If you spent last weekend at the local swing dancing club, great. There’s no need to undercut or undermine yourself, and self-deprecating jokes might hurt your chances of being taken seriously by superiors (and coworkers). The worst possible answer you could give to a question that asks you to talk about yourself-because you do! There’s something unique about all of us. Read more: Ask a Recruiter: Can I Be Myself During an Interview? How not to answer the question I don’t know Now let’s discuss what you shouldn’t say when asked about yourself- because although you want to be open, there are boundaries to recognize. When talking about your interests, it’s important to be honest and only talk about the things that you genuinely enjoy instead of what you think sounds impressive. How does this job specifically help you do so?.How might this job integrate into your life instead of being “just a job”?.How can you grow personally/professionally at this job?.Read more: 48 Actually Useful Informational Interview Questions What about this job ties into your interests?
Do you belong to any clubs or community organizations?.How do you spend nights and weekends? (Be careful with this one-more on that later.).Questions to ask yourself to dig up those interesting facts What are your interests outside of work? But we’ve got you covered with a quick guide to breezing through this question, while making yourself stand out as the most thoughtful, interesting candidate. An important job interview only packs on the pressure. It happens to the best of us: As soon as someone says, tell me an interesting fact about yourself, everything you know about who you are and what you do, flies right out the window.