When asked this question.. How much detail do you go into?

What do the interviewers *actually* want to know?

I need to have some form of idea. Should I talk about school, friends, family, work, hobbies or just my personality?

I'm a bit lost, I wouldn't want to end up rambling incoherently about completely irrelevant things.

Thanks

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Applying for September 2009 intake at West of Scotland Uni

Ive not known them to ask that, but I guess if they did youd need to say stuff about you as a person not your circumstances as they arent allowed to ask about that.

So organised, quick thinking, quick to learn that kinda stuff...

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I was asked this at one of my interviews, and I did 'tell them about me' lol, I also told them what I had done previously work wise, courses I had done, about caring for my parents, and I think that is about it.

Hope that helps a bit, and good luck. x

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I didn't really get asked this....

Only how I would cope with the demands of the course and that sort of thing

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Thats good to know it's not one of the general Q's. I guess I expected it would be because you are asked it at most job interviews so I gathered it would be similar. Always good to have an answer prepared anyway

I don't actually have an interview - YET (PMA) but figured it's best to prepare now.

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Applying for September 2009 intake at West of Scotland Uni

I was asked this... I basically said...

Name
Age
Occupation
College: Where/What.. Did I enjoy it?
Work experience/ anything lined up
Hobbies and interests
Ambitions

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I wasn't asked this in my individual interview, but when we had aour group interview we were asked to indroduced ourselves and say abit, so it was a similar sort of thing but not in as much detail. I said my name, age, that I had 3 kids, what I was doing at the moment (studing with OU at the time) and abit about why I wanted to do the course (but kept it very breif as knew we would be going into more detail in individual interview) x

I don't think that the actual content of your answer would be terribly important, but it's how you say it. I think the interviewers will want you to give a concise and confident response, so just prepare a brief summary that you can reel out without stumbling over your words and appearing too shy and nervous.

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At my midwifery interview, my last question which i think its the only one that stuck with me as i was so nervous was "whats the difference between a midwife and a dustbin man?" to be honest, i thought it was a joke and thought i had misheard it so it was "I beg your pardon?" to give me a chance to think and trainning and professionalism lit hit it for me. About yourself i think its all about being organised, communicate well with others, being initiative, willing to learn and adjusting to new situations easily. To be honest i have no clue what the right answer should be, hope it helps.

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