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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1331235" data-attributes="member: 115">Congrats He Who Cannot Be Named!&nbsp;&nbsp;Personally, I think leave it.&nbsp;The big thing people are looking for is attitude.&nbsp; Brown-nosing isn't cool, and people see through that often.&nbsp; However, when they ask you a question like, &quot;What do you feel is your greatest fault?&quot; being bluntly honest is not going to score you points, it's going to hurt you.&nbsp;Case in point, myself.&nbsp; My biggest fault is I don't have much experience (as a lab technician, college is mostly theoretical, not practical).&nbsp; I very quickly learned not to dwell on it - because they will overlook you if you present it like that.&nbsp; I was overlooked for several jobs because of this, before I asked what I could do to improve my interview.&nbsp; I was told, very matter of factly, that I would have had a much better chance of going on in the process if I had spun it positively.&nbsp;As for the &quot;Why do you want to work here?&quot; question, again, I've found straight honesty gets you less points than a positive spin.&nbsp; Actually, joking about needing money is a good way to relax the interview, and again, show a friendly, relaxed attitude.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 1331235, member: 115"] Congrats He Who Cannot Be Named! Personally, I think leave it. The big thing people are looking for is attitude. Brown-nosing isn't cool, and people see through that often. However, when they ask you a question like, "What do you feel is your greatest fault?" being bluntly honest is [i]not[/i] going to score you points, it's going to hurt you. Case in point, myself. My biggest fault is I don't have much experience (as a lab technician, college is mostly theoretical, not practical). I [i]very[/i] quickly learned not to dwell on it - because they [i]will[/i] overlook you if you present it like that. I was overlooked for several jobs because of this, before I asked what I could do to improve my interview. I was told, very matter of factly, that I would have had a [i]much[/i] better chance of going on in the process if I had spun it positively. As for the "Why do you want to work here?" question, again, I've found straight honesty gets you [i]less[/i] points than a positive spin. Actually, joking about needing money is a good way to relax the interview, and again, show a friendly, relaxed attitude. [/QUOTE]

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