When prospective employers ask you this in an interview situation, your response is not the following:
1) Reciting
the content of your curriculum vitae (CV). Chances are, it had already been
looked through. Just provide the basics as much as possible.
2) Seriously,
do not tell them the number of kids your parents had and how tough or fun
growing up for you was. Leave that childhood stories for when you finally get
the job and have to entertain the company at one of the office dinners you are
bound to attend.
3) Do
not imply the job is one of convenience for you. This may frighten them to
think you may pack your box and leave at any moment. Always show a prospective employer
you are committed to your work and will not leave them high and dry.
Your response should be about:
1) Your
professional career- how you got into it, a little about what inspired it and
how you have been able to grow at it.
2) Your
most recent role- it is important for this to be similar or in line with the
new role you are applying for.
3) Your
greatest strength- explain your strongest quality that you possess highlighting how you have used it for past
roles and how confident you are of its
usefulness in the future if you get the
job applied for.
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