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Personal Narrative: My Weaknesses In The Workplace

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What is one weakness you have?
One weakness that I have is being able to talk to people as soon as I meet them. When I meet people I don’t like to talk to them because I don’t really know them all that well. I like to get to know them just by observing at first and then I start to talk to them. I could just go and talk to them at the start to help this process go by faster and not take as much time.

What is one thing you do well?
One thing that I do well is I get right to work as soon as I know what I need to do. If I am trying to figure out what I need to do to fix something I will get right to work as soon I know what I need to do or fix.

Why Are You Looking for a Job? -
I am looking for a job, this one in particular, because I am looking forward to actually getting to be in a big engineering field one day. I need to get experience before I go right into one of the big engineering fields, this way I know what to expect and what to look for as I am learning what to do. …show more content…

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I am interested in working for the company that does these jobs because I need to get used to what being in an engineering field and what it is going to look like and I am going to work with others. I like to work with others rather than working by myself.
How Has School Prepared You For Working at Our Company? -
School has prepared me for working at this company by teaching me all of the math skills that I may need to use while working here. School has also prepared me by having me work by myself and also in groups and teaching me teamwork.

Why Should We Hire You? -
You should hire me because I am trying to get used to the different types of engineering fields to see which field I might like to work in. Once I find out which one best fits me I will stay with that job and continue doing what I was doing

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