Walking through key choices in your background

Talk me through your background, focusing on the main decisions you made along the way and why you made them.

Pick the few decisions that shaped your path (choice of degree, a move, a job switch) and explain the reasoning behind each. The interviewer is assessing judgement: show you weighed options, took ownership of outcomes, and learned from choices that did not work out. Link the thread to why this role is the next sensible step.