Pong adds that one of the trickiest things about behavioural interview questions is figuring out how to speak about your weaknesses in a way that doesn’t make you seem weak. "There's a difference between stating your areas for growth in a matter-of-fact way and talking about them as if you are ashamed of them," Pong says, noting that you can also run the risk of sounding disingenuous. "One of my pet peeves is the 'humblebrag' response, such as 'my biggest weakness is that I'm a perfectionist.' This just makes it look like you didn't do much self-reflection."