The second part of your Tell Me About Yourself answer, following The Introduction, is naming your super skills. Try to keep the description short (about 30 seconds a skill).
Describe two or three of your super strengths, and elaborate on what you mean by each strength. If you don’t know what your strengths are, the best way I know for finding them is the 7-day Career Stories Challenge.
You can either say them as a list,
“I am good at helping people, solving complex mathematical problems, and leading teams.”
Or you can say them and then back them up with a story.
“I am good at helping people, solving complex mathematical problems, and leading teams. When it comes to helping people, in my current job people come to me for financial issues all the time, I was being asked some questions so often I started a monthly financial training group during the lunch hour. People are often surprised that someone who does complex math problems for fun also loves to help and lead people, but that’s how I’m wired.”
It can be useful to go through each of the skills you want to highlight and think of a story to back them up. You might have one story that highlights all three skills. Or three short stories, one to back up each skill you mention in your tell me about yourself answer.
SUPER STRENGTHS FOR THE TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF
Strength 1: _____________________________________________
Best story that proves this: _________________________________________________________
Strength 2: _____________________________________________
Best story that proves this: _________________________________________________________
Strength 3: _____________________________________________
Best story that proves this: _________________________________________________________
The next part of this answer is Part III: Sharing your stories.
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