"Tell Us About Yourself?" Interview Question And Guide For Recent Grads.

 I have received an interesting news from some of Smatkaria clients. They have interviews today.

Since some of them are recent grads, let's do interview prep for recent graduates.

Dear (recent grad) friend, you should always structure your responses to demonstrate why you should be hired

 

"Tell Us About Yourself?"  Interview Question And Guide For Recent Grads.

 Remember to keep it short and interesting like this:

~Introduce yourself [who you are as a person briefly with a smile]

E.g., “I’m Kalu Ndukwe...

~Add short interesting information about your academic background and academic achievements

“...  a graduate of Accountancy. I hold a Diploma in accounting, Distinction division, and was the best graduating student of my bachelor degree set...

~Add relevant Internship experience or extracurricular activities that you participated in as an undergraduate— roles you played,  what you achieved and how your achievement proved important.

“I served as a Superintendent, Sunday School Dept., in my campus fellowshipped, during which time I carried out extensive consultation with all stakeholders on how to address the funding challenge that was disrupting the programs of that unit. An independent, voluntary contribution  fund for the unit, was introduced which  effectively  put an end to that challenge and even helped the Dept., to provide small scholarship grants to exceptional students...

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~Summarise with a highlight of your career goal and connect it to how working in the organisation is a good choice for you.

“... I seek to join a company that offers me the opportunity to work in a great team to replicate my past successes, while learning all the skills I need to stay relevant and grow. XYZ Ltd has my ideal kind of team."

The goal is to make a good impression. So it should be concise and interesting.  

Here is How It will look like together:

“I’m Kalu Ndukwe, a graduate of Accountancy. I hold a Diploma in accounting, Distinction division, and was the best graduating student of my bachelor degree set. I served as a Superintendent, Sunday School Dept., in my campus fellowship, during which time I carried out extensive consultation with all stakeholders on how to address the funding challenge that was disrupting the programs of that unit. This led to the introduction of an independent, voluntary contribution  fund for the unit. It effectively  put an end to the funding crisis  and even helped the Dept., to start to  provide small scholarship grants to exceptional students yearly. I seek to join a company that offers me the opportunity to work in a great team to replicate my past successes, while learning all the skills I need to stay relevant and grow. XYZ Ltd has my ideal kind of team."

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IMPORTANT: The above information about Kalu Ndukwe is  real. But Kalu is not a recent graduate. His past personal information was just used as an illustration.