Improving Your CV, Chapter 23: Answering the "So, walk me through your CV?" question

Part of Course 1: Improving your CV · Chapter 23 of 29 · 7 min

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How to answer "walk me through your CV" in an interview or screening call. You summarise your story at a high level rather than reading it out.

Interviewers ask this because they haven't read your CV properly, or because they want to hear you talk and settle in.
Don't read your CV out; summarise it, starting with your current role and where you are now.
Pick three or four highlights from the bullets rather than covering everything, and expect to be interrupted with questions.
Pause to ask whether there's anything they'd like more detail on.
Rehearse it, and consider mock interviews.

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