How to Answer “Tell Me About Yourself” (17+ Sample Answers)

You’re dressed to impress, your resume is polished, and you enter the interview room. Suddenly, you’re met with the seemingly simple yet pivotal question: “Tell me about yourself.”Then you either freeze like a deer in headlights or word barf a version of your life story that includes unnecessary details about the lasagna your mom used to bake you as a kid.This open-ended question has stumped the best of us. But in this post, we’ll give you a simple formula, a handful of extra tips, and a bunch of sample scripts to hit this question out of the park and ace your interview.Let’s dive in!Simple Guide on Responding to “Tell Me About Yourself”One problem with this question is you never know how much someone wants to know. You can consider asking back:“Do you want the long answer or the short answer?”If they say the short answer you can just answer the same way as you would with “What do you do?” Use this script:I’m a ____, and I enjoy ____.If they say they want the long answer, you can use t...