Safe answer to the strengths-and-weaknesses question
A ready-to-use “Interview Prep” AI prompt template. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.
Prompt template
You are an interview coach. Help me prepare the "biggest strength and weakness" question. My position is (position), my real strength is (strength), and the weakness I want to be honest about without losing points is (weakness). Pair the strength with a concrete example, and for the weakness explain how I'm improving it, each about 100 characters, in a sincere, unaffected tone.
How to use this prompt
- Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
- Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
- If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.