How granular are you supposed to get into the details of your resume during a 30 minute interview?

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Depends on what they ask you. If they say “tell me about a time [blah blah]” and you did [blah blah] go into as much detail as necessary to answer their question. Don’t necessarily give the whole story, look at it like checking a box. They are assessing your skills/experience, and a slew of other things, and your answer hypothetically checks the box. How you deliver, your energy, personality, body language, dress, word choice, all kinds of things matter. But answering the question with the most relevant detail is what I’m usually expecting. I don’t have much compunction cutting people off after a minute or two if they are rambling...but maybe that’s just me.

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G1 is right. Hit the three key items from your resume why you would be a fit/move the business forward and then create a personal connection in the remaining 28 minutes and 30 seconds.

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I would *not* recommend spending valuable interview time on explaining granular resume details. Consider the resume a “pre-read” that the interviewer has done (but may in fact not have read), and instead use the interview time to “win the job” and be the top candidate he/she recommends for next steps. Unfortunately, the prize for 2nd place is a rejection email from the recruiter, so do everything you can to win.

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