This Is How You Prepare for Those Generic Interview Questions

"Tell me about yourself" isn't a green light for you to excerpt from that memoir you've been working on.

Without us telling you what they are, you could probably list them out right now, those universal questions that pop up in every interview you’ve ever had, the “Tell me about yourself” and its ilk. And yet, the fact that they’ve already been asked and answered doesn’t always make it easier on the next go around.

How do you compose an elegant answer in the face of all this open-endedness? For a start, don’t assume the questions are as ambiguous as they seem.

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