Ever been asked, What’s your biggest weakness? and thought—how do I answer that without sounding useless or fake? In this episode of The Jest Business, we tackle one of the most annoyingly common interview questions, with all the seriousness it doesn’t deserve. We share the worst ways to answer it, the best fake flaws that still land the job, and how to turn your overachieving into humble bragging gold. If you’ve ever flubbed an interview or faked your way through one, this one’s for you!

Discussion Topics: How to Answer the Most Hated Interview Question

• Welcome to the corporate circus—where jargon is king and humour is policy.
• The world’s dumbest interview question—and why it still haunts us.
• Warning: This is how not to answer a weakness question (unless you enjoy flinging coffee).
• Confessions of a charming procrastinator—you might relate too much.
• The one word that turns a flaw into a flex (and saves your interview).
• The “centipede move”: camouflage your ambition and still come out shining.
• Got called out for being a workaholic? Here’s how to spin it into gold.
• Flip the script: what happens when you ask the boss about their flaws?
• “Sell me this pen”—and other classics from the theatre of the absurd.
• The most-read piece in The Economist… and it’s all about making fun of business.