Interview tips? weaknesses

what are your weaknesses? What do you say to this? Last interview I said grades/academics, since my grades in college sucked. This good answer or retarded thing to say?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Doing your mom

What role do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
Your job

I jest but seriously, be sure to bring up politics in the first few minutes as an ice breaker. It also wastes time so they're grilling you for less total time.

Asian girls with daddy issues

Pick something that's a weakness but also a strength.

> I focus quite seriously on my work, and sometimes can get tunnel vision and not pay attention to what's happening around me like conversations.

This is an actual weakness that has possible repercussions in the workplace, but it's a manageable one that they'll like due to your work ethic. Anything along those lines is a good answer, as long as the rest of your interview isn't shit.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist. For me, its either the best or nottin a'tall. If things get a bit dodgy I just cannot be bothered!

i say my biggest weakness is that i always tell the truth. (Which is true)
Then i give examples of why thats a negative and positive. When i worked retail i would tell people if the shoes they were buying were cheaply made or id they could wait a week because theres a sale coming up. Which near term hurt profit margins of the company but long term that person will respect my honesty and come back because i was straight up with them

In an older role of mine, I regularly groomed some of my reports for advancement, and also conducted a lot of interviews, so I'll give what I always said if they asked this question, which it looks like someone already did; Say you can sometimes get too focused on the job in-front of you, which may lead to hitting dead ends, or missing the bigger picture. This is good for entry-level, but absolutely not one to use in very unlikely event they'd ask this for more upper roles.
More common of a question for upper roles would be "What kind of manager do you see yourself as?" which the answer should always be "I see my self as a leader who delegates. There's no way I can do everything myself, so I find it important and most effective to develop a team where everyone has responsibilities where they can not only be held accountable, but also show and develop their strengths."
>leadership: check
>teamwork: check
>responsible: check
>developing team members: check
>holding team accountable: check

My favorite though, but only applies to guys, is when anyone is nervous before an interview I always tell them that when they're brought in for the interview, just unzip their pants and slam their dick on the desk, tell them that's your resume. Always kills the nerves, haha.

I always turn my weakness into a strength. For example, I often use the "im not a naturally organised person, however i have been making a conscious effort to improve on this by keeping a digital calendar and keeping notes".

my weakness is that i never squat
but i make up for it with deadlifts

"Im not a morning person. I prefer to show up at 10 and stay longer in the evening"

Thats better than any "I work too hard" bullshit. They know its a lie.