"Tell Me About Yourself"—The Hidden Purpose Behind the First Question
From the interviewer's chair: the first question is not warm-up, it's evaluation. What we're listening for in those 90 seconds, and a structure that makes us lean in.
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What this article covers:
- Three things interviewers actually evaluate in your first 90 seconds
- The 30-30-30 structure: positioning hook, two strongest achievements, hand the floor back
- Three opening blunders that lock in a mediocre first impression
- Why “reading your resume aloud” gets you zero credit
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