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"Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:06 pm
by snowpeach06
What's the best way to answer this question?
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:08 pm
by gabbagabba
Ballsy Answer: I smoke 7 gram rocks and live a bitchin' rock star life with a porn star - it's called "winning", and it's all because I have tiger blood and adonis DNA
Answer for the rest of us: what they wanna hear is how much you want the job and how you've been angling for it ever since you were in diapers
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:33 pm
by RVP11
snowpeach06 wrote:What's the best way to answer this question?
This is usually a stupid question asked by a lazy interviewer.
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:40 pm
by skippy1
When I was looking for jobs after undergrad, sometimes I would get this from an interviewer. It would bother me because it seemed as if the interviewer could not be bothered to look at my resume. However, sometimes the interviewer wants to hear you be able to articulate how you are a good fit for the position. I believe the "right" answer in this situation is to give a concise description of your background and then relate it to the position. Approaching it this way has worked for me.
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:48 pm
by gothamm
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:49 pm
by TheTopBloke
gabbagabba wrote:Ballsy Answer: I smoke 7 gram rocks and live a bitchin' rock star life with a porn star - it's called "winning", and it's all because I have tiger blood and adonis DNA
Answer for the rest of us: what they wanna hear is how much you want the job and how you've been angling for it ever since you were in diapers
I'll take the smoke 7 gram rock option.
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:18 pm
by Stanford4Me
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:38 am
by TTH
snowpeach06 wrote:What's the best way to answer this question?
11.5 inches, with impressive girth.
Yep, that should get the message you want across.
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:37 pm
by Da Stain
"Thanks for your time, but I guess it's pretty obvious this isn't gonna work out."
Then get up and leave, wait for rejection letter that was coming either way.
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:05 pm
by ArthurDigbySellers
TTH wrote:snowpeach06 wrote:What's the best way to answer this question?
11.5 inches, with impressive girth.
Yep, that should get the message you want across.
How about 2.5 inches with impressive girth (think soda can)?
Re: "Tell me about yourself..."
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:38 am
by funkyturds
keep it to less than 45 seconds-1 min, focus on things you think they want to hear that aren't already apparent on your resume.
