Tell Me About Yourself - A Good Answer To This Question
๐๐๐ 3 ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ก๐. I was in a panel of interviewers few weeks ago and everyone, I mean, everyone failed this question. At some point, I told one of the guys to spare me his whole life story and just tell us about himself. Sadly, none could impress us. Imagine this: You submitted a resume, prayed and even fasted to be called upon for an interview. Now you got a phone call for that long awaited interview and right before the manager, you're asked, hi Grace, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ. It's not a time to tell them your state of origin, country, marital status, course of study, University, family background and your whole life's story. No interviewer has time for this. I'm talking by experience. When you do this, you have just succeeded in sending a wrong impression in just a first meeting...if there'll be a second one. Tell me about yourself is an indirect way of asking you to tell them what value you have to bring to the table and the proble...