Describe your strong and weak points, personal and professional, explaining why you see them

as such. (300 words)

“Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life” -  John Ruskin
I believe that life is a learning experience and being able to recognize our own strengths and
weaknesses can help us become better individuals in anything we choose to do, whether it is
positive abilities and skills that can help achieve our goals or negative personal areas that need
improvement. Knowing yourself and what you can do, can help you recognize and overcome
your weaknesses
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One of my greatest strengths that I have recognised would have to be my ability to learn and
try out new things. I am always looking out for and learning new and better approaches, that
help me do a better and efficient job. I also am passionate to learn from others and this will
help in spreading a mind set of collaboration, to bring experts of different fields together to
work in areas they didn’t think to do so before.

I am a very curious person. I believe that asking questions not only enables you to expand your
knowledge but also inspires change and pushes the envelope. My ability to question the
process will open opportunity for change, whether it’s within my domain or in my local
community.

I am reliable, adaptable and I get along well with people, which makes me a good team player. 
I am certain that because of my strengths, I am good at what I do however; I do have
weaknesses that I have to overcome and improve.

I used to like to work on one project to its completion before starting on another, but I’ve
learned to multi- task better. I think it allows me to be more creative and effective in each one.

I am a self critic. I don’t like substandard results and results that please me are a rarity, so I
make sure all my work is perfect. This might mean that I work too hard and might not be able to
meet my deadlines, but it’s worth it to me, because it’s so annoying finishing work that’s less
than ideal.

I am certain just like everything has its pros and cons, people have strengths and weaknesses
and I have identified my weaknesses that I have to overcome and improve.