Interview Question And Answers - Tell Me About Yourself

From Ajeet Khurana

How to you tackle an interview question as open-ended as Tell me about yourself.There are 3 ways to tackle this interview question, and answers can range from the personal to the professional, from the specific to the general.

1) Give a quick run down of everything.
2) Talk only of the major accomplishments.
3) Refer only to facts that clearly relate to the position you are being interviewed for.

Naturally, there is no correct answer to this interview question. I would lean in the favor of a quick reference to some personal traits that give a quick-view of who you are. From there one could move to a one sentence of any relevant education/qualification. There should also be a mention of employment history.

Well so far, I have tackled this interview question and answered it with a resume answer. But, one thing that a resume does not contain that an interview answer should is a mention of the future: Where are you headed?? Why are you in this current profession?? Why are you presently seeking...

This interview question and answers to it can be used as a model to answer broad interview questions in general.