Pratica di Shadowing: This 2-Minute “TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF” Magic Formula Gets Jobs in 2026 (+ See Sample Answer) - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Did you know that most interview candidates lose the job offer within the first two minutes of an interview?
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Did you know that most interview candidates lose the job offer within the first two minutes of an interview?
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That's right, with just one answer,
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they may have thrown away their chances of getting that great new job.
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This is Joe from Interview Gold.
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In over 20 years as a career and interview coach,
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helping thousands of candidates into top jobs,
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I can tell you this,
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most interviews are won or lost with the first answer they give.
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And the first question is almost always,
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tell me about yourself or some variation of it.
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Stay with me because by the end of this video,
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you'll know exactly how to answer it perfectly
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and how to use it to your advantage to put yourself ahead of the other candidates.
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Why this question is so important.
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Here's what most candidates get wrong.
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They think, tell me about yourself is just a friendly warm-up.
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It's not.
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This question is asked early because it gives interviewers a huge amount of information very quickly.
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They're assessing how clearly you communicate under pressure,
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how you structure information, whether you understand your own value and how relevant you are to the role.
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First impressions matter and a strong answer to this one question sets the tone for the entire interview.
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Get this right and you are well on your way to the job offer.
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Get it wrong and you are constantly trying to recover.
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Next let me show you what interviewers are actually listening for.
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When an interviewer says tell me about yourself,
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they're not asking for your life story.
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They are asking four silent questions.
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Who are you professionally?
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What experience and skills do you bring?
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What are your strengths and why should we hire you?
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Candidates who ramble, get too personal or simply list their CV lose marks immediately.
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You must remember that the interviewers are on your side.
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They want you to perform well.
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So let's look next at the most common mistakes you must avoid when answering Tell Me About Yourself.
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Here's what I see all the time in my coaching practice.
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Good candidates with strong experience undermining themselves by talking for too long,
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rambling with no structure, starting with personal background,
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just listing responsibilities instead of achievements,
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or forgetting to explain why they want the role and how it fits with their career path.
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None of these sound disastrous,
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but together they blur your message.
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And in interviews, clarity equals confidence.
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So how do you fix this?
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Well, you stop improvising and you start using structure.
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So let me show you a powerful,
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easy to remember formula that works for any interview at any level.
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In our interview goal training we teach expert strategies to answer questions
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and here is just one formula we suggest for answering tell me about yourself.
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It is ICAN plus.
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I-C-A-N plus.
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Introduction, Career and Achievements, Attributes and skills next
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and then plus is personal optional now this works across all sectors
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and all levels because it mirrors how interviewers think okay let's look at each part in turn
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so in the introduction now what is required here is a sentence
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or two summarizing who you are professionally include your name profession,
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qualifications, your current job title,
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the number of years experience you're bringing and the organisations you work for.
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This is a great opener designed to give a powerful first impression.
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Career and achievements.
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This is a brief high-level overview,
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not detail, not history, just enough context to show progression and relevance.
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Start with your most recent job and then highlight key past roles.
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For achievements detail three key achievements giving a sentence
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or two for each summarizing the problem you solved what you did and the successful outcome.
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Make sure they are recent
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and most of all relevant to the role after all you are showcasing what you can do
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and how you will add value to the employer.
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Attributes and skills and this is where you outline the core skills and and strengths you are bringing.
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A top tip is to review the job description and ensure your answer includes the top three they are looking for.
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You're quietly matching your strengths to what the role requires and also mirror the employer's language.
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This makes it easy for them to score you.
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Next, this is a single sentence summarising why you have applied
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and how you see this role as the ideal next stage in your career.
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This is important as it shows motivation and candidates who skip this often sound directionless.
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Plus, this is optional and only if appropriate.
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One sentence perhaps mentioning interests or hobbies,
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keeping light and relevant, it softens the close and acts as an additional selling point.
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I'm going to share with you a key insight that most people miss and it is all about delivery and timing.
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Even a perfect structure can fall flat if delivery is poor.
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So practice your answer out loud.
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Aim for delivery that is calm, not rushed.
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Confident, not memorized.
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Confidence doesn't come from talent, it comes from preparation.
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And when this answer is prepared properly, something powerful happens.
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you start controlling the interview.
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Okay, let's put that into practice.
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Here is a sample answer for inspiration.
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My name is Jenny Smith
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and I'm a qualified team leader with six years experience working within a customer services environment in the finance sector.
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For the past four years,
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I have been managing a team of 15 agents with NatWest Bank in the business banking division.
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In my current role as team leader,
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I recruit, train, develop and manage the team that provides telephone and online support seven days a week.
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I consistently meet service level targets and key performance indicators set by the company.
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I successfully respond to escalated complaints or service issues from my team,
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as well as monitoring, reviewing and reporting on customer satisfaction levels.
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So my key achievements include being promoted from customer services representative to team leader at HSBC after only two years,
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delivering a 25% improvement on our customer satisfaction survey over a 12-month period
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and an increase in our call answer rates of 15% for the past year when compared to the previous year.
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My team also received a special customer services award at our company's AGM this year.
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My core strengths include excellent team building skills,
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as evidenced by the achievement of a reduction in staff turnover in my team by 20% year on year.
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I am an excellent communicator,
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equally able to deal with customers,
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manage staff and report to management.
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I can negotiate successfully and in my last appraisal my manager praised my ability to plan and organize effectively.
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My experience over the last five years it's taught me how to improve customer service levels
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and I see this role as a great opportunity for me to leverage this experience while managing a much larger team.
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It's an exciting challenge for me
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and of course working within a bank such as yours would be an ideal career move for me.
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Outside work I am part of a local theatre group.
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I'm the production coordinator which is quite a challenge but really enjoyable.
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I like to keep fit too and of course I enjoy spending time with friends and family.
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As you can see the candidate uses correct structure clearly outlining who they are,
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what they have done, what they bring and why they should get the job.
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I I am often asked how long should the answer be to the tell me about yourself interview question.
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There is no set length,
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however I usually say for entry level posts aim for between 1-2 minutes
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and for senior posts I would look for 2-3 minutes, perhaps more.
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If you struggle with this or indeed any interview question,
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check out the Interview Gold Answer Builder, see the links below.
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It creates brilliant answers in minutes and they are perfect for any application or interview.
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So here is a top tip that will boost your chances.
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Finish your answer with a question to the panel.
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For example, ask them if they would like you to give more detail on any aspect of your answer.
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What you are doing with this strategy is creating a two-way conversation,
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a very powerful way to build rapport.
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Okay, that brings me to my final point.
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Here's the truth.
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Most candidates aren't missing experience, they're missing structure.
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And once you fix that, everything else becomes easier.
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The follow up questions, the behaviour examples, even your confidence.
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So if interviews have felt frustrating for you or if you've come close but not quite got the offer,
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this is what you start fixing.
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In the next video here,
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I'll show you how to deal with the top three mistakes people make when answering this question.

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