쉐도잉 연습: Tell Me About Yourself - Structure a Strong Answer - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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- Most people realize that a good answer to the tell me about yourself question sets the tone for the rest of the interview.
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What some people miss is that a great answer will help you influence what the interviewer will ask next.
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In this video, I skip all the common advice you might find in other tutorials and dive right into number one, how to structure a strong answer using the present, past and future answer format.
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Number two, how to use the highlight method to influence the interviewer.
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And number three, leave you with an answer I'd give if I were interviewing right now.
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Although there is no one-size-fits all answer to the tell me about yourself interview question, there is a strong answer structure that is universally applicable.
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So while I do provide a sample answer at the end, the main takeaway of this video should be the methods I use and how you can apply the same structure for your own use cases.
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Number one, using the present, past and future answer structure.
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Interviewers want to know in order of importance, who you are right now, how you got to be there, and what value you can bring to the role you're interviewing for.
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Present, past and future.
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Starting with the present, this is a snapshot of yourself in your current professional capacity.
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It should be kept within one minute and include the following.
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What you do in your current role, the success metrics you are measured against, and a recent achievement you are particularly proud of.
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If you're working professional, the present portion might look something like this.
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I'm currently a management consulting with Ernst and Young focus on Finance Shared Service Center projects.
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My primary contributions to the team are number one, organizing training workshops for our clients adopting the new SAP system.
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And number two, putting together pitch decks through market research for future business development opportunities.
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A recent one I'd like to share is when I use data from a free trial of eMarketer to put together a deck on B2B marketing trends in China, which ended up helping my senior manager close a $500,000 deal.
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By stating your current role right off the bat, you show the interviewer that first and foremost, you are a professional.
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This will also help you stay away from going off topic into something too personal and therefore irrelevant.
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The town you grew up in, the musical you're a part of.
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Then mentioning your own success metrics shows that you are results oriented.
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You know exactly what your goals are on the job.
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It also shows you're confident in your capabilities, because why else would you bring it up?
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Finally, the impactful achievement that you briefly touch on keeps the interviewer engaged with your story and plants follow up questions in their minds.
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Wow, which eMarketing report was this?
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Why was the client sold on the B2B marketing trends?
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And we'll talk about this concept of influence a bit more later on.
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Although the example I gave just now was for working professional, if you're a current student, you can use the exact same structure.
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Simply start off by saying what field of study you're in, then dive immediately into recent class projects, internships, and leadership experiences.
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Don't worry about the impressiveness level of your story, but rather the qualities you're conveying about yourself as you tell it.
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If you found this first tip helpful, drop a like and comment down below to help me with the YouTube algorithm as they say.
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Now on to the past portion of your answer.
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This is where you really get to show off and highlight key strengths or takeaways you want the interviewer to remember.
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This part should be another minute maximum.
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Coming up with stories that make you look good is easy.
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Keeping them concise, relevant and under one minute is hard.
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So here's what we wanna do.
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First identify two to three attributes you feel the role is looking for.
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If it's sales, this would be communication, stakeholder management.
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If it's accounting, this might be attention to detail, strong analytical skills.
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Then scroll through your mental Rolodex of experiences, projects, internships, to figure out which one's best suit the attributes that they're looking for.
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Finally, and this might be the hardest step, select one key moment within each experience to serve as the highlight of that experience.
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If you're a student interviewing for a marketing position, your past portion might look something like this.
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As the events coordinator for our business fraternity, I'm responsible for planning, executing and tracking our weekly workshops.
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Since this requires a lot of promotional marketing materials such as fiscal flyers and email newsletters, I took the initiative to try free online tools such as Canva and MailChimp to better engage our members.
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After other student bodies noticed our new marketing materials, they actually came asking for help.
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And so I conducted a small group training for 30 other event coordinators as a result.
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The training received a satisfaction score of 98%.
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Some of you might be thinking right now, well, Jeff, her experience is related to marketing.
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So that was an easy answer.
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I'm applying to a role I don't have much experience in.
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Okay, imagine the same candidate were applying for an accounting position.
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In that case, the same event coordinator should focus on how she managed the budget for the entire year and how she kept track of her fraternity's expenses.
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As you can see, the same experience can be and should be applicable for the different attributes you wanna highlight.
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Finally, the future portion, this is just a quick 30-second wrap up where you reinforce the reasons why you're such a good fit for the role.
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The objective here is that the interviewer imagine ever so slightly, how it makes such good sense for you to be on their team.
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Following the previous example, let's just say that our event coordinator is applying for the accounting position.
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Her future portion might look something like this.
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As someone who has been managing our fraternity's finances for the past year, I'm glad to have been able to apply the concepts that I learned in my accounting classes in real life situations.
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This has further reinforced my interest in pursuing accounting as a full time career.
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My experiences combined by international background make me a strong asset to the Financial Advisory Services team at Ernst and Young.
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By the way, I have a Facebook group where I share weekly tips, consider joining if you haven't already, I'll link it down below.
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Number two, the highlight method.
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In a nutshell, the highlight method is where you take a small part of a larger story that you have already prepared for and only include that part in the tell me about yourself answer as a highlight.
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This helps you keep your answer concise while mentioning something impressive.
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If done right, the highlight that you mentioned should trigger the interviewer to ask follow up questions that lead to your larger story.
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If you've been paying attention up to this point, you've probably already noticed that we've been sprinkling in highlights throughout the present past and future answer structure.
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For example, in the present portion to US$ 500,000 deal that you helped close is the highlight and you should have the rest of the story prepared using the star format.
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All right, putting off that together.
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Here's a sample answer I'd give if I were interviewing right now.
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So Jeff, could you tell me a bit by yourself?
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Sure, I'm currently a product marketer here at Google covering the Greater China region.
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I mainly work on App campaigns, a Google product aimed at app developers.
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Specifically, I have two objectives, number one, to reach as many new-to-Google app developers as possible.
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And number two, increase product adoption among our existing app advertisers.
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My team and I achieve these goals through a mix of online marketing campaigns, offline events and content marketing.
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For example, one of the tentpole events I helped launch is called Start on Android China, where we leverage resources from our Play, Ads and AdMob teams to deliver a comprehensive training bootcamp for Greater China App Developers.
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The goal is to address their pain points at each stage of their app export journey.
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A notable achievement was when we decided to pivot from a three-day offline event format to a three-week online one.
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That actually resulted in a five times increase in eligible signups before marketing, I was a key account manager in the sales team covering around 30 B2C Chinese exporters.
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Since that's quite a few clients for just one person to cover.
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I actually created YouTube videos to better engage my clients at scale.
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Funny story, you can still actually find those videos on YouTube right now.
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This in addition to the support for cross functional team members helped me achieve revenue attainment without missing targets for two years straight.
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Before joining Google, I was a management consultant with Ernst and Young for two years.
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One year based out of New York City and another out of Shanghai, I worked on a variety of projects ranging from supply chain management to shared service centers.
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Due to the nature of these projects, I would often find myself as the only consultant physically on site, and therefore I was really able to develop my communication and relationship management skills.
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Having spent the past six years in predominantly client-facing roles, I believe the communication skills I've developed, combined with my international background, would make me a strong asset to your global business development team.
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(claps) And there you have it a step by step guide on how to nail the tell me about yourself interview question.
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I sincerely believe this is the most important interview question to get right.
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Not only because it sets the tone for the rest of the interview, but also if you do get it right, it gives you a huge confidence boost right at the beginning.
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I hope this video helped.
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Subscribe if you haven't already, and comment down below if you have any questions.
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See you on the next video and in the meantime, (clicks) have a great one.
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이 레슨의 어휘와 말하기 포인트
이 B2 수준 말하기 레슨은 영상 “Tell Me About Yourself - Structure a Strong Answer”을(를) 바탕으로 합니다. 가장 자주 반복되는 단어는 다음과 같습니다: answer, highlight, marketing, interviewer, experience. 이 영상에는 섀도잉할 문장 96개와 단어 1726개가 있습니다. 말하는 구간의 길이는 9:20입니다. 화자는 분당 약 185단어로 빠르게 말하므로 연음과 약하게 발음되는 소리가 많습니다. 단어의 83%가 영어에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 3,000단어에 속합니다. 나머지는 연습 전에 미리 확인해 두세요.
이 영상의 핵심 어휘
영상에서 가장 어려운 단어 15개를 발음, 뜻과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 단어 | 발음 | 뜻 |
|---|---|---|
| interviewer 명사 | /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ | 면접관 |
| attribute 명사 | /ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/ | 속성, 특질 |
| reinforce 동사 | /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/ | 보강하다 |
| offline 형용사 | /ɔfˈlaɪn/ | 오프라인 |
| dive 동사 | /daɪv/ | 잠수하다 |
| consultant 명사 | /kənˈsʌl.tənt/ | 상담가, 자문 위원 |
| combine 동사 | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | 조합하다, 결합하다 |
| applicable 형용사 | /əˈplɪk.ə.bəl/ | 적용할 수 있는 |
| workshop 명사 | /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/ | 작업장, 아틀리에 |
| advertiser 명사 | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɚ/ | 광고주 |
| attainment 명사 | /əˈteɪnmənt/ | 성과, 성취 |
| exporter 명사 | 수출업자 | |
| snapshot 명사 | /ˈsnæpʃɒt/ | 스냅샷 |
| sprinkle 동사 | /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/ | 뿌리다 |
| clap 동사 | /klæp/ | 박수를 치다 |
영상에 나오는 구동사
| 단어 | 뜻 |
|---|---|
| put together 동사 | 조립하다 |
| show off 동사 | 나대다 |
| wrap up 동사 | 시마이치다 |
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
|---|---|
| 현재완료진행 have/has been + -ing — 전에 시작해 지금도 계속되는 동작 | has been managing · you've been paying |
| 조건문 if + 절, will/would + 동사 — 조건과 그 결과 | If it's sales, this would be · if you haven't already, I'll link |
| 수동태 be + 과거분사 — 누가 하는지보다 무슨 일이 일어나는지에 초점 | should be kept · are measured · is related |
| 현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때 | have already prepared · you've probably already noticed · I've developed |
주의할 발음
화자는 you're, I'm, I'd 같은 축약형과 약화된 형태를 30번 사용합니다. 들리는 대로 짧게 발음하세요.
- “th” 소리: soothe /suːð/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
- “sh”와 “zh” 소리: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, nutshell /ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/, snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/, promotional /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/
- 긴 단어 — 강세 위치에 주의: developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, applicable /əˈplɪk.ə.bəl/, advertiser /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɚ/, fraternity /fɹəˈtɜɹnəti/, universally /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/
한국어 화자가 어려워하는 소리:
- /f/ — ㅍ(/p/)으로 바꾸지 말고 윗니를 아랫입술에 대기: reinforce /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/, offline /ɔfˈlaɪn/, impactful /ˈɪmpæktfəl/, fraternity /fɹəˈtɜɹnəti/, flyer /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
- /v/ — ㅂ(/b/)과 구별하기: interviewer /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, dive /daɪv/, advertiser /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɚ/, universally /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/
- /z/ — ㅈ이 아니라 성대를 울리는 /s/: advertiser /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɚ/, newsletter /ˈn(j)uzˌlɛtɚ/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/
이 영상으로 연습하는 방법
- 먼저 말하지 않고 영상을 끝까지 듣고 모르는 단어를 적어 둡니다.
- 0.75배속으로 한 문장씩 섀도잉을 시작하고, 익숙해지면 보통 속도로 돌아갑니다.
- 자신의 목소리를 녹음해 원본과 비교하고, interviewer, attribute, reinforce 같은 단어에 특히 주의합니다.
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