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Interview Prep · BehavioralTell me about yourself
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Tell me about yourself

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The question that sets the frame for the next forty minutes, usually wasted on a CV recital.


The question

"So, tell me about yourself."

Two minutes. Assume the interviewer has skimmed your CV and remembers almost none of it.

15:00Commit to an answer before you open the solution. Reading it first teaches you to recognise good answers, which is not the skill being tested.

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The worked solution

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Score yourself

0 of 5 marked
  • Opened with current scope and ownership, not history25
  • Planted two specific threads with numbers attached30
  • Compressed the back-history rather than narrating it20
  • Ended deliberately, connecting to this role15
  • Kept it to about two minutes10

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