Why It’s Worth Doing

“Tell me about yourself” is one of the highest-stake questions you can be asked in an interview. As a question that typically shows up early in the conversation, your answer provides you the opportunity to bomb, or soar, right from the start. Preparing and practicing your “tell me about yourself” response is one of the best groundwork steps you can take to help you make a great impression while significantly reducing your interviewing anxiety. Like money in the bank, a solid “tell me about yourself” response gives you confidence and security.

The same is true for having a powerful reply to “Describe your strengths and weaknesses.” Again, this is one of the most popular interview questions of all time, so you can pretty much count on having to come up with an answer to this one. So why not put in the time to create and rehearse a winner? It’s well worth the effort.