{"id":40395,"date":"2013-09-20T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T16:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=40395"},"modified":"2013-09-15T16:45:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:45:58","slug":"acing-the-interview-question-tell-me-about-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=40395","title":{"rendered":"Acing the Interview Question, &#8220;Tell Me about Yourself&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Jill Olsen, Head Editor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=5710\" target=\"_blank\">INALJ Nevada<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Acing the Interview Question, &#8220;Tell Me about Yourself&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jill-olsen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-32495\" alt=\"jill-olsen\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jill-olsen-300x232.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I used to be unsure of how to answer the interview question, &#8220;Tell me about yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m happy to say I know exactly how to answer that question.<\/p>\n<p>First, let me say that this open-ended question and how you answer it will tell the interviewer(s) a lot about you. \u00a0Bottom line &#8211; it is the perfect opportunity to sell yourself and how you can solve their problems and meet their needs.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 3 ways to be sure you ace this question in an interview setting:<\/p>\n<p><b>Research.<\/b> \u00a0Learn everything you can about the job, the organization and the people you will be interviewing with.<\/p>\n<p><b>Prepare.<\/b> \u00a0Review your experience, skills and qualities and create a short 2-3 minute statement of how they relate to the position you are applying for.<\/p>\n<p><b>Practice.<\/b> \u00a0Yes, practice speaking your statement aloud (in front of a mirror or others).<\/p>\n<p>Remember this is not the time to share your life story or ramble endlessly. \u00a0If you have done your homework, prepared and practiced you will present a confident, succinct overview of who you are, relevant work experience and accomplishments all while connecting the dots in how you will be able to succeed and solve their challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck, and remember to smile. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jill Olsen, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Nevada Acing the Interview Question, &#8220;Tell Me about Yourself&#8221; I don&#8217;t know about you, but I used to be unsure of how to answer the interview question, &#8220;Tell me about yourself.\u201d Now I&#8217;m happy to say I know exactly how to answer that question. First, let me say that this&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=40395\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[69,3592,3610,217,216,4747,5368],"class_list":["post-40395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-article","tag-blog","tag-inalj-nevada","tag-interview-questions","tag-interviews","tag-jill-olsen","tag-selling-yourself"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WoMK-avx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}