Someone says ‘tell me about yourself.’ What’s my one-minute answer?

A one-minute version of your career story that sounds like you and points at where you’re going.


When to use
Before an interview, an introduction, or any room where someone will ask what you do.
Time
10 min

The prompt

I need a clear answer to ‘tell me about yourself.’ I’ll be using it in . Ask me up to six questions, one at a time, about the jobs I’ve had, why I moved between them, what I’m proudest of, and what I want next. Then write my career story in about 150 words that I can say out loud in a minute: where I started, the thread that connects the moves, and where I’m heading. Use plain spoken words and my own phrases where you can. No buzzwords, and nothing I didn’t tell you. After it, name the part that sounds weakest and say why.

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