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Tell Me About Yourself Common Question in Interview?

Rule #1: Do not talk about your personal or family life. When someone asks you,"tell me about yourself," they're not actually asking you to tell them about your personal life choices, and the mistakes that you've learned from, and how you got here as a human being. They're not actually asking you to "tell them about yourself" they're actually asking you to tell them about your qualifications, your experiences, as well as why you're a good fit for this role. That's it. They just want to know about your professional background and experience in a nutshell. Rule #2: Do tell a story. Even though I said, you shouldn't be telling them about your LIFE story, you do want to tell them your professional work story. I'll get into details about this a little later, but essentially, a good professional work story means, that it needs to be engaging, compelling, clear and complete. So, now that we've got the ground rules out of the way, let