Best ways to answer "Tell Me About Yourself"

1. All new ways to answer “ Tell Me About Yourself ” - 2021 edition www.cheggindia.com 01

2. Introduction Interviews make you nervous and you are sure that the question Tell me about yourself will be the first question you will be asked. But you still don’t know the answer. Don’t worry because once you finish reading you will know exactly: How to start answering this question. How to make the answer authentic and still job-specific. What are all things worth mentioning? How long should I take to answer it? What would be the perfect ending? 02

3. It is an opportunity that helps in making your first impression on the interviewer. ##Most of all just think about how your life relates to the job you are going to do for the company or organisation. “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Gustav Jung 03

4. How to start answering the question? 03

5. These are the things which you can mug up and say. Tell something about yourselves, yeah I know, but what? Starting with a greeting helps gain confidence. Then some details like your name, name where you last work or study and the place where it is situated. Some strong but simple points about your personality which helps the job you will be doing. Now the most important point is how to go further so that the interviewer remains interested in your story, in your answer. 04

6. How to make the answer authentic and still job-specific? Start from your past, cover the challenges you faced in your life and end up with the present, telling him why you choose the current field. Your story must be motivating, and the hero of your motivating story is you. While telling your story the most important point remember are: Job Specific. When you are answering the question, tell me about yourself, you should only say what applies to you. The interviewer is asking the question, tell me about yourself, to you for a reason. The most important of all the reasons is the reason how you are good for this job, why should you be hired? Hence, while telling your story you should focus on including the parts which will help you in this job and makes you a perfect candidate for this job. 05

7. What are all things worth mentioning? Two points worth mentioning when preparing for “tell me about yourself” best answer for fresh graduate or simply “tell me about yourself”: When you are in charge of things, they go the way you want them to go. The point repeated – Authenticity The interviewer has an experience which you won’t be able to beat, he will know if you are lying. So, don’t. So what I am saying here is that the interviewer will be asking you questions which are related to what you have done already, what you must know about. Mention only those points which you can prove with the help of your previous incidence, experience. E.g., if you say, “You are highly trainable.” Then there must exist a supporting experience or incidence for the same. When you are talking about skills, not personality traits only mention those which are relevant to the current job profile. 06

8. Pro tips: You can also mention your future plans, but remember those plans must be beneficial for the company. Keep it professional. Practice but try not to memorize your full answer. Go through your resume multiple numbers of times. Be polite, be confident and keep yourself calm. 07

9. Tell me about yourself example: Myself Harsh Mehta, I’m 21 years old and I recently graduated from University X with a B.Tech in Computer Science(If you are not a fresher you might tell them about your last job profile). While there, I learned a lot of basic to advanced subjects like operating systems, data structures and algorithms, computer networks (say only about those subjects which you know, it is an opportunity for you, the interviewer might ask questions from these subjects) and more. (For non-freshers you can tell what all you have learned in your experience) I was also part of the student council (you can say different leadership posts you have had or you have volunteered for some events or any sports or other activities you do and your roles. This again shows your ability to lead and teamwork)and maintained a CGPA of 7.6(For non fresher your work performance). 08

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