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Most people find the "tell me about yourself" question the most difficult question to answer in interview. Before I train clients to answer the question - tell me about yourself, they tend to do one of four things.

  •  Talk about their job
  • Just waffle in an unstructured way for a very long time
  • Blurt out the first thing that comes to mind
  • Say nothing

It's embarrassing really. Here are a few tips to tell people about yourself in a meaningful and concise way. Check out InterviewIQ's recent post  on the how to answer the tell me about yourself question in interview. 1)       Keep your answer short around 30 seconds if you can 2)       Include an achievement statement to support what you say 3)       Practice your answer until you are confident in what you say 4)       Tailor your answer to the role at hand 5)       Be genuinely enthusiastic about the opportunity at hand. We'll be providing some practical examples in future posts, so stay tuned.  


About Deborah Barit

Deborah Barit is a Sydney based author, trainer, consultant and Director of Impressive Interviews who specialises in training individuals and groups for job interviews. She has successfully placed clients from professions as diverse as health, law, IT, senior management and the arts in positions of their choice. For the last 15 years she has specialised in training doctors for medical specialty selection interviews and more recently consultants for senior roles.

Prior to this, her career has included selection and recruitment both in Australia and overseas, labour market research, evaluation of government-funded programs and working with disability employment services.  She holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations form UTS.

Deborah is a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development,