The best way to handle the 'Tell me about yourself' question in a job interview, and how to explain a layoff

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Career coaches said the last thing a candidate should do when asked to introduce themselves is to recite their résumé from top to bottom.

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I've landed jobs and a pay raise using the same 5-minute interview slideshow since 2018. Here's what's in it.

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Kendall McGill

I got a job at Google within 90 days of getting laid off from AWS. I started preparing well beforehand.

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Charles Broomfield's last day at Amazon Web Services

Charles Broomfield

I did everything 'right' in college, but couldn't get a job in my field after graduation. Now, I'm going back to school.

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I couldn't get a job after graduation, so now I'm going back to school in a different field.

Ryan Walsh

I graduated college this week without a job lined up. It feels like everyone else has their future figured out except me.

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Annie Tran says she feels like the only person in her circle without a postgrad job.

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I got turned down to be a NASA astronaut 3 times — here's what finally worked

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Mike Massimino in space.

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3 ways to stand out in the AI-era job market, according to a founder who's worked at top venture capital firms

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Simmons said job seekers should use the tools they have.

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I've been unemployed for almost a year. Getting ghosted is making it worse.

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Christopher Santoso has been looking for a job for nearly a year. He said one of the worst aspects of his search has been getting ghosted.

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You crushed the interview, then heard nothing. Here's what to do next.

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Out: Résumés: In: Weeklong in-office trials.

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When Ellis Neder interviewed for a job as head of design at Foxglove three years ago, a platform for robotics developers, he was asked to come in for a few days to work. He was hesitant to invest the time, but took some days off and flew to Foxglove's San Francisco offices to work over a long weekend.

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