"Can you tell me about yourself?"
This is a familiar question during an interview and it is easy to get lost, there is a lot you can tell about yourself and it can be difficult to know where to start. The conclusion is that you should start with your elevator pitch.
Why is it useful?
It can be challenging to create an elevator pitch that makes you shine, you also feel like saying more than you have time for and maybe end up speaking too fast? This is common and a known challenge during an interview. Here, it is important to find a good balance between the personal and the professional.
An elevator pitch is useful as it forces you to prioritize the most important points, where you can ask yourself the following questions:
- What defines you as a person?
- What qualities and experiences do you have? (Get the most relevant ones)
- What are your interests?
- Why exactly should you get the job? (Bring out your main argument)
How to make a good elevator pitch?
In 20-30 seconds you must give a precise sales pitch of yourself, you do this by:
- Figure out what you want to work on
- Make visible what you can contribute
- Who are you? What can you? And what are you looking for?
- Find out who you're talking to, adapt
- Feel free to show the results and concrete details
Feel free to write down what you have come up with and read it out loud to yourself, this can help you remember your pitch. Test your elevator pitch on family, colleagues or friends to get feedback.
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