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HALL OF BAD DECISIONSFILE No. 5143-J

My Biggest Weakness

In the interview they asked my biggest weakness. I’d planned to say “perfectionism”, like everybody does. Instead what came out was: “I get bored after about four months.” The panel wrote it down. I got the job. I got bored after four months. My manager reminded me, very calmly, that I had warned them. Then my replacement started. She was bored in three.

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