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Who Am I?

This question I started asking myself during my final semester in college. This question is not to get into any philosophical theory or something. This question is only for me to answer to myself. This question is to judge myself as a person or as an individual. This question started troubling me after I got to know what in general people feel about me. If someone asks me how I’m in academics, I can say that I’m an average person or just above average. But I got a rude shock when I found that lots of people think me to be a brilliant person, who is totally academic-oriented. Even many see me as a role-model (though there is nothing wrong in it but I don’t think I’ve accomplished anything that I could become a role-model for someone). This made me wonder on how they got such a notion! Is it, just because, I was, among very few students, who got placed in a software concern during the job placement. Or is because they always see me reading (actually novel). Or is it because, I like to ta

Describe About Yourself

If you are preparing for your campus interview or any job interview, this is one question that you are very familiar with. “Describe About Yourself”! I’ve always wondered how interviewers are going to judge a person with this question. I got many theories from various sources for this, as to why this question is asked. Well, I’ll put this case to rest here, as the interviewers only have to deal with the outcome of this question. But what is more baffling is the kind of preparation that is done by many for this question. I’ve seen people mugging, what is believed to be a standard format of answer, for this question. With a high number of campus placements going on ,a number of placement institutes are being run to guide a person on how to master aptitude tests, how to face group discussion & interviews. I myself attended 10-days course in one of these institutes 2 years ago, just for the sake of attending it as it was arranged through college. I was surprised with the way they were