Developing your Interview Skills - "Tell me about yourself"
The recruiting staff at Ohio State University Business school offers advice about how to answer the dreaded, open-ended question "Tell me about yourself".
Suggestions include:
Answer the question chronologically
Give results and only topics that relate to the job
Walk through your background and why you made the decisions you've made thus far in your career
What you are doing to meet you career goals
Avoid personal information
Demonstrate accomplishments
Keep answers to ~2 minutes in length
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