How to Answer “Tell Me About Yourself” in an Interview — Transcript

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1. 0:00Never introduce yourself in an interview
2. 0:02like this. The interview starts with the
3. 0:04most underrated question, tell me about
4. 0:06yourself. And most people answer it the
5. 0:07exact same way. My name is this, I
6. 0:09studied from this college, I am from
7. 0:10this city, I have this many years of
8. 0:12experience, thank you. That is not an
9. 0:14introduction, that is a CV being read
10. 0:15out loud. The interviewer already has
11. 0:17your CV. They do not need you to narrate
12. 0:19it back to them. This question is not a
13. 0:21warm up. It is the first filter, and
14. 0:23most people are eliminated before the
15. 0:25actual interview has even begun. Here is
16. 0:26what a great answer actually looks like.
17. 0:28It does not start with your name. It
18. 0:30starts with your value. It takes the
19. 0:32interviewer from where you were to what
20. 0:34you learned to exactly why you are
21. 0:36sitting in that chair today. One
22. 0:37straight line, no detours, something
23. 0:39like this. I started my career in
24. 0:41marketing where I ran campaigns for
25. 0:42early-stage brands with almost no
26. 0:44budget. Over 3 years I figured out what
27. 0:45actually drives results without spending
28. 0:47money. I am here because I want to apply
29. 0:50that at a company that is ready to grow
30. 0:52fast. 45 seconds. No city, no college,
31. 0:55unless it changes the conversation. Just
32. 0:57a clear, confident reason why you and
33. 0:59this role make sense together. meets 10
34. 1:02people a week who all have decent
35. 1:03experience. The one who gets the offer
36. 1:05is the one who made them feel like this
37. 1:06person already gets it. Be that person
38. 1:08from the very first sentence.