“Tell me about yourself” is a job interview question that is guaranteed to come up in most of your job interviews. Since it’s often the first question to be asked in an interview, it’s your big chance to make a first impression. Many job searchers hate the “Tell me about yourself” question,” and as a result, don’t know how to prepare and don’t know how to give a strong answer. However, if you prepare correctly, there’s no reason to dread this question. In fact, this question is an opening for you to set the tone of the job interview and emphasize the points that you most want this potential employer to know about you. Don’t waste the opportunity by simply diving into a long recitation of your resume. This also isn’t the time to mention that you love dancing and bingo. Instead, try a concise, enthusiastic response that summarises your big-picture fit for the job. Why Interviewers Use “Tell Me About Yourself” When the interviewer asks you, “Tell me about yourself”, it’s an easy an...

The team at Client Centric Executive Employment Solutions, offer an essential and desired service to all job seekers alike: interview skills coaching .  The reason why many job seekers become even more frustrated with the lack of success they are having with interviews is that the employers are not providing them with any feedback. For many, it's frustrating hearing that they're unsuccessful only not to be given any indication as to the reason for the rejection. It's like your almost going blind into the whole interview process. The employer interviews you. However, you don't know if you said the wrong thing or maybe someone else is genuinely better and more experienced than you are. Sometimes it's not you. It's not that you don't have the right skills or experience. It's not that they don't like you. It's not that you said something wrong. It could just be that the circumstances warrant hiring someone who has significant and robust exper...