{"id":8339,"date":"2019-01-31T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=8339"},"modified":"2019-01-31T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:46:46","slug":"how-to-answer-tell-me-about-yourself-in-your-next-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/how-to-answer-tell-me-about-yourself-in-your-next-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Answer “Tell Me About Yourself”…and more strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by\u00a0HEATHER FREISER<\/a>Sponsored by Enterprise Holdings
\nRe-posted from The Muse<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Loved because it’s predictable. Feared because it’s excruciatingly open-ended. “Tell me about yourself” may be the single-most prolific interview question known to man.\u00a0<\/span>Other variants include, “So let’s start with you\u2014what brings you here today?” And, “Why don’t you kick it off by telling us a little bit about your background.”\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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However it’s packaged, the ask is the same: Box up your life, ambitions, and experience into one neat little answer that makes you sound professional, poised, sane, capable, qualified, and fit for the role.<\/p>\n

No sweat, right? [Check out this fun video and] a few strategies to kick it off with a bang. LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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