Tell me about yourself
Strategy
easy10 min0 submissionsScenario
The first question in almost every interview, and the one most candidates waste by reciting their CV, which the interviewer has already read.
Your task
Write your answer as you would say it, in 150-250 words. Give a through-line, not a chronology: what you have been building towards and why the next step follows from it.
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How you'll be graded
100 points, 60% to pass.
- insight25
- delivery15
- structure25
- specificity35
Hint
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The CV is already in the interviewer's hand, so repeating it adds nothing. A strong answer has a spine — an interest or capability that connects two or three choices — and lands on why this role is the next step. It should invite a follow-up question rather than close the subject.