Interview Question: Tell me about yourself? 18

[AeroNucDef]

Hi

I was having a chat with one of my friends whose been looking for a new job (Design Engineer), he's been for a few interviews but he told me that he becomes stuck when the interviewer asks the "tell me about yourself" question. I tried to give him an answer, but I got stuck as well. I've been thinking about this question for most of the day now, and it's driving me up the wall. Being an engineer I'm quite good at talking about science & technology, but when talking about myself I can't think of anything that sounds right.
Not kidding here but my friends answer was: I'm a man, I'm a engineer. Quite blunt but right to the point.

What would you consider a good answer?

Yours
Fish

 

[lacajun]

It is not about WHAT you answer, it is about HOW you answer!

Then saying "I'm a dominatrix" would be OK as long as it's said properly? :-0

 

[KENAT]

Well, statistically, at least some of the time, yes.

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[IRstuff]

Only if it were true ;-)

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[MacGyverS2000]

Hey, you never know, maybe the interviewer is a submissive... you just secured yourself a job.

Dan - Owner

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[OneDay11]

some great stuff here. i remember back in university my buddy was asked something along these lines during a job interview. he told them how close to failing he got because of a online gaming addiction. he also went into some detail about how he had pretty much stopped socializing with anyone in the "real" world. i honestly don't know if he was offered a job. i never heard much from him after graduation… can you guess why?

to me it seams that this question is just to figure out if you got both feet on the ground. they don’t care what you say until it starts sounding out of the norm. if you have a hard time answering the question i have a feeling it will count negatively.