EllieGee Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Any thoughts/advice on how to answer this, aside from "honestly"? I don't want to just give a shallow chronology of my life...should I go through my CV or my skill-set? I thought this might be something interesting to discuss! Replace "Me" with "One" and hopefully it will apply to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Best advice I got on this question was to think of a few "key words" that capture who you "are" - outgoing, fun, confident, whatever you think - and then use these to "fan out" to discuss your experiences, what experiences demonstrate your different attributes, etc. It's kind of like writing an essay - you don't start with your arguments, you start with a thesis and then come up with arguments that support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllieGee Posted February 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Thanks George, I always appreciate this "president to president" advice...I'm soon passing the (uncontested) torch on, by the way, to the most obvious of candidates!! PS Legitimately, THANK YOU! I find this the scariest question for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbene085 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I agree with George about "key words". Basically, with almost any 'personal' question (as opposed to ones about ethics, health care, education, etc) I think it's good to emphasize what is unique about you. You're there to sell yourself - you don't want to repeat clichéd answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halijon Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I found this article helpful: http://studentdoctor.net/blog/2008/02/09/trick-question/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpanishFly Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I found this article helpful: http://studentdoctor.net/blog/2008/02/09/trick-question/ This is such a great link, thanks! I agree with EllieGee, for some reason this is the most daunting question for me (probably for the same reasons as outlined in that article), so to have a kind of formula is so helpful (I clearly love math ). This question is sort of applicable to all questions posed during the interviews, but what do you guys think should be the average length of a good response? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllieGee Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I actually just got around to reading that article too, halijon (Question: are you from Halifax?) and it was totally helpful. Thanks so much for posting it! I had an idea my response should have been a lot longer, and would have certainly been a rambler had this come up in my interviews (I'm sure it will for Western though, which is still to come). Good question, SpanishFly! I'm interested to hear what people think!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 to "tell me about yourself" I would try to keep it between 2-3 minutes, 5 minutes AT MOST. But try filming yourself answering the question... if you find you're dozing off to your own answer, make the appropriate adjustments In general, I would say answer their questions, and leave them wanting more. Too much detail and you'll lose them, not enough, and you'll look like you don't know anything. If they're interested in further expanding the question, they will follow up on where you've left off (meaning that you are effectively controlling the direction of the interview!) Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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