How to Answer the Interview Question: Tell Me About Yourself

Series Summary

Management in business and organizational activity refers to the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, resourcing, leading or directing and controlling a group of one or more people. Every organization must manage its work, people, processes and technology in order to maximize its effectiveness. In this free video series, an administrative trainer with an executive MBA in management explains how to succeed in business management and how to improve leadership skills. Discover what needs to be done to become a CEO, hire employees, conduct an effective meeting and counsel a troubled employee. Business management is difficult and often hard to define, but with these tips and techniques anyone in a leadership position will be well-prepared to manage employees.

Video Transcript

"If you've interview for a job at any time, you've gotten this question, tell me about yourself? My name is Gloria Campbell, I'm with Advances Training Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida and I'm going to give you some ideas on what you want to say to that question. Tell me about yourself, is one of those questions that you're always going to get in an interview. It's normally the first question, it's design to put you at ease and it's design for the interviewer to learn a little bit of information about you. You really want to be careful about what you say. There are certain questions that the interviewer cannot ask you about, unless you bring it up first. Some of those are your age, sexual orientation, marital status, the age of your children, your health, don't give them any information to follow up on lately, later. So, what you want to say are things like, "My name is Joe Jones, I am from the Mid-West. I went to the University of Utah" or " I was in the school newspaper". "The thing that I enjoy most doing is reading, riding my bike, swimming". That's it. Be very positive, be excited and end it there. Questions that can come back to haunt you later on, a question about your age, they may think you're too old. Things about the age of your children, if it's a job that requires a lot of travel, or working nights and weekends, if you have small children and you're divorced, they may feel that you can't handle the job. You may have a wonderful support system, and that should not be a consideration. So remember, you're going to get that question, "tell me about yourself", have a great answer, be positive. This is Gloria Campbell with Advances Training System in St. Petersburg, Florida, helping you ace that question, "tell me about yourself"."