| www.jobinterviewtools.com Good interview answer to Tell me about yourself Watch Don show you exactly how to tell interviewers about yourself with one of the toughest interview questions, tell me about yourself. Where to start? What do they want to know? Should I start in high school, college, first grade? It's one of the most frequently asked questions in an interview. The way you answer this question will set the tone for the rest of the interview. This can be a challenging question to answer if you are not prepared for it, but it's really asked as an icebreaker. Again, this is an open-ended question, but really what the interviewer wants to hear is about your recent work experience. Why don't they just ask that question? Because they want to see where you will go with an open-ended question. Your answer tells the interviewer where your mind is. If you start telling him that you are a Cleveland Browns fan, then you are way off base with what he wants to hear and you have just made your first mistake. What do you want the interviewer to know about you when you leave, your work experience or your personal interests? I'm confident their hiring decision will be based on your work experience, save your personal interests for the water cooler after you get the job. Wrong answer to tell me about yourself 1. "What would you like to know?" This statement completely throws the question back at the interviewer in somewhat of an insulting way and he/she is forced to reword the ... |
