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Hey everyone!
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So tell me about yourself.
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The most common job interview question of all time.
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Usually the thing that they ask you first as an icebreaker when you first sit down at your job interview.
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Now there are a million ways to answer this open -ended question
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and there's also about a million YouTube videos out there giving you various ways to answer it.
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But today I'm going to give you the quickest, simplest, best way I've seen to answer this question.
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Okay let's look at this thing from the other side of the fence.
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Let's look at it from the perspective of the recruiter or hiring manager.
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Usually when you post a position, you get a lot of responses and you may well end up with,
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especially these days, with over a hundred candidates applying for the position.
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So for you, this is an elimination game.
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Your job is to go from a hundred applications down to one candidate that you select.
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Now, from the perspective of the job seeker who is being interviewed, you don't know the criteria they use to eliminate people.
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Oh sure, there's posted requirements for the position, but the problem is more than one person may meet all posted requirements.
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So there's often a hidden criteria that they don't tell you of what will get you eliminated or hired.
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For example, something I've seen in the past is a hiring manager who's a fan of a particular sports team
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and if you happen to volunteer that you're a fan of the opposing sports team
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that may be grounds to eliminate you on the fact
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that you might not be a good fit
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and this does happen now we're going to make one assumption here
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and that is that they've actually read your resume
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if you apply for a position and you send in your resume
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and then they later receive it and then call you in for an interview usually
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that means that they've read your resume not always i have seen cases where that hasn't actually occurred.
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But in the vast majority of cases, we can assume this to be true.
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So what does this mean?
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This means that the content on your resume is safe.
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Everything you've written on there did not result in you getting eliminated.
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So it's safe content to use.
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And we're going to be coming back to that.
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Now, when you get asked, tell me about yourself in a job interview, this is what you do.
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Start off by saying, well, as you can see from my resume,
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that's the first thing you say then go down your resume in chronological order starting with the oldest material
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and then getting closer to the present
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and finally talking about your most recent experience
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this should take about 45 seconds no more than a minute then end with the phrase
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and that's what brings me here today and why i'm excited to learn more about this opportunity you
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You see, your purpose in a job interview is to communicate to the person interviewing you how you're the person for the job,
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how you meet all the qualifications.
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That's your purpose in the interview.
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You don't want to waste your time talking about something you did 15 years ago
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that has absolutely nothing to do with this position and is just taking up time.
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That's why you want to summarize your resume in 45 seconds to a minute.
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No more than that, really.
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See, it's a well -known fact that people absorb and retain only a small proportion of what they hear.
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It's like a very small percentage of what you hear that you actually understand and retain and can recall later.
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So that's why you want to mention more than once how you meet all the qualifications.
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You want to make sure it registers.
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So when you get the question, tell me about yourself, all you have to do is say, well, as you can see from my resume,
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and then you summarize your resume in about 45 seconds to a minute.
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Maybe start with your education, start with your oldest experience, and then come up chronologically to the present, where you end with your most recent experience,
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and then you end with the phrase, and that's what brings me here today, and why I'm excited to learn more about this opportunity.
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See, you want to spend as much time as possible talking about this opportunity, not stuff you've done in the past.
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That's why it's very important to try
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and steer the conversation from something you've done years ago to get them to talk about this position
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so you can explain how you meet the requirements.
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So this is actually part of a new YouTube series I'm doing.
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I'm going to go through all the common job interview questions and we're going to talk about the hiring process in general.
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I actually teach this at a postgraduate level
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and I've been on both sides of it hiring and being hired
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so hopefully that'll be useful for you please take a moment now to click the like subscribe
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and bell buttons and also be sure to check out my patreon site for some extra content
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and consider supporting me there too
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so once again i'm bill the company's expert thank you so much for being here and watching my videos you're awesome
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Thank you.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „Tell Me About Yourself“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: resume, interview, position, hiring, meet. Dieses Video enthält 26 Sätze und 897 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 4:57. Der Sprecher spricht schnell, etwa 181 Wörter pro Minute – rechne mit verbundenen und verkürzten Lauten. 89 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also leicht zu verfolgen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| resume Verb | /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/ | wiederaufnehmen, fortsetzen |
| hire Verb | /ˈhaɪɹ/ | mieten, heuern |
| eliminate Verb | /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ | eliminieren, zerstören |
| requirement Substantiv | /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/ | Anforderung |
| phrase Substantiv | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | Redewendung, Phrase |
| retain Verb | /ɹəˈteɪn/ | sitzen bleiben |
| qualification Substantiv | /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ | Qualifizierung, Qualifikation |
| vast Adjektiv | /væst/ | beträchtlich, weit |
| percentage Substantiv | /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/ | Prozentsatz, Hundertsatz |
| occur Verb | /əˈkɜː/ | passieren, vorkommen |
| select Verb | /sɪˈlɛkt/ | auswählen |
| recall Verb | /ɹɪˈkɔl/ | zurückrufen |
| volunteer Substantiv | /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/ | Freiwilliger, Freiwillige |
| fence Substantiv | /fɛns/ | Zaun, Hag |
| communicate Verb | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | mitteilen, übermitteln |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Bedeutung |
|---|---|
| check out Verb | überprüfen |
| come up Verb | erscheinen |
| go down Verb | absteigen, hinabsteigen |
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | I've seen · they've actually read · they've read |
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | being interviewed · being hired |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 28 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel I'm, don't, gonna. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/, assumption /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/, elimination /ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, elimination /ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, criterion /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): requirement /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, percentage /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, oppose /əˈpoʊz/, absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: vast /væst/, absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/, postgraduate /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie resume, hire, eliminate.
Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?
Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.