"Tell me a bit about yourself" - The question seems simple enough but I'm just not sure what it means exactly. Do I go ahead and state "I'm a recent graduate with a Blah Blah degree from a Blah Blah University and I obtained a Blah Blah classification. Also, I currently work as a Blah Blah at Blah Blah and was previously employed as a Blah Blah. I also was part of this blah blah club outside of academia"...etc.
Surely, all this information is in the application/CV so the employer has a vague idea about you as an individual anyway - whether you're an undergraduate, graduate, some form of senior in your field or none of the above. Going over all those details seems unnecessary in that case. Or is it a question that focuses on your attributes/qualities as a person? So you outline what you are as a person e.g. hard-working, outgoing, career-driven etc and provide a few brief examples to back it up.
A quick google search shows that both interpretations are taken on by people so is the safest bet to incorporate a combination of what I've stated above? What are people's opinions?