Graduation Interview | How to accurately introduce yourself in one minute?

"Please briefly introduce yourself in one minute" has indeed become a favorite opening question for many interviewers (who haven't had time to read your resume).



While it's necessary to impress the recruiter the most during this golden minute, I don't think the ultimate purpose should be to show that the candidate is different. Showing the other party the high value you attach to yourself, and convincing the other party that this value is exactly what the company needs most right now, is the real value. Therefore, trying to tease out a logical thread that belongs to you clearly and briefly to the recruiter, explaining why you are here and why they need to admit you is the right direction.


who I am?
where am i from?
Where am I going?

Take applying for the first few jobs of your life as a student. In this minute, you can start from the most basic information, such as academic background, professional skills. It's the information you're most familiar with, and the one that catches the recruiter's attention the most, while the process minimizes the initial nervousness.

In addition to the initial background introduction, a targeted introduction to the professional courses accepted is the icing on the cake. On the one hand, the professional settings of each school are different. Even experienced recruiters can hardly know the curriculum settings of each school well. At this time, if the applicant can use a bird's-eye perspective to point out the positions closely related to the job position. The course, everything is a plus.

On the other hand, pre-doctoral college education is essentially generalist education, and its expected goal is that students can dabble in many aspects of their professional field when they graduate successfully. This very realistic training direction is often difficult to meet the company's job requirements for solving specific problems. At this time, if you can demonstrate the experience and skills you have gained in solving similar problems in the past, it is a manifestation of high value in the minds of recruiters.

Specifically, you should complete the elaboration on the following questions: what kind of psychological expectations made you choose this kind of study, what kind of professional vision you have acquired through this kind of study, what kind of professional thinking you have cultivated, and what kind of professional thinking you have cultivated. What professional skills have you acquired, what kind of jobs can you be competent for, what problems can you solve, and ultimately, where these studies and previous internship experiences will lead you, and what kind of professional people do you hope to become in the future.



Always keep in mind that in this short minute, everything has an inner logical connection, interlocking and tightly fitting.

You need to convince yourself and the recruiter that you have been driven by the strong motivations mentioned above for a long time, through a long process of study and internship, and finally acquired excellent job skills and professional accomplishment , your presence here is the beginning of a win-win cooperation, and this foreseeable common success will stem from the wise decision to admit you today.

Only when this series of logic is clarified, your job-seeking motivation will be clear, your appearance at this job fair is not accidental, and your personal introduction will hit the bullseye.

I think that when you do all of the above, you will be able to capture this precious minute. I don't think there's still time, or the need, to deliberately break new ground or repeat what's written on a resume.