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I've got a job interview on Tuesday and I haven't had one for a while due to a period of unemployment because of family health issues.

One part of interviews I've always struggled with is when they first ask you to tell them about yourself. I struggle to talk about myself anyway and never know what they'd like me to actually say, whether it's about me as a person or about my work history.

So any tips or tricks would be welcome.

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[-] Tja@programming.dev 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I work in a job where I have to introduce myself quite a lot. For a longer introduction like you would in an interview, I do the following:

  • General statement about my career, one liner

  • the professional topics I'm most interested, 3 or 4 bullet points

  • a brief walk through my resume: what I studied (one liner) and where I worked, no longer than 1 minute total

  • what am I doing currently, responsibilities, likes and dislikes, no more than a minute, they'll ask you more about it later

  • some personal details: family, kids, hobbies, favorite {teams, sports, countries, movies, whatever} keep it to 20-30 seconds

Total under 3 minutes


For a shorter one, like in a 1h zoom call:

  • name, position (and description of the position if unusual), tenure.

  • any relationship to the people in the call (I'm a customer of yours, my first car was from you, I would love to buy gizmo some day, etc)

  • background info: previous jobs or studies if relevant (oh, i used to work in industry in college, etc)

  • one hobby if relevant, or if it is in your background (movies, books, sports, photography, whatever)

Total 15 to 30 seconds.

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