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Hey everyone, I am Vincent and today we're going to be talking about the age old job interview question:
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Tell me about yourself. Now this question is asked at the start of most job interviews at every company
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and there's many different ways to be able to word this question
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but for the most part they're all asking about the same thing.
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Now the worst thing that you can do is ask the interviewer, well, what do want to know about me?
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This show that you haven't properly prepared for the interview.
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Now the interviewer doesn't want to know about your hobbies, your family, or even your favorite TV show.
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The biggest mistake that many job candidates make is thinking that interviewer wants to know about them personally, as a person.
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So what major points do you want to get across?
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Well, the interviewer is interested in understanding if you can do the job.
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Whether or not you would fit into the team and the culture of the organization
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and what you have accomplished in the past and how you can help their organization,
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but they're not asking you to give your entire biography,
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or read through your resume line by line.
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Keep your statements brief and your answer to this question should be around two to three minutes.
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You also want to make sure that you show that you know a lot about the company,
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about the job description, and about the role that you're applying for.
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Make sure to do a quick Google search to understand what the company does and maybe even look for some recent headlines.
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Now there's three different sections that you want to make sure that you cover.
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So let's break it down. Section number one is education and experience.
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You want to also number two: highlight your most important accomplishments.
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and number three: show that you have drive, energy, and motivation.
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especially through your tone and how you say things
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sometimes how you say it is even more important than what you say
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but at the end of the day there's one thing that you want to get across I can add value and be a great fit for your organization.
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I recently completed my MBA from South University
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where I led 150 other peers as the class President implemented the campuses first recycling program.
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Last summer I interned at SanCity Corporation.
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Where I developed the holiday sales and marketing strategy that led to the largest growth in sales the company had ever experienced.
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While I really enjoyed that experience,
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I'm very interested in this opportunity with Solar Media because of my passion for green energy and delivering sustainable growth in sales.
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Let's review what this interviewee did well. Number one: he included his academic background with an MBA from South University.
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And, he presented that he was a student leader there. He also showed that he had
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relevant experience starting a recycling program in a passion in green energy while driving growth in sales at a previous job.
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He also showed that he's very
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interested in this opportunity and passionate about the industry that he wants to be able to join.
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Therefore he can add value and be a great fit for this organization.
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Now you want to make sure that you practice practice practice.
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This is your first impression to the interviewer, so you don't want to lose their attention
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in order to really knock it out of the park, you want to plan
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and rehearse. It is almost guaranteed that you're going to get a question similar to this one
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so you want to make sure that you're selling what the interviewer is buying.
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Think about what they'll be interested in by really understanding the job description
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and the traits that they're looking for in the job description.
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And, make sure you focus on those strengths.
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Again, your answer should be no more than three minutes, nothing worse than somebody who ramble
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so think of it as a movie preview
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you just wanna hook the interviewer in just enough that they're gonna pay for that ticket to watch the entire movie.
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You also want to make sure that you find a way to stand out from the rest to the crowd.
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Thanks for joining us today
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