We introduce the notion of weak-2-local derivation (respectively, * -derivation) on a C * -algebra A as a (non-necessarily linear) map ∆ : A → A satisfying that for every a, b ∈ A and φ ∈ A * there exists a derivation (respectively, a * -derivation) D a,b,φ : A → A, depending on a, b and φ, such that φ∆(a) = φD a,b,φ (a) and φ∆(b) = φD a,b,φ (b). We prove that every weak-2-local * -derivation on Mn is a linear derivation. We also show that the same conclusion remains true for weak-2-local * -derivations on finite dimensional C * -algebras.2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 47B49, 15A60, 16W25, 47B48 Secondary 15A86; 47L10.