Tell Me About Yourself (The BEST Way to Answer this Interview Question)
By Jeff Su
Summary
Topics Covered
- Interviewers Decide in 90 Seconds
- AI Extracts Job's Core Responsibilities
- Present-Past-Future Structures AI Answers
- Cut Fluff for 2-Minute Precision
- Bridge Experience Gaps Creatively
Full Transcript
as you prepare for your next job interview here are three things you probably did not know as a candidate first Studies have shown that 33% of interviewers make a decision within the
first 90 seconds of the interview which is usually when we're answering tell me about yourself second 46% of applicants are successfully using chachy BT and
Google bard throughout their job search process meaning number three if you're not using these free AI tools there's a good chance someone less capable than you is performing better in job
interviews so in this video I'm going to show you how to prepare the perfect answer to the tell me by yourself interview question using Chachi BT a real job posting as an example and the
present past and future framework let's get started Step One is extremely simple simply input this prompt within Chacha BT you are a seasoned hiring manager with over 20 years of experience you are
responsible for this job posting highlight the three most important responsibilities in this job Des description and you paste the job description I'm going to be using the sales operations opening at Netflix as
an example I have zero experience in sales operations to show you this method works for anybody I'm just going to copy everything down here command C go back
chbt and paste the job description within literally a minute we're able to cut through the noise and understand what the hiring manager is really looking for first this role requires close collaboration with the sales team
and the success metric is to drive advertising Revenue okay makes sense second we need to be familiar with sales Process Management data hygiene and sales tool development okay I'm not exactly sure what those are so I'm going
to circle back later finally we need to conduct Pipeline and business reviews on a regular basis to make sure the sales team is on track to hit their targets so basically preparing slides charts and presenting to stakeholders simple enough
at this point because I have zero experience in sales operations I would normally need to start researching on some of these topics and brainstorm ways to connect with what I currently do in
marketing with what we just learned about this new role because remember the best answer to tell me by yourself connects what you currently do with the
role you're applying for it is not a one-sided self-introduction but now we have chachu BT we can simply move on to step two and input based on the three
most important responsibilities you just identified use my resume to structure a convincing answer to the tell me about yourself interview question use the present past and future framework create
a separate header two for each section the present is a snapshot of my current career situation as it relates to the job description limit this part to 100 words the past should only include one
previous work experience that's most related to the new role limit this part to 50 words the future should draw a connection between my career trajectory and the new role feel free to get
creative here limit this part to 100 words here's my resume and you paste your resume Pro tip if you're getting below a 10% interview rate with your
current resume feel free to download my resume PDF template for free I'll link it down below look at this output from step two I would say it's 80% there but I definitely still want to make some
changes so what I'm going to do I'm going to copy and paste this into a Google doc and to save you all some time I'm going to snap my fingers and walk
you through all the changes that I made starting with the present section the first two sentences is a snapshot of what I do right now the next two brings up my success metrics driving revenue
for Google app campaigns and achieving over 100% yearyear growth the part of highlight in yellow here one of my significant achievements has been the creation of an evergreen B2B acquisition
campaign is a specific example chat gbt thinks the interviewer will find relevant I cut this part out because number one the point has already been made I don't need another example and
number two it was too long um the present section can only be 100 words in order to keep the entire answer within 2 minutes and right now command shift C
yep it's 96 perfect Pro tip make sure to cut as much fluff as possible in the red strikethrough here you can see chat GPT says I delivered exceptional results
which is very subjective a 15 times return on investment is an objectively strong achievement nothing too different in the past section Chach PT gave two
examples of my previous experiences I picked one that was more relevant to the sales operations role and removed the other the future portion is a bit trickier chachu BT starts off by giving
us a very smooth transition looking ahead I see a strong alignment between my career trajectory and the sales operations role at Netflix that's a really good way to word it but I had to
add two sentences myself which I highlighted in blue here in the short term I believe my existing skill set will help with a faster ramp up while in the longer term I'm excited to round out
my B2B capabilities in the sales operations team as you can probably tell by now this strengthens the connection between what I'm currently doing with the requirements of the new role successfully addressing the interviews
concern that I don't have any experience in sales operations chbt again does an excellent job with the wording by finishing off strong I'm confident that my experience in a b and c will make me
a valuable asset to Netflix's mission of becoming a premier platform for Advertiser Partners as a bonus for everyone who stting until now I'll link this exact document with the prompts down below so you can go through at your
own pace to craft your perfect answer to tell me about yourself or walk me through your resume if you're interviewing with no work experience check out this video or watch this one for more job search tips using chubbt
see you on the next video in the meantime have a great one
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