How to answer "Walk me through your resume" or "Tell me about yourself"
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Published 2020-09-20
"Tell me about yourself" is the same question as "Walk me through your resume". This question is sometimes overlooked and it's actually a very important part of your interview. Moreover, the story you create to answer this question can serve as an introduction for a coffee chat, a networking event or a phone call with a recruiter.
@01:20 Framework you can use
@08:23 Example
@11:56 Most common mistakes
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How to structure Tell me about yourself or Walk me through your resume?
Introduction:
* The introduction is just a brief mention of who you are, where are you from and what did you study in college and why. And think that this "why did you study whatever you studied in college" as the beginning of a chain of decisions that leads to you being interested in, for example, the Tech industry.
Your Job or Jobs
* Start with a brief description of your job and the company you worked for. Don't describe your job, but rather highlight the skills that you learned, any promotions you got and WHY did you transitioned to your next role (or project).
* Your whole story is building up to a point where your experiences, your skills and the transitions you made are all connected to the job you are applying to. So when you think of what skills you learned in your different jobs, connect them to the job you are interviewing for.
* You can also mention a very successful project or accomplishment at any of your roles to serve as a teaser and invite the interviewer to ask you more questions about it.
* Transitions from one job, or a project, to next are about new things that you wanted to learn and realizing that you needed more experience on things related to the Job you want today. Remember that if you are a student, you can show how you transitioned from one project to the next or even to an internship and how all your story is building up to the job you are interviewing for.
Closing your introduction:
* There are different approaches that you can take to close your "Tell me about yourself" or "walk me through your resume" - but the constant thing is to be confident of your approach. The interview is also a dialogue, so make sure that you read your interviewer's expressions - if they want to ask you questions, pause and let them talk.
* At the end of your interview you can, for example:
- Finish your story and let the interviewer ask their next question:
- " And now, after all this experience I'm really excited to be here and happy to answer any questions you have"
* You can also lead the conversation and start getting into questions like "Why Product Management" (or the role you are applying to)
- " And this latest experience led me to believe that Product Management is the next step for me. Here are a few reasons why:…"
* Or you can also answer the question of "Why this company?"
- " And after I had the opportunity to speak with Diego about Microsoft, I'm really excited to be interviewing with you today. In fact, here are a few reasons why I believe that Microsoft is a fantastic place to work:…."
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