How to answer job interview question "Describe yourself" or Tell me about yourself

Job interviews most probably is the most nerve wrecking stage of the hiring process. Most often when we go to our interviews we feel the tension and sometimes cause mental blocks which prevents us from forming cohesive answers. In todays blog, I will share a technique that will allow us to construct a very nice answer to this question, "Describe yourself" or "Tell me about yourself". This technique might have been already know by others but for those who haven't been yet, let me introduce to you the FORD technique. It is actually an acronym to for us to recall it easily. Here is what each letter stands for:

F - Family

O - Occupation

R - Recreation

D - Dreams

When we answer the "Describe yourself" question, it is advisable that you start by sharing a little bit of yourself and draw some ideas from your family back ground or friends. Anything that has something to do about your personal life will fall under the F (Family) category. For the O (Occupation), briefly discuss your most recent work experience. Should the interviewer asks follow up questions, then discuss freely.

On your R (Recreation), this is where you can open up your hobbies and things that you do during your free time. Lastly, D (Dreams), take this as your opportunity to share your aspirations and goals in life whether it's personal or professional aspects.

This time, I would like to share some sample answers on how to form a structured answer using and applying the FORD technique. You will have better grasp of this technique by hearing how it is delivered so I have prepared here a video for you to watch. This is also uploaded on our YouTube channel Virtual Assistant (VA) Diaries so feel free to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more videos.