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Tell Me About Yourself
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Annemarie
Meet Your Confident Job Interviews Trainer
Annemarie
I believe English confidence and fluency are possible for everyone—even the shyest English speakers. And I believe anyone can speak English without fear, without feeling stuck.
Sure, mistakes might still happen. But they won’t cause embarrassment. And yes, it takes hard work and commitment. But it is 100% possible.
I’m crazy passionate about confidence and fluency and it’s my mission to help people achieve both, for work and daily life in English. They are the hardest to get in language speaking and I see that as an opportunity. I’m excited to make confidence and fluency a reality for my students through education, motivation, and my community.
Now about job interviews. I have a fun fact for you. In my career, I’ve been been a director in two organizations. I had the opportunity and responsibility to interview and hire employees. As a result, I know exactly why interviewers ask specific questions and what they’re really looking for.
I share all this inside knowledge in the Confident Job Interviews course.
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👉 IMPORTANT: Please read.
I review and respond to responses to the Tell Me About Yourself topic regularly. I respond to as many posts as I can.
However, if you have questions about other job interview questions, please review my lessons on job interviews in English or join my Confident Job Interviews course for complete support, from start to finish, for your next job interview. I will not provide advice on how to answer other job interview questions here.
Dear Annemarie, THANK YOU. I have lived in the USA for over 30 years and found your training amazing!!! I keep learning new words! I would like to share your info and channel with my followers in Mexico! So if you see an uptake it comes from the promotion I will do. I have a staffing business and I focus on bringing Mexican developers to the USA. Perhaps in the near future I can invite you to a BOOTCAMP where I usually have 200 people mostly from Mexico but some from LatinAmerica… we can plan it and it will be… Read more »
Dear Annemarie, THANK YOU. I have lived in the USA for over 30 years and found your training amazing!!! I keep learning new words! I would like to share your info and channel with my followers in Mexico! So if you see an uptake it comes from the promotion I will do. I have a staffing business and I focus on bringing Mexican developers to the USA. Perhaps in the near future I can invite you to a BOOTCAMP where I usually have 200 people mostly from Mexico but some from LatinAmerica… we can plan it and it will be… Read more »
Hi Annemarie, amazing work you’ve done!
Is this course still live?
Thanks!
Thanks for the comment! I’m glad to know this masterclass was helpful. The Confident Job Interviews course is self-guided with videos and includes the opportunity to add on a live mock interview with me.
Thanks for this video. One question, if I am unemployed at the moment, how to structure PRESENT in my answer ?
Thanks for the question. This is something I cover in-depth inside my Confident Job Interviews course: https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/confident-job-interview-course/
The most important this is to share some details with honesty and focus on what you’ve been doing to advance your professional skills while unemployed.
Thank you Annemarie for your advice and detailed instruction. This class really helped me how to summerize my career information so that I can provide a clear answer. I also know how to keep calm during the interview. I want to learn more from you to speak clearly and confidently in English meeting.
I’m so glad this training was helpful to you, Trang!! And good news — I’ll be hosting a one-time-only live workshop on how to communicate clearly & confidently in meetings on January 30. You can learn more here: https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/clear-ideas-workshop/coming-soon/
Hi Annemarie! Thanks for free master class and so many powerful advices. It’s especially helpful for people who are non-native speakers like me. Now, I would like to share my answer that apply what I’ve learn. Over the past 5 years, I’ve worked in various positions in the civil aircraft maintenance industry, ranging from mechanic to engineer. Throughout my career, I’ve acquired skills in both line and base maintenance and gained comprehensive experience with many different types of aircraft. In my current role as a liaison engineer, I have delivered desired results, met customer expectations, and solved technical problems. I… Read more »
Thank you so much! Very useful! I must tell you, that I’ve been following your advices and got successfully passed the interview!
I’m so pleased this was helpful! Congratulations on a successful job interview!!
Hello Annemarie! Thanks for your lesson and powerful advice. Now, it’s my turn to share with you my answer to this question. Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked in different positions in the HR sphere starting from entry-level positions to HRD. Throughout my career, I have learned all aspects of HR and have gained strong experience working with and leading people in business. As an HR Director, I tend to help our business to leverage the huge potential, skill set, and knowledge of our people to gain our business goals. The last two projects, I’ve managed, allowed… Read more »
I’m so pleased to know this masterclass was helpful to you, Evgeniy. And you’ve done a fantastic job of applying what you’ve learned.
Your example is clear, succinct, and compelling. Well done!
Thanks a lot for your response!
Thank you for your support. You are one of the best of us who teach us English without interruption. Even for those who lost their country because of reasons, you have made more efforts to teach English. Thank you.
Mohammad Jamil Siddiqi
Thank you Anne Marie, as usual it’s wonderful video and I really benefited from this method and strategies and I really appreciate your efforts.
thank you so mach.
Hello, how to meet you?
Thank you so much for this masterclass! It helped me prepare for a job interview. You’re amazing!
Hi Anne Marie! this Masterclass is really interesting and gives us a lot of elements to be successful in any job interview! And what I liked most was the formule: past – present – future. I will follow your methodology and I’m sure I will get great results! Thank you very much for sharing it!
My pleasure, Romny. I’m glad it was helpful to you.
Hello Annemarie, I am very happy to get the “Tell Me About Yourself Masterclass” video clip. It’s really helpful to all job hunters. Not only this one, but I also appreciate other YouTube videos that were uploaded for us whose second language is English. Thanks a lot.
I’m happy to hear this was so helpful to you, Ram.
Thank you so much. I got a great benefit. The class was so helpful and clear. Cheers!
Wonderful! I’m glad it was useful to you, Ammar.
Thanks a million, Annemarie! This masterclass is very structured and helpful for everyone who is looking for a new opportunity. Also, I always look forward to Wednesdays to get your new video, each topic is very valuable for me.
When I am ready to make the next step in my carrier, I will definitely take your Confident Job Interviews course.
Thank you again!
Thank you for the kind comments, Natalia! I’m so pleased to know this masterclass was helpful to you.
You’re AWESOME as usual Annemarie, Thanks for your content it’s very helpful and easy to follow.
I’d like to ask you about panel interview view, where you might meet 3 or 4 from different departments.
What’s recommended points I have to take care of ?
Thanks again Annemarie 🙂
Hi Mostafa, I’m pleased to hear this masterclass training was helpful.
A panel interview is not unlike other interviews. It will be important to anticipate the kinds of questions each panel member might ask so you can be prepared to respond accordingly.
Dear Annemarie,
I am so glad to watch your videos and learned a valuable lesson from your videos. I still need to improve my English language by speaking confidently and fluency. I like the way you speak and really warms my heart.
Hello Annemarie, you were simply awesome and you have been one of my favorite trainers. Your technique is awesome I closely watched your first two introduction videos and implemented the same by God’s Grace it worked. May God bless you with all your good deeds.
Thank you Annemarie, I like your lessons which are always demonstrate in a clear way and you always give examples of how to use different words in different contexts. Your worksheet is inspiring too, it’s an useful reflection on what we learned and give us chance to actively think about what we have learned and apply it to a real scenario, thank you very much!
You’re so welcome, Jessie. I’m happy to know my lessons are helpful to you! Thank you for sharing that with me.
I am a professional structural engineer who has a burning passion for new. Learning new things from other colleagues in team-working as well as studying new documents as an individual keep me going. I studied BCA and AS before I arrived in Australia.
Around ten years ago since I entered this profession, I have been faced with designing and drawing different types of steel and concrete structures.
I have a master’s in structure design from Polytechnic University in Iran and I have an enthusiasm for working on structures, that’s why I am excited about the opportunity to join your team.
Hi Annemarie, do you have a course about leadership and professional communication? I’m someone who’s been in the US for 14 years and received my masters and PHD in the US. I work at a research institution, and I think there is still a lot to improve in my spoken communication (to communicate more clearly and confidently). I could do a research presentation at a conference or a job talk with lots of preparations, but I find that I need improvement with daily communication where I have to speak and sound smart mores spontaneously: to lead team meetings, speaking up… Read more »
Hi Lulu, thank you for the question. It sounds like my Fluency School course might be a good fit for you. In this course, we focus on how to think clearly, speak spontaneously, control one’s voice for clarity, and improve overall fluency. You can learn more here: https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/fluencyschool/
👉 IMPORTANT: Please read.
I review and respond to responses to the Tell Me About Yourself topic regularly. I respond to as many posts as I can.
However, if you have questions about other job interview questions, please review my lessons on job interviews in English or join my Confident Job Interviews course for complete support, from start to finish, for your next job interview. I will not provide advice on how to answer other job interview questions here.
Thanks a lot for your support Annemarie, what option do you suggest if I don’t have previous experience with the jobs that I would like to apply..
Dear Annemarie, thank you for the interesting lesson, and for the precious advices on how to confidently answer the always stressing first question! I would like to receive your kind opinion on my response. “Throughout my career in Rhythmic Gymnastics I had the pleasure to be the Head coach in my former Italian Club of a well motivated group of coaches, working to establish the discipline and achieving medals and results. That led me to the position of Technical director in my region which I held for 8 years. I was reelected twice and the feedback I received were great… Read more »
Well done, Pamela. I’m impressed with how much you were able to share in just 3 paragraphs. You have an excellent way of expressing yourself. You’ve perfectly followed the past, present, and future formula. And I was glad to see you explain some of the good feedback you received while in the position of Technical Director. Interviewers always appreciated specific details. Moreover, the fact that you were reelected twice is compelling. It says a lot about the confidence others had in you. I like the way you handled being away from the role for some time after moving to the… Read more »
It was very useful information. It become much easier for me to formulate my answer to this question, even on my native language. Now when I know the formula I am calm when I have to answer and I do not loose my line of thought.
I’m so glad to hear this, Kamelia!!
Thank you Annemarie for your good support!I really appreciate your lessons. Now I am preparing for operations officer job interview. The answer for tell me about your self question is: For the last 5 years ,I have been walking as administration and logistics in different projects. I have been walking as logistic officer. In that position,I was responsible for providing all logistical support to ensure timely completion of activities.I was also assigned to do budget for all materials needed including estimation of travel allowances of employees, managing project materials and suppliers and I had the opportunity to brought a less… Read more »
Hi Yvonne, thank you for sharing your practice answer. You’ve done a nice job providing a broad overview of your experience along with the past, present, and future focus.
One note, I consistently see the verb ‘walk’ but I think you meant ‘work’ – is that right?
We could simplify the first two sentences by combining them, for example:
For the last 5 years, I’ve been working as a logistics officer on different projects.
The way you define KEFL and the Right to Play project is very helpful. It gives a clear picture of the specific projects you’re working on.
Thank you Annemary for sharing video on this topic. It’s was important for my, becouse I found example to introduce myself in my first interview landscape design specialty. I went to it with more confidence after preparation
You’re very welcome, Khrystia. I’m glad it helped you have more confidence.
Sure Thank you, Annemarie, for taking the time to meet with me. I’m Sajjad, an Iraqi pharmacist. I spent the last 8 years sharing my sales and marketing skills at the largest and most innovative medical companies in Iraq. I’ve developed a reputation for understanding what our clients want and staying right on budget. In my current role, I’d say my greatest strength is connecting with people. When our clients communicate their needs, I truly hear what they want, and I work tirelessly to find the solution that matches their needs. As a result, we have increased client retention by… Read more »
Hi AnneMarie I´m Jacqueline , Could you please take a look for my “tell me about yourself” response and tell me your advice: Over the past 17 years I have collaborated and led the assigned teams for internal or external IT customer projects and acting as a servant leader to remove obstacules and solving issues, problems and conflicts I´ve also worked to implement the processes and methods to improve the organizational maturity in all levels of the organization and also to improve the adherence to the quality standards of the company I took on the roles of experienced project manager, Portfolio manager and… Read more »
Hi Jacqueline, you have a strong start here. I can see you’ve thought carefully about the details and that you’re applying the past-present-future approach. Your quantitative data are particularly compelling with the number of projects you’ve managed, the budget, and cost savings. There is a LOT of detail here. With the variety of questions that will be asked during the interview, I’m certain you’ll be able to speak to each experience, skill, and strength you’ve highlighted here. For example, most job interviews include a question about your strengths. With that question, you could certainly highlight your customer service skills, support… Read more »
I searched a lot for courses to learn English, a lot of teachers, all of them are wonderful, but as soon as I watched your first video, I immediately knew that it was the right one for me. I do not know how to express now everything I want to say, but I think that after the end of the course I will talk a lot about this course. Thank you very much
Thank you for the kind comment, Kamel. I’m pleased to know my lesson was so helpful to you.
Annemarie, Since last 25 years I was searching a trainer who really teaches/ talks about professional, practical and powerful English , which makes difference and distinguish us from others, I had almost lost the hope that there is any learning platform which can teach real practical too the point and professional English which can transform our life from Zero to hero, I am from that geography where a master degree holder also can’t speak a basic english and I have studied in government schools where even english teacher can’t pronounce English in correct way. I think the most merciful almighty… Read more »
I’ve spent the last 2 years to accomplish the Master of Public Health degree with Massey University. In the final year, I luckily got in and completed my placement with Nelson Marlborough Health – Public Health Unit. That was an incredible opportunity for me to gain a broad and solid understanding of not only public health system but also primary healthcare and Non-Government Organizations. During the placement, I conducted a service improvement project to improve sexual health services for young people in the region. More impressively I’ve completed my thesis with an article about intimate parent violence and mother and… Read more »
Hello Annemarie! Thanks for your amazing and helpful video! I’m truly glad to know about your channel and website. you make me feel motivated to keep sharpening my English. So let’s start I’ve spent 3 years sharpening my design skills in content creation among other things, these include creativity, innovation capacity, learning by doing, and collaboration in my recent work expertise as a digital creator content freelance. In my current role, I’d say my greatest strength is connecting with people when our clients communicated their needs, I truly hear what they want and I work tirelessly to find the design… Read more »
Hi Mile, thank you so much for the kind comment. I’m pleased to know this was so helpful. And you’ve shared a wonderful example with a clear past-present-future focus! Your vocabulary is sharp and well-chosen. Your second paragraph is particularly intriguing because not only does it highlight your particular skillset but it’s also a skillset a potential employer would be interested in. For that reason, I would recommend that you follow it with a quick example and remove the paragraph “In fact, I would like to highlight…” I assume information about your online courses is on your resume, which is… Read more »
Hello Annemarie, I am so glad to meet your website. I believe this is an inflection point in my English path to really improve my speaking confidence. I am very motivated by your free lessons, and I will keep going to reach my confidence! Also, I wanted to share my “tell about yourself”: Over the past 8 years, I´ve worked as an electronic engineer in 2 main sectors, telecommunications and electrical. In both, I had the opportunity to introduce myself to data analysis. For example, I was responsible for analyzing non-technical losses in a region’s power transmission lines In one year,… Read more »
Bravo, Carolina! You’ve got a good start to the ‘tell me about yourself’ interview starter.
It is particularly compelling to see some quantitative information: “… we managed to lower the loss indicator by around 3%.”
I do have 1 question. Could you clarify what you mean by ” I had the opportunity to introduce myself to data analysis?” I want to be sure I understand that correctly. Typically we only use “introduce” with people.
I’d love to provide more feedback after having that clarification.
I am an electronics engineer who focuses on designing hardware. I have experience for over 3 years as an R&D engineer and then I was promoted to product manager in the Physics department in EEI company. In this role, I managed 20 workers of the factory and staff. and I led the process of producing different equipment for equipping the physics laboratories in the school and university. Going forward, in addition to building and improving on my current skillsets, I’d like to take a leadership role and develop my team to better serve your product center. That’s why I am… Read more »
Hi Annemarie,
Thank you for your fantastic and very helpful videos.
When describing your present role in the tell me about yourself question, how do you approach the present if you are not currently working?
Thank you very much!
Hi Alba,
I address this fully inside my Confident Job Interviews. There are many options when explaining why you’re not working right now. The key is to be honest because the interviewer will ask. If it’s for personal reasons, you do not need to go into detail but you do need to address the reality that you’re not working and, instead, other things you’ve been doing in the meantime. For example, perhaps you’ve completed some professional development courses to maintain or sharpen your skills.
Thanks Annemarie for this and your other videos, just listen you speak with that clarity when you pronounce each word, made me feel that speak English could with fluency can be possible. I’ve been having some interviews and I feel that my communication skills in English have not let me nail a new job yet in the accounting field, even when I have the qualifications. I’ll have a new interview this coming week and hopefully this time can be better. Here it is my response: I spent 6 years sharpening my accounting, financial and analytical skills at Deloitte Touché El… Read more »
Hi Karen,
First of all, I wish you much success in the interview this week. Please let me know how it goes.
Secondly, you did a great job using the past-present-future formula and provided a big picture overview of your background and skillsets. This will help the interviewer better determine questions to ask for more information.
One recommendation is to double-check your verb tenses. I see “In 2015, I have the opportunity…” — to have is the present simple tense, which suggests this is true now. However, 2015 is the past.
All my best, Annemarie
Hi Anne Marie! I’m Milena from Venezuela since I started to watch your videos I finally found someone who support me to be confindent. I decided to apply for a bilingual role so this video has been too helpful for me
I’m so happy to know this video was helpful to you, Milena! And I wish you much success as you go through the application and interview process. Let me know how it goes.
Knowing why it is commonly asked in interviews along with a simple formula on how to answer this question gives me a whole new approach on how to properly answer this question. I never thought that you can already share a brief information on what your strengths are. It definitely will give you an edge and confidence at the start of the interview.
I’m about to have an interview and will apply what I have learned on the free quick class. Will update you on how it goes.
Awesome, Cleofe! I’m to hear this lesson gave you a new perspective on why interviews start this way and how to approach the answer. I’m eager to hear how things go in the interview!
Hi Annemarie, I’m indeed appreciate you and your all of video lessons. My english is getting better. That masterclass exactly what I’m looking for the last months. (Entry level a Graphic Designer position) Here is my answer: Over the last 6 years, I have been working as a student counsellor in the Education provider. Meanwhile, I have developed my graphic design skills by myself online the following my passion and I have created a design for education flyers, marketing brochures, logo designing as well. In my current role is that I’ve been working as a student counsellor by part-time at… Read more »
Hey Soko, I’m glad to know this is what you were looking for. And you’ve got a strong start with the answer you shared here. I can see how you’ve utilized that past, present, and future formula. And I appreciate the concrete examples of designs you’ve created.
I have one question for clarification.
You mentioned that a strength “is connecting with a creativity people.”
Do you mean that you connect to creative people (for example, artists)?
Or do you mean you connect to people in a creative way?
Thanks a lot for your support Annemarie, I understand some important matters that you are offering me.
Dear Annemarie, You and your videos are wonderful, My name is Sherif and I am from Egypt Unfortunately, I still struggling due to my English skills level which is not satisfying me at all, But I try hard to improve it by watching very professional people like you Kindly revise my tell me about yourself answer below and will be glad to know your comments For the last 17 years, I have been sharpening my management skills, as well as deepening my knowledge of Front office management. I have developed a reputation for handling guest complaints and helping the company… Read more »
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Hi Annemarie! Thanks for the advice and also learning phase on the dreaded question? I am about to have an interview on Thursday and now I can answer that question with confidence. I will let you know how the interview went.
Hi Gertrude, I’m so pleased this was helpful and I hope the interview went well! I’m eager to hear about it.
Hi Annemarie, first of all thank u for teaching, your speaking is very clearly , and when i listen your lessons after then my english getting better, and i think these videos give me motivation i really trying speak fluently, u give me many ideas to say my thoughts. Thank u very much
Thanks for the kind comment, Siviglia. I’m glad it was helpful.
Dear Annemarie, your video is wonderful, it really give me a big ahhaaa!! That’s what I need! Thank you so much for your excellent training! I have a more clear mind and being more confident surely in the interview. And I have a sense that my performance in the interview is a lot satisfied than before. I love listening to your video., I hope I can keep improving my English with you. 😘
You’re so welcome, Lam. I’m glad it was helpful.
Thanks indeed for this prolific masterclass! You did provide me with a broader perspective, and I simply appreciate it!
Dear Annemarie, thank you for your Masterclass, that was the best one I have seen in the last two years. Now I am in the middle of the job search process, with several unsuccessful interviews behind me. After the MC, the hiring process became easier and I realized my mistakes. For the last 10 years, I have been sharpening my management skills, as well as deepening my knowledge of intellectual property law. I have developed a reputation for legal support of company projects. In my current role, I’d say my greatest strength is connecting to people. When our clients or… Read more »
Hello Natalia, First, I apologize for my late response. I’ve been away from the office while moving across the country. Thank you for your patience in my reply. Secondly, I’m very glad to hear this masterclass was helpful to you and I hope you’ll feel more confident going into your next interviews. Your example answer here is truly spectacular and a great example for others to follow. You’ve followed the past-present-future formula with clear examples and qualitative data, which is particularly compelling. Your answer is concise yet full of details an interviewer would likely follow up on with questions to… Read more »
Your tutorials are excellent, I really enjoy viewing them.
I hope to see more videos from you.
Best regards
Thank you so much.
Hello Annemarie! < First of all: Many thanks for sharing with us your knowledge <3 > Here is my answer: Throughout my career, I have developed my passion for the customer services and sales fields. I like to interact with people, so, as a business executive, I found a way to help people grow their companies and do business simultaneously. Currently, I´m a Team Leader in a chain of fast-food restaurants in Stockholm, Sweden. My current functions have been important to me because they helped me to improve my soft skills: how to handle difficult clients, but also how to… Read more »
Hi Annemarie.
I am so I interested in your training videos.Your help is really valuable.
What you do for us the non-native English speakers, is a treasure!
I have already posted my aha moment about myself.
I hope I’ve done well my homework and gave good impression to my interviewers.
Best regards
Hi Akrivi, thank you so much for the kind comment! I’m pleased to know my lessons are so helpful to you. And thank you for the note about posting your aha moment plus your practice answer.
As I entered this industry,I served my internship in aircrafts ground handling and started my career as a cabin crew member,then I became a travel consultant. During my 11yrs career as a Travel consultant I had to deal with different types of people daily. I’ve learned to stay focus and work hard to find solution that match their needs.Built my sales and negotiating skills while managing air tickets and a variety of bookings. As a result, I’ve accived to become a Corporate Travel consultant,organizing conferences and managing VIP& Business travels as I pay attention to details and give priority to… Read more »
Hi Akrivi,
I can see you’ve done a nice job following the past-present-future formula here with some key language such as “during my 11 years…” “currently” and “going forward.” These words provide nice links from one sentence to the next and highlight that formula.
One note, in the first sentence, I would recommend being clear about which industry you entered. Also, it sounds like you want to use “When I entered this industry…” as opposed to as. When signifies the time you started.
Best regards, Annemarie
Hi Annemarie, I have a zoom interview next week and I consider myself a lucky one to find your wonderful video in this time. Would you please give me your feedback about my answer to ” Tell me about yourself” Thanks in advanced. “As an administrator and support staff, I tend to focus on connecting to people to develop my customer service, paying attention to details and sharpening my skills. Throughout my 8 years of experience, I’ve developed a reputation for understanding what the students and the clients want and how I can play a vital role to enable them… Read more »
Hi Amna, thank you for practicing your response! I just replied to your example on YouTube. 😊
This was my first lesson in your course, it i found it very helpfull and i will complete the whole course, thank you. My answer will be “Currently I am home with my kids, but earlier I worked in a school as a receptionist It was a great experience to deal with different people daily and challenge myself to stay focused even when I have too many tasks to finish correctly. Now, I’m interested to work with you because i think it will be a great opportunity to enter the work market again and the right place to build my… Read more »