How to nail Your First Interview
Tell Me About Yourself - The Perfect Answer to Nail Your Job Interview
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so tell me about yourself it's something
you'll hear in almost every single job
interview and unfortunately a lot of
people tend to overlook this a small
talk and blabber about themselves in
terms of hobbies and where they grew up
however this question is a great
opportunity to stand out to hiring
managers if you're prepared and know how
to respond so in this video I'll show
you exactly what to say to nail this
interview question and boost your
opportunity to land a job so the first
quick tip I have for you to dramatically
increase your chances of even getting to
the interview in the first place is to
have a resume and cover letter that
really stands out and impresses the
employer what you can do is reverse the
interview process and become the
employer and collect resumes and cover
letters from loads of people looking for
a similar position as you and handcraft
a perfect cover letter you can do this
by going to any freelance websites such
as up work or people per hour and post a
job description similar to the job
you're looking to get hired for now
you'll have a stream of people sending
you their resumes and cover letters and
you can see which one stands out and are
impressive and which ones are not
and this gives you a great foundation to
take inspiration from to create an
impressive and unique cover letter to go
with your resume I can understand the
argument that doing this is a bit
immoral or unethical and this and that
because you're not actually hiring
anyone but listen it's business and the
business world is a vicious ruthless
place but it's never ever personal and
being able to create a fantastic and
unique cover letter that is specific for
the position you're looking to get hired
for can make up for potentially lacking
in experience and they'll feel more
inclined to at least give you an
interview because of it employers are
constantly putting out unrealistic
demands to not get flooded with
applications so don't be too hesitant if
you haven't got enough experience but
give it a go so once you get your chance
to have an interview one of the most
common demands you will hear is tell me
about yourself so they're not looking to
hear how many siblings you have or how
many hot dogs you ate in one sitting at
that sick party but they want to hear
from you what they can expect from you
if you were to get hired so what can you
bring that will benefit them I'll tell
you the only thing people care about in
the business world they don't care about
how old you are or your gender
race/ethnicity or any of that the only
thing people care about above all is
results if you
can bring results you are worth your
weight in gold and if you can do that
while having integrity and a good
character even better if you can't
provide results like integrity and have
a shitty character you can always you
start a YouTube channel and say you know
these things but seriously that tell me
about yourself the man is actually a
really good opportunity for you because
knowing they will ask this question you
can prepare a perfect answer in advance
I might just have that plan for you so
you want to break your answer down into
three parts first talk about your
current situation second talk about your
past experiences and third talk about
the future and explain why you are the
perfect fit and you want to tie all
these three parts into showcasing your
ability to deliver results in a
conversation friendly casual manner so
you could start off by stating where
you're employed at the moment and
describe your role there and to that you
want to add what value you bring to them
by talking about actual results you've
delivered that could be beneficial for
the position you want to get hired for
and then proceed to tell them about your
past any degrees worth mentioning may be
even graduated top of your class
talk about internships of previous jobs
you've had and again back this up with
good results you achieve there that is
fitting for that job you're looking for
and lastly talk about your ambitious
plans for the future and give them
another strong reason they should lock
you in right now
so they don't miss out on the great
results you keep delivering and this is
probably the most important part as it
allows you to connect with them and
momentarily relieve them in their
desperate search to fill that void in
gap they have and people love when you
talk in terms of their interest and what
they want and that's exactly how you
want to finish your statement let them
know that you perfectly understand the
position they are hiring for and you're
well aware of the certain skills that
are needed in order to excel and achieve
great results you want to keep poking
that button at hiring you will solve the
problems they have and this approach is
super powerful and convincing and will
impress the employer and a quick example
I could make here would be two other
YouTube channels I'm sure you're
familiar with practical psychology and
improvement build two channels I
certainly look up to and I'm pretty sure
any of them could land a pretty good
marketing or SEO job if they got an
interview using this approach even
though they probably never had actual
working experience in that position they
both have over a million subscribers on
YouTube they understand how to create
engage
content that draws people in and have
actual numbers to back that up right
they know how to get results and that is
just what a hiring manager wants to see
now I know this example might be a bit
extreme and unrelatable to most of you
but the former works with any profession
even though your results might not be as
crazy as theirs and it's worth pointing
out that just as much as you want that
job the employer is also wishing and
praying for that next person to come to
be just the right fit for them so if you
can walk in on that interview and
confidently express that you are that
person your chances of landing that job
will skyrocket even though you don't
have all that experience however having
a successful interview and landing the
job is just the first step now you have
to deliver on your promises to keep that
job and this video might be more suited
younger people or people is trying to
get into the workforce but if you can
get that job and can consistently
deliver results and be of value they
will no doubt be opportunities for you
to be promoted with a higher pay or
other bigger companies will take notice
and even head down to you for a bigger
paid position but results is only
achieved through effort so it's never
going to be easy but extreme effort
tends to yield extreme results so you
gotta be ready to work your balls off
but what if you don't have the
experience and no real results to show
for do it garyvee style and go out there
and hustle like a madman if you know
what profession you want to build a
career in but you can't get hired yet
ask for internships or work for free in
exchange for experience email or message
50 to 100 companies on their social
media pages close to you and ask to work
there for free a few hours a week if you
crush it there and do a good job they
might hire you and if you don't get
hired at least you have experience that
you can put on your resume so there you
have it hope that helps out somewhat and
if you want to know more there are some
great channels that Wells deeper into
this topic such as Linda Rainier and
then it's a solid which I'll link in the
description if you have an interview
coming up please leave a comment below
and let us know how it goes and leave a
like if you enjoyed it and I'll see you
in the next one
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