In Chapter 9 we learn about the key term called self-disclosure. As mentioned in the chapter Self disclosure is information that is not known about overselves that is revealed to others. The cartoon above is a great example of what self disclosure is. The woman appears at a job interview and is asked to talk about herself. She mentions her two traits that she’s strong and has passion which we can’t see by just looking at her. Self disclosure is a deep topic that requires many to dig deep down and search for who they really are. 

This topic relates to my personal life because like many people I’ve been at a couple job interviews and also had to answer the questions interviewers ask to get to know you. I think that the phrase “tell me about yourself” and the question “how would you describe yourself?” are two of the most overrated things to ask. Ultimately interviewers always hear the same thing from the people they talk to. I always expect to be asked this and struggle to think past the basics of “hardworking” or “determined”. Even at my last job interview I knew the question was coming and practiced it in my head before the interview and still ended up saying “hardworking” as one of my responses.

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