A little job interview creative writing.

I don't really understand why job interviewers ask the question "what are your weaknesses?" Strengths I understand, but weaknesses? Is it to see if you are an honest person? You could be lying through your teeth and they would never know. Or is it to see how strong your weaknesses are, since the latter is an oxymoron, it must just be to see what great weakness you can come up with, and how coached you can convey them. I had an interview today, and that common question was just funny to me. Since Daniel had to work tonight I thought I would spend this blog reliving that interview, when I started typing it all came out pretty silly and in rhyme but I thought I would post it any way.


"What are your weaknesses" I heard the interviewer say, in an early morning hour when every thing was gray. I collected my thoughts, then waited a minute to form the words, "I'm perfect," and then thought, "no I didn't." Luckily I knew he was smart enough to see past my lying eyes, but I myself wasn't convinced otherwise.

So I made up a few fitting weaknesses in hopes they were glamorous enough to win him over. I could hear him tell the board at the end of the day, " She's a procrastinator and unorganized too. Let's hire her because all the others could do, was run a little late and misspell a word or two, but this girl can misspell a lot of words and is as tough as wet glue!"

He was just about to offer me the job when a voice broke in and said, "We'll be in touch", and it was to my dread, that I realized I had been dreaming the whole entire time and had to wake up to find that the job wasn't just based on weakness alone, but strengths and character of which I do own.

So I emerged from the interview feeling a lot less blue. Perhaps, it went better than I thought, but who really knew? It's ultimately up to them to make the final decision, if it's me I'll jump for joy and give praise to God who deserves all the glory. If not that's fine too, because I know my time will come when it's due. For now I'll play the game of wait and see, who's most deserving? Maybe it's me.