What soft qualities do they look for?

I was talking about my "weaknesses" in an interview and said that I take on too much work and the guy turned around and said, "so you mean you can't say NO to people?".

So what other "soft" qualities are they looking for?

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I usually tell them that while I dumbell curl 45 lbs with my right arm for 12 reps, I only get about 10 out of my left arm

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolfpack Buyside strongside
 

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