In their book, Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others, authors Andrew Sobel & Jerold Panas list a number of very useful questions.
Here is one of their questions “What would you like to know about us?” Use this question in response to this question, “Tell me about yourself?”
When people ask the question, “Tell me about yourself” they generally have something specific they want to know and this helps bring that to the surface.
I hope this helps!