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Wow!! Great answers from all of you guys. Thanks. I kinda had a feeling that it was too personal and stuff but I just had really hard time thinking of an answer for a weakness. I know the regular answers like "I over-achieve" and "i'm a perfectionist" but I wanted to go out of the box and look for something that made me particular, but seems like i have to think more..hahaha..i'm just a little wary of using "over-achiever and perfectionist" because it seems like that's everyone's answer and the interviewer will hear the same answer from different people. If nothing comes up, then perfectionist it is. haha.

I'm looking for an answer for "give me some strengths and weaknesses about you" and I was wondering if I could my weight as a weakness because i've been struggling with my weight for the last 4 years (nursing school) and my thinking is that If I use my weight as a weakness that i'm overweight, when i'm teaching patients about how to change their diet and lifestyle, they'll look at me and think that I don't even listen to what I'm teaching. and that could be a hindrance when it comes to patient education. But I do go to the gym about 4x a week and run about 3 miles at the gym and bike as much as possible so endurance is not an issue. It's just the excess weight. Should I use that as a weakness? because I've read that we should be honest about our weaknesses. Thanks