How do you usually answer the "Tell me about yourself" question? Is this the place to summarize work history or do you only talk about you, your journey, why you're here, etc.?

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there’s no wrong way to do it imo - I usually talk about my journey into advertising and how I got into production. and then I say what I do outside of work a bit

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Simply turn the tables by asking them who they are.

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I usually say ‘the stuff I’m proud of or the stuff buried in an HR folder’?

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Raised in the woods

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I am meat scaffolding…. i crave sustenance

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Keep it tight. Interviewer, if it’s your potential boss, may be spending a lot of time with you and wants to know if it will be enjoyable or not.

Keep the answer mostly work related, but throw in one or two interesting and unobjectionable things about yourself that will make you memorable.

I’ve done X, Y and Z at work. I got an award for doing blah and I’d like to get better at bliddy blah. When, I’m not at work, I ….

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Thank you, this was very helpful!

It’s a trick question, be careful.

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Long, rambling life story…always start with Grandma Lizzy from Ireland

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“Look at me……

….. I’m the captain now.”

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“What would you like to know?”

This is how I answer that question. Not sure if that’s good or bad?

None of your business…next question

“What level of detail are you looking for?”

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general question, about how long after submitting an online application should one assume that they aren’t getting an interview?

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