Tell Me About Yourself | Best Answer (from former CEO)

Tell me about yourself. “Well, I was born at a very young age. But enough about me. Tell me about you. “

If you are here, your interview is tomorrow, you got this !

Got an interview in 5 hours. Thank you for possibly, hopefully saving my ass Edit : I GOT THE JOB

My mom used to tell me "remember, they're just people." This helped me relax, be myself and be more conversational.

I was interviewed when I applied for the Illinois State Police, back in ‘84, by the district commander, a lieutenant, and the senior master sergeant, who sat behind me where I could not see him. It was a very long interview, technically an interrogation, since they asked many probing questions about my personal life. The final thing asked was “Where do you see yourself in twenty years?”, by the district commander; I told him that I intended to be in his job by then. An idiotic thing to say. I found out later that that answer was the single thing that decided the interview, because though the district commander didn’t like the answer, the lieutenant, and the master sergeant, who was silent the entire time, convinced the district commander that if I had the guts to be that honest, they needed to approve me. As it turned out, many years later I retired from that same district as the senior master sergeant.

If you don't get a job because you like a different sports team as the interviewer, you've avoided working for a psychopath, congrats

“So tell me about yourself” My brain: 🧠 👁. 👁 👃 👄

"Tell me about yourself" isn't an icebreaker, it's a glacier to cross.

"I have a very particular set of skills"

I once started answering that question with “I was born...”, I still shudder at the memory.

After numerous failed interviews, I came across your videos and used your tips to finally land my first engineering job out of college. And now I tell everyone I know looking for a job to go to your channel.

All these interview videos are directed to high value jobs and I'm over here nervous for an interview for a warehouse.

The first time i was asked that question, i was dumbfounded. I told them my hobbies etc...i didn't get the job. Ask a stupid question, you get stupid answers.

Last year I was interviewed for a managerial job at Dick's Sporting goods, I used this technique with the hiring manager. It was painfully obvious that the hiring manager hadn't read my resume or cover letter at all. On top of that he was fifteen minutes late for the interview. I started off using this technique but ended up explaining my entire history to him and by the end of the interview I realized I was radically over qualified for the job. I was invited back for another interview but I felt like the management wasn't organized nor did they take their potential employees time seriously. Oddly the hiring manager being so poorly organized he saved me by making me realize I would never want to work for that company, ever.

Tell me about yourself, "I'd rather not, I really need this job"...

"Tell me about yourself" - Just recap your resume in 45 seconds. This is really good advise and is simple and easy to understand.

I'm not interviewing but this guy is articulate, energetic, and interesting.

This guy's voice is the perfect voice to have in a interview. He sounds bold and charismatic without sounding like he is too introverted or too extroverted.

I lost my job and watched this video i was making only 40k but after watching this video it helped me land 3 offers one 70k and another for 80k and another 55k thank you some much i was feeling depressed getting rejected but now very happy.

This was helpful when I was preparing for an interview in June this year. I went in confident during the interview. Lo and behold this was the FIRST QUESTION and I answered it well. It absolutely helped me. I GOT THE JOB!