I keep freezing when recruiters ask, "Tell me about yourself." My brain gives me five different versions and none of them sound natural. How do you answer that without giving your whole life story?

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Practice that answer. Get it nailed down because it comes up all the time. I just keep it to the professionally relevant side of life, but not reciting what is already on my resume.

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Just have a basic answer to that blocked out ahead of time. It's something you can expect, so it's best to be ready for it. The main thing to remember is to keep it concise, tell a story but a brief one. Ideally your answer should have some focus. What you don't want to do is embark on a meandering answer that doesn't have some theme or point to it.

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