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  • Hi everybody, it's Richard McMunn here from the career-guidance company, How2Become.com,

  • and in this short training video, I'm gonna give you the BEST ANSWER to the interview

  • question "Tell Me About Yourself?" Now, this question is GUARANTEED. I promise you, you

  • will get asked this interview question very early on in your interview and you wanna answer

  • it correctly. Now, you don't need a very long answer to this. I'm gonna give you 2 samples

  • to choose from in your interview, so please do watch the video from beginning to end.

  • So, welcome to this tutorial. That's me there on the right-hand side. I have been helping

  • people like you to pass interviews for about 20 years now and in this particular video,

  • I'm gonna teach you how to answer the interview question "Tell Me About Yourself?" I'm gonna

  • give you the slides to download in a second. So, I'm gonna put up the answers on the screen

  • in front of you, and you can download those slides and you can use them during your preparation.

  • I recommend you SUBSCRIBE to the channel. So, click the red button below the video if

  • you haven't done so already, and also if you really do LIKE the video, I would very much

  • appreciate it if you click the like button and gave it a thumbs up. That will motivate

  • me to do more. I am doing videos like this about every week now, so if you do SUBSCRIBE,

  • there is a benefit to that. OK, now before I get to the tutorial, if you want me to help

  • you, tell me what interview you have coming up in the comments section below the video

  • and I'll tell you the 5 KEY THINGS to say in your particular answer to this interview

  • question: "Tell Me About Yourself?" So, just say, you know I've got an Admin Assistant

  • Interview coming up, or whatever it is you've got coming up, tell me in the comments section

  • below and I will list the 5 things that you need to focus on in your answer. OK, let's

  • get straight to it - first of all, 3 IMPORTANT TIPS. Really important tips when answering

  • the interview question "Tell Me About Yourself?" Tip number 1 - Make sure you relate your answer

  • to the job description. Ok, so if you do this, you will gain VERY HIGH MARKS for this question;

  • I promise you. Now, it's important you get off on your interview on the right foot and

  • by applying what I am gonna tell you during this training video, you will get the best

  • marks possible. So, here's what you need to do. So, here's a sample job description. says:

  • Our company is seeking an Administrative Assistant to manage the office, supervise staff and

  • handle duties for upper management. We are looking for an individual who is efficient

  • and comfortable being a member of a teamNow, in your response, what you need to do is relate

  • your answer to this job description, or the job description for the role you are applying

  • for. So, if we just put that sample job description back up, I have highlighted the key areas

  • that we need to cross-match in our response. So, they have got there SUPERVISE, HANDLE

  • DUTIES, be EFFICIENT, be a MEMBER OF A TEAM. So. if that was my job description, and I

  • was answering the interview question "Tell Me About Yourself?" this is what I would say:

  • “I am someone who enjoys the responsibility of managing people and I particularly enjoy

  • completing tasks efficiently for my supervisory managersAlthough I am perfectly capable

  • of working on my own, I do very much enjoy working as part of a team to complete tasks

  • that are of benefit to the company.” So, you can see there what I have done is very

  • cleverly and easily, matched the job description. So, you are basically giving the interview

  • panel exactly what they want to hear. And that's the FASTEST way to get the TOP marks

  • for this question. Don't forget, I am gonna tell you where you can get to download these

  • slides very soon. So you can actually use this, and you can use that as a sample response

  • if you want to. OK, tip number 2: They, the interview panel, are not interested in your

  • personal life. Now, whilst it is OK to say something about your hobbies and interests

  • outside of work, keep your answer firmly rooted to the role you are applying for and your

  • work performance, your values and your ethics. OK, tip number 3: Use positive words in your

  • answer. What do Imean by that? Well, there is a list of words that I GUARANTEE will resonate

  • positively with the interview panel if you embed these into your answer. Here they are:

  • these are the POSITIVE words. You don't need to use all of them, just pick 2, 3 or maybe

  • 4 of them when responding and I will say in a second how to do that. So, examples of POSITIVE

  • words to use in your answer. I am RELIABLE; I am enthusiastic and committed; I am competent;

  • I am professional; I am a role model; I am decisive, so I make decisions; I am a flexible

  • worker; I am self-motivated; I am positive and I am trustworthy. So, you don't need to

  • write these down because you are gonna be able to download them very soon. So, here's

  • my sample response using some of these keywords: “I am a reliable, enthusiastic and happy

  • person who will act as a positive role model for your company. If successful, I will adapt

  • and learn the role quickly so that I can become a professional and self-motivated member of

  • your team.” Now that's only 4 lines but that is powerful and that is hard-hitting

  • and it will come across and resonate really positively with the interview panel. So, I

  • am using probably 5 or 6 positive keywords there. I am reliable, enthusiastic, happy,

  • positive, role-model, self-motivated, professional. So, I am using really good words that will

  • resonate positively with the interview panel. OK, now let's get to the sample responses.

  • So, I am gonna give you 2 sample answers that you can use during your interview, and at

  • some stage, I am gonna tell you where you can download these and you can have them on

  • your desktop or your laptop or your MAC using these literally within 2 minutes to help you

  • pass your interview. Here we go. Sample response number 1: “I am a happy, positive person

  • who prides themselves on delivering professional work for my employer. I strongly believe that

  • if I perform well at work, and I always strive to do my best, I will also be happy in my

  • personal life. I have a strong work ethic, I am self-motivated and also a very quick

  • learner. In addition to priding myself on working to high standards, I also have excellent

  • communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team with other like-minded work

  • colleagues.” A great answer to the interview question "Tell Me About Yourself?" It's not

  • too long, but it gets you off on the right foot, and that will PASS, I promise you. Sample

  • response number 2: “I believe I have a large number of attributes that are a perfect match

  • for the job description. In work, I am a diligent professional who enjoys the responsibility

  • of completing projects and tasks to a high standard for my employer. Whilst I am comfortable

  • working on my own initiative, I also very much enjoy working as part of a team with

  • other hard-working individuals. I have many interchangeable skills and I am competent

  • in all Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Outside of work, I am

  • a stable, family person who likes to keep themselves fit and enjoys socialising with

  • my small circle of close friends and relatives.” So, you've got 2 different answers, but they

  • are POSITIVE. They have the same theme that they are positive and I promise you that they

  • will gain you very high marks. So, decide which one you want to use, and all you need

  • to do now is to download the slides. Don't forget to subscribe and, you know, give the

  • video a thumbs up. Like I say, that will motivate me to do more. So, you can click the link

  • below this video in the description to get a copy of the slides. It will take you through

  • to a website, my LinkedIn website which is called SlideShare so you can go on SlideShare,

  • the link's in the description get straight through to it and download these slides and

  • start working. Also, in the description below this video, I have given you another training

  • video on YouTube, it's one of the fastest rising interview videos on YouTube, so have

  • a look at that one because I give you 7 answers to really tough interview questions. So have

  • a look at that as well. So, guys, my name has been Richard McMunn, thank you for watching

  • and wish you all the very best in your pursuit to passing your interview. GOOD LUCK!

Hi everybody, it's Richard McMunn here from the career-guidance company, How2Become.com,

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