the question itself is so vague. When someone says "Tell me about yourself," aren't you dying to come back with "What exactly do you want to know?"
All Business
"Well, I'm a Software Engineer who's been doing mostly chip design and who's specialized in wireless device manufacturing for the past eight years."
Life Story
"I was born in Maine, but my parents moved to Philadelphia when I was six, so I grew up there. I went to college in Maryland, studying finance, then I took a job with Accenture in Chicago after graduation..."
Best Foot Forward
"I'm a hard-working, experienced Marketing person who got the top ratings from my division VP for the last three years in a row!"
Assertive
"I'm your next Sales Administrator, and my name is Angie Smith!"
Advice: The best answer for this question would be hear it as "Story of your Career" and answer the question by taking through your progress you made in your career and its is more specific and thus more manageable.
Derived from https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140601050937-52594-how-to-answer-the-question-tell-me-about-yourself?trk=tod-home-art-list-large_0
