in this video you're gonna learn a radically different way to approach that
you tell me about yourself question especially useful if you have less
experience and you're worried about your lack of experience so in this video
you'll learn the key to really setting yourself apart from the beginning and
you're gonna learn the biggest mistakes people normally make which would cost
them the job when answering this question so I'm Natalie Fisher speaker
and specializing in helping people with less experience new graduates or if
you've been out of school for a little bit but you just haven't gotten the job
offers that you want that's what I'm here for so stay tuned
so tell me about yourself so this question starts off every single
interview there are so many different ways to answer this and I'm sure that if
you're watching videos to come up with an answer the perfect answer yourself
that you're gonna see a lot of different advice out there for how to answer this
question so I'm gonna share with you today a way that I've used and that's
truly made the difference for me and really helped me connect with
interviewers and I've also passed along to my clients and they have found great
success in it as well so the approach I want to share with you today is called
the I'm the type of person approach so when you don't have a ton of experience
and you know you need to really stand out in a way that makes you memorable
I'm going to share a way that you can do that and a better way that you can do
that is with an example so I'm going to share an example of the I'm the kind of
person approach so this example is an answer for a roll that has contact with
customers and is very people focused so depending on your role you'll want to
highlight a part of your personality that fits well into that role so for
this one we're gonna go with a customer service example so the answer would go I
am the type of person who loves people for example I'm the type of person who's
known for calming down even the most difficult of customers at my previous
role and I was a person that my colleagues would call on when they had a
client that got out of hand or couldn't be calmed down because they knew that I
knew what to say to calm them down and they would always walk away happy so I
love that this role involves helping clients and customers and I've excited
to learn more about it so that's one example and that's worked wonders for me
specifically for that role and anything that involves people so account managing
or HR that kind of thing here's another example I'm the type of person who is
always looking for ways to learn a new process and make it more efficient for
example in my classroom in one of my group projects I organized our group in
a way that had the group members voting me chief organizer of the group and I
love that this role involves organization and I'm excited to learn
more about so that's an example that involves
specific organizing so you want to tailor your I'm the kind of person that
answer to the kind of role that you are interviewing for the key that sets you
apart so that's basic essential e gonna do it the key is to infuse personality
into your answers and make sure that your answer tells a little story like
the examples just did so when you give a response you want it to be concise and
succinct and you want it to have a clear ending so as in the examples in the
examples that I just mentioned I love that you can just say at the end I love
this role I love that this role involves and then you can fill in the blank and
I'm excited to learn more about it so the one thing you don't want to do is
ramble on so preparation is key to the this very easy question and it's not so
easy because you can ramble really all along all very easily so if you want to
be super prepared just craft a short succinct answer that infuses your
personality and gives them a reason to see you as the right fit for that
particular role so some of the biggest mistakes that people make is the first
one is they fail to prepare which often leads to giving too much information
about your life story which often means rambling on so that's most easy to do
rambling is going to kill your interview and it's easy to get stuck in a position
where you realize you're rambling and then you're like yeah okay that's pretty
much it and then there's this awkwardness and you want to avoid all
that at all costs so the way that you do that is by practicing beforehand and
coming up with your answer and just staying it over and over to friends
family or whoever so there you have it a simple way to stand out with an answer
that is confident and uniquely infuses personality and connects right away so
now I want you to come up with your own intro answer so please do that and post
it in the comments below for bonus points thank you so much for watching
and remember that answering this question is one thing but there is a lot
more to interviewing than just answering the questions and in fact if all you do
is answer the questions you've already lost
the interview you have to do a lot more than that in order to make it to the
other side there's a whole strategy at play and if you'd like to learn more you
can get started right now by clicking the link below because I have a surprise
for you so it's my free guide and you get free instant access
it's the ultimate situational behavioral interviewing guide and what you get when
you download the guide is you get an in-depth breakdown of the formula to
help you answer these questions tell good stories in-depth formula that's
going to help you instantly communicate your value in an interview with every
answer that you give you're gonna get a series of concrete examples for the top
ten most commonly asked situational interview questions and you're gonna
have fill in the blank templates for each question so you can start to fill
in your own answers and get them down on paper and if you're still getting stuck
because from working with so many people I know that it's often very difficult
for people to come up with these stories I've also included 25 questions that you
can ask yourself that's going to get you thinking about your stories and help you
come up with them much quicker and more efficiently and what's more you're gonna
get this in a beautifully designed workbook designed specifically to help
you prepare for your next interview and it's absolutely free by the end of
working through this guide you'll be totally ready for your interview
and you can get on your way with starting your new job so thank you so
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