1. "Remain silent, and pull an index card out of your pocket that says 'I over-prepare.' "

2. "The best I have ever heard was from an interview with Kevin O'Leary and he said the best response he has ever gotten was:

"'I've never worked for you before. I don't know what you want of me and I won't know the day I show up so you have to give me time to figure it out'."

3. "I'm usually just honest about my weakness. I don't like to say whatever just to get a job.

"I am a bit socially awkward and when I don't feel too comfortable about my job knowledge it shows in my voice, usually through stuttering or misspeaking.

"This goes away once I know my job better and feel more confident in my position."

4. "'Those eyes of yours.' Boom. Hired."

5. "As an employer, I can tell you the two things that I like to hear the most are:

"'I sometimes struggle to maintain a work/life balance" and 'I could be more sociable with my co-workers.'

"Usually people who are quick with those responses are accurate self-assessors and are more likely to be self-managing workaholics than lazy slugs.

"It also speaks a degree of introspection and an understanding that humans are relational. It's easy to communicate with those folks - they are the kind of people to whom you can give an instruction one time, and they listen.

"The worst answer is 'I don't have a weakness.'

"Bull! If you didn't have a weakness, you wouldn't be out interviewing for a job."