What are your three biggest weaknesses or areas of improvement? After stating a weakness, you should explain how this weakness has impacted you in work, school, sports, etc. and follow that up with how you are working on overcoming this weakness. Employers want job candidates who can admit areas of improvement and state how they are working on improving themselves in that area. You should follow this format for all three of the weaknesses you identify. Since the question asks for three, you should discuss three.