Weaknesses and Strengths Interview Preparation Guide
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Weaknesses and Strengths related Frequently Asked Questions in various Strengths and Weaknesses job Interviews by interviewer. The set of questions here ensures that you offer a perfect answer posed to you. So get preparation for your new job hunting

41 Strengths and Weaknesses Questions and Answers:

1 :: Please define strength?

Strength can be defined in many ways, few are given below:
☛ The state or quality of being strong, physical power or capacity.
☛ The capacity to resist attack, impregnability.
☛ The capacity to resist strain or stress, durability.
☛ The ability to deal with difficult situations or to maintain a moral or intellectual position.
☛ The number of people constituting a normal or ideal organization.
☛ Capability in terms of numbers or resources.
☛ An attribute or quality of particular worth or utility, an asset.
☛ One that is regarded as the embodiment of protective or supportive power, a support or mainstay

2 :: What are difference kinds of strengths?

Here are a few kinds of strengths:
☛ Character strengths
☛ Talents strengths
☛ Skills strengths
☛ Interests strengths
☛ Values strengths
☛ Learning styles strengths
☛ Resources strengths

3 :: Tell me what are character strengths?

Character strengths are capacities for thinking, feeling, willing and behaving. They reflect what is best in you and can be viewed as part of your positive identity. The strengths (e.g., fairness, hope, kindness, leadership) in the classification are the best examples of this type of strength.

4 :: Tell me about talents strengths?

Talents are strengths that are innate abilities, which typically have a strong biological loading and may or may not be well-developed (e.g., intelligence, musical ability, athletic ability).

5 :: What are skills strengths?

Skills are strengths that are specific proficiency's developed through training (e.g. learning a particular trade, computing skills, researching skills).

6 :: What are interests strengths?

Interests are strengths that are areas or topics you are passionate about and driven to pursue, such as playing sports, engaging in particular hobbies and working with arts or crafts.

7 :: Can you tell me about resources strengths?

Resources strengths are the one type of strength that is external. These are your external supports, such as social and spiritual connections, living in a safe neighborhood and being part of a good family.

8 :: Tell me what is a physical strength?

Physical strength is the ability of an animal or human to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training.

9 :: What is absolute strength?

Absolute strength is the maximum force your musculature can exert for a particular action, whether it is a press, a squat or a pull.
Usually this type of strength is measured in terms of total weight lifted. The sport of power lifting is a good example of athletes training for absolute strength. For them, everything is geared towards improving the squat, bench press and dead lift.

10 :: Tell me what is a relative strength?

Relative strength concerns your maximum effort in relation to your body weight.
A 225-pound person that can push 250 pounds overhead is weaker in this respect than a 175-pound person who can push 210 pounds overhead, even though lifting 40 pounds more. This is often called "pound for pound" strength.
Because it is connected with your body weight, this classification favors people that are of lower body weight. Olympic weightlifting is an example here because the weight of the competitors is considered in tiebreakers. If two lifters end up lifting the same amount of weight, the winner is the one who weighs less.