Tell Me Something Interesting About Yourself - How to Answer This Difficult Interview Question!

Hmm, this is a tricky one because the interviewer wants someone who has something to talk about outside of work.

And this is a perfectly understandable question, too - would you want to work with someone who had nothing to talk about apart from work? Do you have a skill or talent that you can talk about? Perhaps you have an unusual hobby or interest. Or maybe you have achieved something remarkable. What you talk about almost doesn't matter, so long as you can talk about something outside of the workplace. Consider these genuine examples that I've heard:

- A call centre supervisor said that she was taking dance classes and her ambition was to be able to do the splits.
- A management consultant revealed that he used to be an aerobics instructor when he was at university.
- A primary school teacher mentioned that he had a turntable at home and spent occasional weekends DJing at local nightclubs.

Be careful about trying to be funny. Humour is really difficult to judge - especially when you don't know people very well. Innuendoes can go down like a ton of bricks while an ironic statement may get taken at face value.

For example, I once met an interviewer who thought a candidate was being deadly serious when he joked that he was wearing his girlfriend's underwear! So try to think of an interesting fact about yourself rather than answering this question in a flippant fashion.

Good luck with your interview, and be sure to check out my other articles!

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