{"id":488,"date":"2014-02-23T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/?p=488"},"modified":"2017-11-20T21:45:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T02:45:55","slug":"alumni-tips-so-tell-me-about-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/2014\/02\/23\/alumni-tips-so-tell-me-about-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Tips: So Tell Me About Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-489\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/weakness-question.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-489\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of www.collegegrad.com\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/weakness-question.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/weakness-question.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/weakness-question-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of www.collegegrad.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by: Dodi Walker Gross L\u201982, Partner &#8211; Reed Smith LLP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So Tell Me About Yourself<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">How should the question be answered in an interview?\u00a0 Here are some suggestions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Be prepared.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Describe what you are looking for \u2013 why you are interviewing for the job.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Explain your personal qualities that make you a perfect fit for the job.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Talk about relevant experience that shows consistency with the stated reason for interviewing and highlights the skills that you make a perfect fit.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Resist the temptation to talk about hobbies and sports, unless it illustrates how you handle difficult situations or other aspects of the job.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Highlight relevant aspects of your resume.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Don\u2019t badmouth the prior employer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">If this is all you get to say in the interview, make sure you leave a positive impression with clear information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by: Dodi Walker Gross L\u201982, Partner &#8211; Reed Smith LLP So Tell Me About Yourself How should the question be answered in an interview?\u00a0 Here are some suggestions: Be prepared. Describe what you are looking for \u2013 why you are interviewing for the job. Explain your personal qualities that make [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/2014\/02\/23\/alumni-tips-so-tell-me-about-yourself\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,4],"tags":[28,29,26,25,27],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","category-juris-features","category-posts","tag-alumni-tips","tag-duquesne-law-alumni","tag-interview","tag-interview-tips","tag-question"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}