How To Answer "Tell Me About Yourself" Question? | At Interview

 Tell Me About Yourself

 

 

Hello again. Let's talk about the most favorite question that every hiring manager will love to ask and that is tell me about yourself. Now a lot of people take this question and get intimidated they get scared they get nervous. Now I don't want you to do that. I want you to take this question as an opportunity to explain it what you know what the skills you have. I want you to hold your shoulders high and look him in the eye and answer that question with full confidence because let me tell you this. This is the only opportunity you're going to get in the entire interview process where you could tell the person about everything about yourself. You can make yourself shine. That's a moment for you to feel proud. So take that as an opportunity. Let me put it in a way that it would be a lot easier for you to understand how you should answer this question. I have broken down this in five parts or you could say five categories or five pieces. The first category is quick introduction. So let me go to all of them real quick first about these five pieces one is quick introduction. Second is experience. Third one is education. Fourth one is personal interest. And the fifth one is how you fit in this role. 

 

1.Quick Introduction 

 

 

So coming back to the first one a quick introduction and this introduction you have to talk about what you really are let's say if you're an engineer you're an accountant you're a doctor you're a lawyer you have to say that I'm a lawyer I'm practicing for so many years I'm a System Administrator and I've been working as a system administrative capacity for these many years. So also say about the number of years then you have to say a quick summary about your skills you know these things you have worked in these things and you have been working again for that many years in this in these skills. So if that job is more specifically for system let's say office office engineer sorry office administrator very simple job right. So you've been working as an office admin for so many years but here are the skills that you have under your belt 

2.Experience

 

 

Always start with your existing job. Talk about your company if you're working for Company ABC. Talk a little bit about what your company does. How many employees they have are you really proud of the company you should actually say that that you are really you feel really good great working for that company then you have to talk about your day to day job there. What do you really do. Don't. Don't be tedious or boring about your day to day job. Talk about some exciting things that you do then and while you go through your every experience please make sure you mention all your accomplishments. Anything you have done for Company A. Anything you have done for Company B. Talk about your quantifiable facts like anything that you could put in a number or quantify Hey I worked for five years and I tell you I increased the productivity 50 percent. I've worked so hard to improve the process that I have reduced the cost by 25 percent. I've been working in this company without 5000 people and I support 2000 of those employees to all those numbers. Talk about those numbers. If you have to put those numbers in a story talk about the story tell anything that has that can be explained in a story I'm sure you everyone has some kind of story at your job. We all go through issues we all go to disasters whether it's office related or outside. There are hurricanes there are there attacks or wars or so many things. Are the blackouts that you go through and I'm sure during those times you probably work very hard. Talk about those then go back to your prior experience go back to the prior experience go this way.

3.Education

 

Then we go into the category about education. Talk about your accomplishment when you were in school what you do you do you are bachelors you are masters of your PTSD what kind of degree you have and whether you have a high GPA come la de Miguel la de any kind of achievement or accomplishment or your awards you have talked about your certifications

 

4.Personal Interest 

 

 

Then talk about your personal interest. Now a lot of people say hey don't talk about anything of your personal or anything about your hobbies. I would say you should because that somehow that's the interview can relate something with you. So I always says you know what. I love watching Seinfeld. I love watching sports more soccer. I like to read articles that has something to do with the technology. I like to read some of the books. See when you talk about these really quickly don't go more than 10 seconds or 20 seconds. When you talk about that the interviewer might relate something with you Hey you know what. I'm glad you mentioned it. I love that show too. Hey what about that show. See it becomes some personal interest in that.

 

5.How Do You Fit In That Role

 

Then the last thing is how do you fit in that role. Once you explain everything about yourself. Last thing is you know the job description. Now this is a time to tell that you're a hiring manager. Hey you know what. I know you were looking for this person and based on what I had just explained you all the things that I have went through. I tell you I am the right fit for this job. I could do everything that you have listed in the job description and that's how you and we're seeing that tell me about yourself. See I put it in it's so easier way. All you have to know is remember five these different pieces five categories when you have to answer this question number one quick introduction second experience. Third education fourth personal interest. And fifth How do you fit in this role. I hope this blog will really help you if you have a question. Let me know.