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How to answer “Tell me something about yourself” ✅ Also, will you hire Applicant 1 or Applicant 2? 😁

@examsjenny
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So tell me something about yourself. I've been to a lot of jobs, interviews myself. Every time I see you, I feel like I don't have anything to tell you. Maybe you can relate to me, you know? So tell me something about yourself. So over the years of answering this question, I've been to a lot of good times. Sometimes I talk about my family or maybe the things that I like, but I've never really had the acceptable answer. Not until one of my best friends who's been to a lot of jobs, CEO. Not only the CEO, but also the CEO. This person is very well-traveled. He's an introduction of international conferences. He's a very good person. And my best friend tried to apply for this job opportunity abroad, and he was the one who helped me to get interviews. This person has interviewed countless applicants. So if the interviewer will ask, tell me something about yourself. These people, they are not curious what car you drive. Where do you live? No. They are curious about your work ethics and how you can be a better addition to their group or to their team. So maybe that's what you should talk about. And you contribute more. How do you handle stress? How do you manage, or how do you work with people? So maybe that's what you should talk about. So with that information in hand, it's time for you to tell something about yourself. I'd say you should have at least an outline, no? Okay, the memorized answer, but it means that we have mental blood. We have a lot of things to do. And also, it will not feel sincere or genuine when you memorize the second. Although it's also okay if you can do it. So if I will be asked, I will talk about my education and then my previous work experience, "Kung Berron Man" and then try to combine those two in a way that you will become an asset if they hire you, no? So to show you, "Kung Baget Para Saken", that's a better answer. Here are two answers, okay? How I would answer it now and before. And "Kung Ik Kau Young Interviewer, Sinong Applicant", and he hired more. Tell me in the comments. I graduated college at the age of 19. And even at that very young age, I was constantly tasked to be a student leader in which I had to deal with different responsibilities and work with other student leaders as well. It's a good thing because I was able to use this skill when I worked for my first job in which I had to deal with different people, different characters from different nationalities. It was a very exciting and interesting at the same time. We worked with different projects in which there were time constraints, there were moments that I had to multitask. So it's challenging, but also I was able to really improve myself and it boosted my ability. And I realized that there's so much I can do with those experience that I've had. I believe that flexibility and versatility and all those skills mentioned will be really useful for this position that I'm applying for. And I'm happy to tell you that I'm able to bring all of these on the table. Thank you for asking. My name is Jenny. I grew up in the province. I have two sisters. I've learned recently that if we are going to talk about ourselves, we should talk about the things that we love because we're here to spread positivity. So I'd like to say that I love reading. I could read the entire day that's not a problem for me. I also enjoy music, watching series. I can binge watch, not a problem. It's also very important for me that I get to spend quality time with my family and my friends. So I am easygoing and a very happy person. I would say I'm very easy to work with.