This question is very important and can make you stand out from the rest of the competitors. If answered properly, your interview anxiety will reduce manifolds. This question has to approach differently by non-experienced and experienced candidates.
To prepare for this question -Ask yourself, what is the most prominent accomplishment of your professional life? What is the most relevant and recent job experience you have? What was your role and importance at that job?
What goals do you achieve in your previous job? And how much significant it was for your organization?
Pro Tip: If you don’t have experience, mention your outstanding academic performance. If you don’t have good grades talk about the skills you gained in any training or seminar.
It should be a concise but comprehensive description of your professional life.
“Introduce Yourself” is a question where you can have the liberty to mention what you think is impressive about yourself. Don’t miss this chance. Many employers admitted that they had already built a positive impression within the first five minutes of the interview. If you fail to impress in this question, it will take much more effort to regain the image in the rest of the interview.
The most important things to mention are:
name
length of experience with the job title
your academic excellence (distinctions and awards)
which important company have you worked in past
what’s your current job and company
your achievements
how your achievement impacted your company
what are your future ambition goals
what impact this job (you are applying) is going to have on your professional career
showing your passion for the current opening
OPTIONAL Any skills especially if you are applying for the tech industry
OPTIONAL Any software learnings or writing skills for researcher job
Pro Tip: Tailor your answer according to the job and analyze which skills are important for the employer. And then mention skills relevant to the job role. “BE RELEVANT” is something that is tried and tested method to get prominent in the eyes of the employer.
Sample “Introduce Yourself”
Sure! My name is Jennifer Jane. I have five years of working experience as a front-end developer. I graduated from ABC University and got five distinctions and overall 2nd position. After that, I joined x.y.z tech company. I completed many projects and received the best employee award three times. I’m pursuing to join a multinational tech company to expand my skills and expertise. That’s why I’m here.