Tell me about yourself - A good answer to this interview question in English

Now before we begin, there are a couple of ground rules you need to know before you can develop the perfect answer to this question.

• RULE #1: DO NOT talk about your personal or family life. They just want to know your professional background and experience in a nutshell.
• RULE #2: DO tell a story. You do want to tell them your professional work story which needs to be engaging, compelling, clear and complete

4 Major Tips on How to Answer the "Tell me about Yourself" Interview Question

• TIP #1: Give a snapshot of your work history. This includes: Copmany name, your title, # of years in that role, your major responsibilities.
• TIP #2: Make your mini-stories "achievement-oriented.". You're going to describe one major accomplishment that you were able to achieve in that role.
• TIP #3: Tell the employer what you KNOW about this role.
• TIP #4: Tell the employer WHY you're the right fit for what they need.

 

For emample:

个人信息：

My Chinese name is XX and you can call me XX which is my English name. I’m from XX, a city in XX Province.

大学的主要经历

During my university, I majored in XX, participated in some competitions and won some awards. Such as XX.

研究生的主要经历

I have always enjoyed working with computers, so I decided to major in Software engineering at XX University for postgraduate studies.

During this time, I focus on the research of XX, and published a paper at the XX. This paper does XX.

实习

In addition, I have acquired a solid basic knowledge of my major, and participated in an internship. (details about Internship)

个人作品或项目

Furthermore, I started writing my programming blog two months ago, which helps me improve my technical skills, and learn how to write and present my idea..

总结优势与劣势：

In general, firstly,XX; and secondly, compared to other programmers, XX.

结尾

that is pretty much about myself. I'm so excited to be here for this interview.

 

面试问题分类：

第一类，experience：STAR法则，加上总结与反思

第二类，知识迁移：新的事情该怎么做

第三类，motivation：考察合作能力和稳定性

第四类，进阶管理：上下协同，OKR，人员管理，绩效，如何沟通低绩效，优化