The words to use
- Insight
- Seeing your own strengths and limits accurately, and acting on them. The Dental Schools Council lists proactive personal insight, self-reflection and self-development among its core attributes.
- Humblebrag
- A strength dressed up as a weakness, such as "I'm a perfectionist" or "I care too much". It sounds rehearsed and avoids the question.
- Red-flag weakness
- A weakness touching a core value or skill for a dentist, such as honesty, reliability or comfort with close patient contact. Do not use one as your main example.
- Manual dexterity evidence
- A fine skill practised over time, such as an instrument, model-making, sewing or art, described with what it demanded and how you improved.
