Tell Me About Yourself - Honest Answer.

Hello everyone. Here Don Georgevich with tools for job interviews. And today I want to give you a better way to

answer

the question, “Tell me about

yourself

.” I see a lot of people giving these cold, corporate and inhumane

answer

s, because they only talk about their achievements and their work experience, and that's it. So when an employer asks them, "Tell me about

yourself

," they simply recite their accomplishments and some of their work experience and then stop there. OK that's fine. And that's a method that I actually teach in some of my guides. But I want to give you a better way to do it, a warmer way to do it, a nicer way to do it, a more humane way to do it.

Because you think so? They're saying, "Tell me about yourself." They're not saying, "Tell me all the great things you did." They want to know about you as a person. So, this is the only question you have the opportunity to ask them personally. And when you have a personal relationship with someone, that gives you the opportunity to make a connection; a lasting connection. And that's what you want in the interview. You want to connect with that employer or that recruiter, that interviewer, so that they remember you, so that they see that you are a unique individual; You are a real person and they want to know more about you.

So when they ask you, "Tell me about yourself," instead of giving them that cold answer, and really, what a lot of people do is they just answer the question, "Why are you qualified for this job?" That's the kind of response you give them when you simply

tell

them about your experience and accomplishments. So,

tell

them about yourself, and the way you can do that is by talking about your journey throughout your career; How did you get started, what sparked your interest, and what are your next steps? What did you do? How did you first explore that passion?

Did you go to university? Did you work somewhere? And talk about your journey throughout your career to where you are now, and then you end up where you see yourself going. So, let me give you an example. I mean, let's say you're in the medical field, and let's say you've always wanted to be a doctor or a medical technician or a nurse or whatever. So maybe a little kid, you found a kitten or a bunny and maybe it was injured, and you nursed it back to health, and you felt an overwhelming amount of joy in your life, because you helped nurse this animal back to health. health.

And then from that moment on, maybe you were eight or ten years old and you think, "I want to be a veterinarian and I want to help animals for the rest of my life." This is how you start your answer. You tell that story. Tell that story and you'll make a connection with them. And then you tell them what you did next. Maybe in high school you studied more about biology and deep down you always knew you wanted to be a veterinarian, or maybe baby, you want to be a doctor and help people. I don't know;

It could go in any direction. And then you talk about your journey to medical school and what you did, where you went, how you did it, and how you stayed excited or what kept you going, what drove you through the process of going through it. And then talk about what you did after college, where you started working, whatever. Or maybe along the way, you volunteered at a pet hospital and helped nurse animals back to health, whatever. Tell them a story about yourself, how you started, and then where that took you in your life, and how it affected your life, and how far it took you to today, and then where you see yourself going.

Now, if you're not in the medical field, let's say you're in finance, banking, or accounting. Let's say in high school you were (you know, when we're in high school, we start to discover more about ourselves). So maybe in high school, 10th grade, you took an accounting class. And for some reason, those numbers hit you in such a way that they made sense. You started thinking about accounting numbers all the time, running things in your head, and you were very good with numbers, and could do simple or complex equations in your mind; whatever. Whatever inspired you to enter the accounting field, talk about it.

And then talk about what you did next. Maybe if this ledger impacted you in high school, talk about other things you did in high school; maybe some clubs that you started or were in, maybe at your local church or Boy Scout club or whatever, maybe you volunteered your accounting expertise to help them keep their books, or maybe you organized some activities to raise funds at school; you know, whatever. Tell them that story. Tell them how you got started in accounting. And then it moved on to the next phase. Talk about what you did in college. Say, "I loved accounting so much that I went to college to study accounting." Maybe you went to Miami University or Ohio State University; whatever.

Tell about the school you went to, talk about what you did at school; maybe clubs you were involved in that were related to finance. Maybe you were in a finance club, an investment club, talk about that. And then maybe talk about some internships you had and then talk about where you went to work. And whether you've been working for five or 20 years, you can still tell this story. You don't have to be a recent graduate to talk about what you did in college. You could be an accounting veteran with 20 years of experience and you may know that they want to know how you got started in accounting;

They say, "Tell me about yourself." "You know, in school, I got bit by the accounting bug." And you know, I did this, and then I went to college, and then I worked for an accounting firm and you know... And then I got my CPA degree. Tell them the story, talk about your journey, connect with your interviewer. Now, let's say you're not in the medical field, let's say you're not in finance. Let's do one more. Let's say you are an engineer. Let's say you are in the engineering field and now let's go back to high school or even earlier.

Maybe you talk about how you got the engineering bug. And maybe you were in a robotics club in high school and you started working with robotics and connecting electronics to mechanical parts and making things work and that just got the gears in your mind turning. You were excited about engineering; electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, whatever. And that's how you got excited, that's where you started, that's when the bug bit you. We still talk about it. And then you talk about what you did in high school; maybe we talked about other clubs, maybe you started a club, maybe you just participated, maybe you participated in competitions, robotics competitions, whatever.

And then talk about where you went to school; saying, “Maybe I went to Cal Tech to study engineering,” or “Maybe I went to the University of Michigan to study engineering,” wherever. Talk about what you did in college and then talk about what you did after college; internships, whatever, and give them an idea of ​​what you did and how you got to this point in your life. Makes sense? So at the end of the day, the best way to answer, “Tell me about yourself,” is to talk about your journey. Start wherever you are excited in your life.

Where in your life did you get the bug to get excited about anything you do? It could be engineering, it could be mathematics, it could be science, it could be teaching. Teaching is a wonderful gift that a teacher can give to his or her students. So maybe you were excited from the beginning because you had to get up and teach some people in high school how to do something or maybe you were a tutor in high school and you taught some kids and you just loved teaching. So, you continued your teaching path. You can apply this technique, this methodology, this framework, whatever you want to call it, to anything in your career.

And that's what employers want to know. That's what they really want to know. They want to know how you got excited and what led you to this point in your career. Now, don't make a book out of your answer. Ideally, your response should be no more than a minute; Try aiming for about 30 to 45 seconds. And to do this, get yourself a video camera, like the one I have now, and record yourself saying your response to the camera and then go back and watch it. See how long it took you to say that answer and just watch and listen to yourself.

And then what that allows them to do is self-correct and they'll be able to make adjustments to their presentation and fine-tune that response, so that it feels like a story. And then let someone let some family or friends see or hear you. And what this will do is help him polish the delivery of his answer, so that he can tell it to anyone and, within a minute, anyone will have an idea of ​​what he has done. I mean, I worked with a client yesterday on the phone and I just want to tell you what a memorable story it is.

I just worked with a client over the phone on how to answer this question and do you know what he told me? She said she's actually in the medical field right now. She told me that when she was little she found a little bird. And so what she did was feed him worms; her for all that and then she realized that she wasn't supposed to do that. But what she tells me that story, she told me that yesterday; It's still fresh in my mind, because it's such a sweet childhood story. And from that moment on she really wanted to be a veterinarian.

She ended up attending medical school and now she is dedicated to selling medical devices. But still, she stayed true to her roots in the medical field and that was her journey. So when she was little she was inspired to be a veterinarian, but she ended up deciding to go to medical school and then decided, "That wasn't for me." So, she ended up in medical sales. But she told me a story and a story stays. If you simply recite facts and figures that are boring or have no meaning behind them, they are not memorable. And employers won't remember you when you simply rattle off a bunch of accomplishments.

But if you tell them a story about a little bird, or a bunny, or whatever, whatever got you involved in where you are now, that sticks, and they remember it, and they remember you, and they will remember you. over all the others. Because not everyone talks about furry bunnies and little birds. See what I mean? So, go out and in her next interview talk about her journey throughout her career. What excited you about her? What was the passion? What was the fire in your belly that drove you to pursue your dream? And I guarantee it to you;

Your interviewers will be delighted with your answer, they will be impressed, they will remember you, and you may end up connecting with them on a level that no one else can or that you never imagined. could. And it will take you much further in the interview process and closer to landing a job with them. That's all I have for you today my friend. I wish you the best in your next interview. Now, if you need it, with interview questions and answers. I have a great guide here. This is called The Complete Interview Answer Guide. And this is my book.

I have been working on this book for over 10 years. It has over 140 different types of questions and answers to some of the most common questions you can expect to receive in any interview. It has basic questions like "Tell me about yourself" and "Why do you want to work here?" It has over 40 different behavioral questions that you use the STAR method to answer; the situation, the task and the result. It teaches you how to answer those questions with the proper framework. I can't recommend the guide enough. And if you don't want that, that's fine. I have a lot of videos on YouTube that are also very useful.

But this book can be found at jobinterviewtools.com. It is a PDF e-book. You can download it. You can get a printed copy, like this one. It is also available in audio and video. So if you want to get the audio version and download all the audio tracks to your iPhone or whatever, you can do that too. I believe this is the only interview guide on the market that is in e-book, printed book and also in audio and video. This is because it has been around for so long that it has been developed on many other platforms and is simply a very useful guide.

I'm sure it will help you so again I wish you the best in your next interview and I'll see you in the next video. good luck on your interview, bye, if you found this video useful, please like it and make sure to subscribe to my channel to receive notifications every time I post a new video and by subscribing you support my message and this channel. I would greatly appreciate it. Make sure you subscribe.