you consider to be your top weakness?” To state the obvious, it feels simultaneously ...

For job seekers, interview questions require you to think quickly on your feet and respond to any curveball the interviewer throws your way — even when these questions veer away from the scripts you ...