쉐도잉 연습: How To Introduce Yourself as a Software Engineer: Tell Me About Yourself! - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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So tell me about yourself.
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This is one of the most common questions you will get asked multiple times throughout the interview process
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and in this video I will explain why we interviewers ask this question
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and I will explain how you can prepare for this question in the best way.
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So let's start with talking about why we interviewers ask this question.
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We ask this question because we want to understand your professional background, your qualifications and your relevant experiences, not your full life story.
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It's better to keep this shorter to start a conversation about your experience instead of starting a long monologue.
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Interviewers also usually ask this question to transition from the small talk
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which we began the interview with to the actual main part of the interview.
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If you give us your experience
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and then room to ask questions we can also drive the
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conversations in a direction where we think you have the most relevant experience for this position.
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Let me give you a few reasons why it is so important to prepare your introduction properly.
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It is often your first impression and it really matters.
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You will get asked this question multiple times throughout the interview process.
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So having a good answer is absolutely essential.
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Third, it is your chance to drive the conversation in a direction you decide.
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Fourth, it is also your chance to talk about projects you are proud of
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or projects you are passionate about and want to share with the interviewer.
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It is really setting the tone for the rest of the interviewer.
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If you are well prepared here and deliver a great answer, you can set up the whole interview for success.
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So let's now come to the structure.
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How do you create your own answer to this question?
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One way to structure your answer is the past, present, future structure.
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You have probably heard that in other videos here on YouTube.
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Start by discussing your past experience, such as your education, your previous jobs.
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Then talk about your current role and your responsibilities there.
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And then talk about your future goals and why you want to work at the specific company you're applying at.
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Keep in mind that the recruiters or hiring managers who are talking to you
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usually have your CV open at the laptop or on another tab.
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and just going through your CV and repeating everything
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which is stated here is just a waste of time and you waste valuable time throughout your interview.
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So try to summarize your experience or add interesting additional information to it.
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Especially if you just read out your CV
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and don't give us anything we can hook into it is very hard for the interviewers to start a conversation
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and ask some follow-up questions.
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So you can immediately use this opportunity to loosen up the situation a bit and tell something interesting about you.
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It could be a private project or something you're working on, the open source library you're maintaining, or some just some fun facts about you.
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But be careful here.
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Even though I said it should be something unique or fun about you, it should still be somehow relevant to the job so that the interviewer can ask questions and learn more about you.
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So let me give you an example.
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You're probably asking yourself, how does that sound if you answer the question in the past, present, future format?
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So if the interviewer asked, tell me about yourself, you can answer, sure, after studying computer science, I had various jobs as a software engineer.
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I was always drawn to computers and already started programming back in school as a hobby.
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After starting my professional career with backend development and trying many different programming languages, I fell in love with frontend development and since stuck to it.
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In my current role as a senior software engineer, I lead the front-end development of a large B2B energy management platform.
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In this role, I mainly work on visualizations for energy data for international B2B customers.
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Being part of an interdisciplinary scrum team, my work includes gathering requirements from customers and other stakeholders, planning our work and working on architectural solutions for our large-scale system.
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Since I took a more leading role, I also interview candidates, help them to get onboarded and mentor more junior colleagues.
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Next to my role as an engineer, I also enjoy contributing to development communities, such as attending conferences or organizing our own meetup.
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Last week, I actually gave a talk on how we use TypeScript in our project.
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I now applied at your company because I'm interested in more end-customer-focused projects, app development and to grow in my role as a lead.
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I'm very interested in this opportunity because you develop an app used by millions of people, work on the scale I'm interested in, and I've heard about your great engineering culture.
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I believe with my experience, I can immediately bring value by developing new features for your app.
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And I'm also interested in growing into a leadership role in the near future.
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That was an example answer.
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And as an hiring manager, we listen attentively to all the details you give.
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And if we find something interesting, we can dig deeper into it.
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I could, for example, ask, which programming languages did you work with?
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And why did you stick to frontend development in the end?
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Or can you tell me a bit more about the B2B platform you're working on.
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Or can you tell me a bit more about the talk you gave last week?
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Or a question could be, could you describe the team you are working in and how you collaborate with your colleagues?
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What was the biggest challenge in this specific project?
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You get the idea.
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Everything you say can raise interest and will influence the next question the interviewer asks.
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This is great because it immediately gets the conversation going, we learn a lot about you, and it helps us to transition into the questions we already prepared.
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So remember to highlight your experiences and the skills you have
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and demonstrate that you can add value to the company you are applying at.
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I will probably say it in every video, but you really need to practice it.
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When you come up with your structured answer on a piece of paper
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and then try to say it out loud the first time to a friend, it will be very hard to get your points across.
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So definitely try and practice it beforehand because this will give you the necessary confidence and reduce your stress during the interview.
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Do it maybe two or three times
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and don't forget to reflect also on something like your body language or how fluent you can deliver this message.
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A quick summary.
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Focus on your relevant experiences and accomplishments.
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Use the past, present, future format and tailor your answer to the specific job and company.
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And practice them beforehand.
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The structure and a few examples to get you started you can find in the worksheet I will link under this video.
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I'm sure that if you follow these steps you will answer this question easily
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and already win the first step of the interview confidently.
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As always, if you got the job you're prepared for, write it down in the comments so that we can celebrate together.
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Thanks for watching and see you in the next one.
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Thank you.
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일상 대화에 유용한 핵심 표현 5가지

  • "I was always drawn to..." - "나는 항상...에 끌렸어요" (관심 분야를 자연스럽게 소개할 때 사용)
  • "fell in love with..." - "...에 반했어요" (특정 기술이나 업무에 대한 열정을 표현)
  • "lead the development of..." - "...의 개발을 주도해요" (리더십 경험을 강조할 때)
  • "contributing to development communities" - "개발 커뮤니티에 기여해요" (전문성 외의 활동을 소개할 때)
  • "stuck to it" - "계속 해왔어요" (지속적인 관심이나 경험을 나타낼 때)

영어 쉐도잉 연습 가이드: 단계별 방법

이 영상은 shadowspeaks나 shadow speak 연습에 적합한 내용입니다. 특히 IELTS 스피킹 준비나 면접 대화 실력을 키우고 싶다면 다음 단계를 따라해보세요.

1. 청취와 이해

영상을 2-3번 듣고 주요 내용을 파악합니다. "과거-현재-미래" 구조로 자기소개하는 방법과 CV를 단순 반복하지 않는 팁을 중점으로 봅니다.

2. 발음과 리듬 따라하기

영상의 예시 답변을 따라 읽으면서 발음과 강세, 억양을 주의깊게 관찰합니다. "frontend development"나 "interdisciplinary scrum team"과 같은 전문 용어의 발음을 연습합니다.

3. 내용 변형과 적용

자신의 경험을 "과거-현재-미래" 구조로 재구성해보세요. CV에 없는 추가 정보(개인 프로젝트, 오픈소스 활동 등)를 포함하여 면접관이 질문할 수 있는 포인트를 만들어봅니다.

4. 녹음과 비교

자신의 연습을 녹음하고 원본 영상과 비교합니다. 발음, 속도, 대화의 자연스러움을 점검하며 개선할 부분을 찾습니다.

이 방법으로 shadow speech 연습을 지속하면 면접에서 자신감 있게 자기소개할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 일상 대화에서도 유창한 영어 실력을 발휘할 수 있습니다!

이 영상의 문법

화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.

문형영상 속 표현
현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때have probably heard · I've heard
수동태 be + 과거분사 — 누가 하는지보다 무슨 일이 일어나는지에 초점is stated · was always drawn

쉐도잉이란? 영어 실력을 빠르게 키우는 과학적 방법

쉐도잉(Shadowing)은 원래 전문 통역사 훈련을 위해 개발된 언어 학습 기법으로, 다언어 학자인 Dr. Alexander Arguelles에 의해 대중화된 방법입니다. 핵심 원리는 간단하지만 매우 강력합니다: 원어민의 영어를 들으면서 1~2초의 짧은 지연으로 즉시 소리 내어 따라 말하는 것——마치 '그림자(shadow)'처럼 화자를 따라가는 것입니다. 문법 공부나 수동적인 청취와 달리, 쉐도잉은 뇌와 입 근육이 동시에 실시간으로 영어를 처리하고 재현하도록 훈련합니다. 연구에 따르면 이 방법은 발음 정확도, 억양, 리듬, 연음, 청취력, 말하기 유창성을 크게 향상시킵니다. IELTS 스피킹 준비와 자연스러운 영어 소통을 원하는 분들에게 특히 효과적입니다.

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