Tell Me About Yourself Sample Interview Answer

I know that this question has been done to death, but I was just wondering what you guys considered the do's and dont's of answering this question.

Walk Me Through Your Resume Question

"Walk me through your resume" and "tell me about yourself" are the two most common first questions in an interview. Almost every call and in person interview will include a variation of this question. It offers the interviewer the chance to look at your resume and offers you a chance to tell your story. Since this is the interviewer's first impression of you - it is important to have a cohesive story to tell and to be confident in your delivery.

This should tell the interviewer the story of why you are sitting in front of them - so it should follow a narrative. IE you should be able to walk from your home town / high school to the college you are at then to how you became interested in finance / investment banking / etc and then why you are sitting there in front of them today. Along the way, you should include a bit about your other involvements at school / socially to show that you are not a dynamic person with interests.

Points to Cover In your Answer

  1. Hometown / Home Country
  2. School and Major - and why you choose them
  3. Why You Got Interested in Finance / Field
  4. Involvements / Interests
  5. Previous Work Experience

Things to Emphasize

Make sure to highlight any previous experience you have in the industry or relevant clubs. If you have an interesting story about how you became interested in finance - be sure to include that.

Things to Avoid

You should never bring up any negatives during this time in the interview. Don't address your weak GPA, a lack of an internship, or gaps on your resume. This should be a time you use to sell yourself - don't open up any holes.

Make sure that your talking points are within the window of relevancy - in college - you should no longer be talking about HS by the time you are a second semester sophomore as you should have enough experience in college to speak about. However, the window of relevancy increases as you progress in your career.

Most importantly - do not ramble. You should be quick and concise. While practice is important - you need to make sure that you do not sound too robotic.

Tell Me About Yourself Answer Length

The length of your story is somewhat dependent upon the stage you are at in your career. If you are an undergrad interviewing for a SA role - your answer should not be longer than two minutes. Typically a good target is 1.5 mins.

If you are an investment banking analyst interviewing for the buyside - your story might be closer to 3 minutes as you give an overview of your background, college, and full time experience. In the end, if you feel like your speaking for too long - you probably are.

Sample Answer - "Walk Me Through Your Resume"

My name is Rachel Harding and I'm a freshman Finance major at Penn State University originally from Allentown PA. I originally became interested in finance in high school when my father taught me about his own personal investing. Something about it really sparked my interest and led me to want to pursue finance in college which eventually led me to Penn State University as I was attracted to the honors program as well as the business school with its strong finance program known for the Nittany Lion Fund and Wall Street programs. When I got to Penn State I got involved right away in the investment society and eventually interviewed for and was accepted into the Nittany Lion Fund which is Penn State's $x.xx million dollar student run investment fund.
Through that experience, I connected with a variety of alumni who helped me visit the trading floor of Morgan Stanley. After that experience, I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in sales in trading due to the dynamic and exciting nature of the trading floor and my interest in the markets.

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Patrick (?) posted something on this a few months back and it totally shifted my opinion of the question. This part of the interview is a gift. It is an allotment of time to "sell" yourself.

I created an outline and shifted my emphasis according to the company I was interviewing with. This may only be useful out of undergrad, but take a look and see if it to helps you: - Home town - School and why you chose it - Campus involvement [had a really good talking point here that usually started a short dialogue, giving me a break from being the only one talking] - Internships and what you learned from them - How those shaped my desire to work in [whatever I was interviewing for] - Conclusion along the lines of "...and as a result of all that stuff I just said I am certain that this is the perfect job for me. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today; I'm open to any other questions you have about my background and experience."

Boom.

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bonks:
Patrick (?) posted something on this a few months back and it totally shifted my opinion of the question. This part of the interview is a gift. It is an allotment of time to "sell" yourself.

I created an outline and shifted my emphasis according to the company I was interviewing with. This may only be useful out of undergrad, but take a look and see if it to helps you: - Home town - School and why you chose it - Campus involvement [had a really good talking point here that usually started a short dialogue, giving me a break from being the only one talking] - Internships and what you learned from them - How those shaped my desire to work in [whatever I was interviewing for] - Conclusion along the lines of "...and as a result of all that stuff I just said I am certain that this is the perfect job for me. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today; I'm open to any other questions you have about my background and experience."

Boom.

Agree with this. One thing I'll add is to keep it really concise. I think this is the part where you layout what you want the interviewer to pick at, so there's no need to go into a lot of detail right off the bat.

 
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BigHedgeHog:
I'm gay.

Is that a do or don't?

Its a 'do'. Aslo tell them them you enjoy s&m. The whole interview is actually about your sexual orientation and they want to know you are creative in the bedroom because that makes for happier employees.

"Dont compromise yourself; you're all you've got" - Janis Joplin
 

This question always drives me nuts cuz playing mysterious is my first priority. and I feel rehearsing my life stories such a pain in the ass.

--Money can't buy happiness. it can only buy orgasms. --Who the hell says I want happiness? Orgasms all I need.
 

This is the interviewer being lazy.

DO:

-Tell your story, but get straight to the point about why they would want to hire you. -Work your elevator pitch in.

DON'T: -Ramble -Talk about anything from before four years ago if you're an undergrad. (The period of professional relevancy gets longer as you get older; generally it's one year for every two past 22)

Example:

Hi, I'm IlliniProgrammer. I did my undergrad in CS at UIUC where I TA'd a graduate algorithms course. I worked for Lehman Brothers for a year; was working on the night of the bankruptcy, I spent four more years working in equity flow vol desk analytics, and now I'm a grad student in finance! I enjoy open water swimming, hang gliding, and motorcycle racing. (Pause here. Don't ramble.)

If the interviewer stays quiet, you can keep talking.

 

hey i race motorcycles too, what tracks you run?

IlliniProgrammer:
This is the interviewer being lazy.

DO:

-Tell your story, but get straight to the point about why they would want to hire you. -Work your elevator pitch in.

DON'T: -Ramble -Talk about anything from before four years ago if you're an undergrad. (The period of professional relevancy gets longer as you get older; generally it's one year for every two past 22)

Example:

Hi, I'm IlliniProgrammer. I did my undergrad in CS at UIUC where I TA'd a graduate algorithms course. I worked for Lehman Brothers for a year; was working on the night of the bankruptcy, I spent four more years working in equity flow vol desk analytics, and now I'm a grad student in finance! I enjoy open water swimming, hang gliding, and motorcycle racing. (Pause here. Don't ramble.)

If the interviewer stays quiet, you can keep talking.

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!
 

@"IlliniProgrammer" you don't even mention your background? Fpr instance, I have lived in 3 different countries in my life and I think it's contributed to my major choice as well as it's something that's unique. I know people might not give two shits about it so I'm curious as to what you think especially for someone coming right out of undergrad

 

split it to two parts

part a) talk briefly about your background - things like where you're from, a quick run through of your career/education so far. Keep this quick, light-hearted

part b) talk about your career - and as you do that, keep the flow natural but pick topics that you believe are relevant to the job you're interviewing for. It should feel like you're talking about something that you did that you're passionate / proud / interested about but it should align with the job (for e.g. if it's a consulting fit, you'd subtly talk about challenging business situations, problem solving issues. client issues...). That way you're not rambling some nonsense no one cares about.

 

I take this question as an opportunity to highlight my background to reflect how exactly I fit in the role (job duties and experience). Start with your most recent job experience and focus on the skills/talents that are needed in the job and mention by giving examples of how you have acquired those skills and completed exactly same tasks.

 
Best Response

Here's how I do it:

Interviewer: "Tell me a little about yourself."

Me: "In college, I majored in Economics, the 'science' of making choices in a constrained environment to help me figure out what motivates people. I minored in Philosophy to hone my art of bullshitting. Combining these two fields with my natural proclivities has allowed me to separate very large sums of money from untold quantities of people in my 14 year career on Wall Street. Knowing the ins and outs of several large product areas has given me the knowledge of where to best hide fees. This way, the client thinks they are getting a great deal while I am ripping their fucking face off. This has allowed me to garner repeat business from said targets giving me a recurring, high margin revenue base that is portable to your firm."

You may need to adjust based on your personal circumstances, but this works pretty well for me.

 
SirTradesaLot:
Here's how I do it:

Interviewer: "Tell me a little about yourself."

Me: "In college, I majored in Economics, the 'science' of making choices in a constrained environment to help me figure out what motivates people. I minored in Philosophy to hone my art of bullshitting. Combining these two fields with my natural proclivities has allowed me to separate very large sums of money from untold quantities of people in my 14 year career on Wall Street. Knowing the ins and outs of several large product areas has given me the knowledge of where to best hide fees. This way, the client thinks they are getting a great deal while I am ripping their fucking face off. This has allowed me to garner repeat business from said targets giving me a recurring, high margin revenue base that is portable to your firm."

You may need to adjust based on your personal circumstances, but this works pretty well for me.

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melvvvar:
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Glad to help. As you know, I have a lot of experience in this field, so some of the noobs may need to adjust their pitch to express their desire to do these things, instead of being able to claim they have already done them. Either way, the layout should be helpful in future interviews.
 

Any way to intelligently tie coming up short on achieving professional athlete aspirations (very close) with discovering a specific career in finance in the latter part of college without rambling on, and more importantly, not sounding like a failure?

Maybe I'm just overthinking it, but I feel mentioning that I failed in something I chased all my life will provide the interviewer with ammunition to conclude that despite passion, dedication and years of training I couldn't hack it and will inevitably burn out fast and/or change my mind about what it really is that I want to pursue in life.

" A recession is when other people lose their job, a depression is when you lose your job. "
 

Go through the basics (hometown, school, major, work experience, etc.). Then the kill...

"As much as I'm sure you're dying to hear every waking detail of everything I just mentioned, if there is one thing that you walk out of this room with about me let it be the fact that I will go to the ends of the earth to get results for this company. I don''t know who else you're interviewing, where they went to school or what their GPA was, but I do know that if you pit me against them in this role that I will come out on top. From competing in hockey at a high level my entire life I'm conditioned to dogfight and absolutely refuse to lose, which is the mentality that I will carry into every single deal that I am assigned to should you hire me."

Of course, tweak this based on your own history...

Edit: I (personally) believe this needs to be said a certain way. You need to sound genuinely confident but need to be careful that you don't come off as cocky.

 

i would say no to including stuff from your "interests" section if for no other reason than because you want your answer to be pretty concise (~2-3 min i think is roughly the consensus), and assuming you've had some internship experience, you're going to fill that 2-3 min up pretty quickly.

i've found that if an interviewer shares an interest with you or thinks one of your interests is cool, he/she will talk to you about it at some point.

Remember, once you're inside you're on your own. Oh, you mean I can't count on you? No. Good!
 

I usually tell them where I grew up, why I chose my university and what I'm currently up to.

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hopefulxx:
do they really care about where you grew up, extra curriculars and stuff?

Its not relevant to the job but it helps them build a impression of who you are.

At one interview, a MD looked like he could careless when I rambled about the markets but took on a much more sympathetic tone when I started talking about some challenges that I had to overcome when I was growing up...

 

Yea, I definitely think they care, at least with smaller firms (not BB). It would stand to reason that it matters for BB as well, but getting to know the person you could be hiring would be really important for a smaller firm. These questions help to answer just that..

 

"Think of where you would like to be in 15 years. That is where I will be 10 years from now. You have two options. You can either pass on me and watch me kick your firm's ass for the next decade, or you can hire me, get out of my way, and ride my coattails to the top."

 

My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

 
Erwe422:
My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

Dr. Evil in Goldmember. I really hope that was all from memory.

 
Erwe422:
My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
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eric809e:
The "tell me about yourself" question is your opportunity to sell yourself. Think of it as your 30 second pitch. talk about why you would be a great candidate and why you want the job.

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Dingdong08:

No. Not too long

Highlight your main accomplishments as they relate to the job and leave out the mundane stuff.

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Yeah this is a tough one and shows lazyness on the part of the interviewer. No one can really talk about themselves in a 1 minute and not seem pushy or robotic but that's what some people want. Everyone has a life story and the best ones take at least 15 minutes to tell. At least. This is why networking is so important, because people can get to know your story. Good Luck

I used to do Asia-Pacific PE (kind of like FoF). Now I do something else but happy to try and answer questions on that stuff.
 

My point is of course 15 minutes is too long as you say @"Dingdong08". But that's the problem. Apparently we are supposed to sum up our lives and worth in 3 minutes (and that's often seen as too long). Then the people interviewing see the candidate as "not having personality" or whatever. Or then people complain that the individual doesn't work out and was a terrible fit etc etc.

In the end there are like hundreds or thousands of applicants for a position and only so much time to interview so many people, so I (along with so many) get the drill.

My point was just to further emphasize the importance of networking.

Like let's say you like watching formula 1 and are a big fan and a moment in your life that shaped you was seeing the first race on TV (or whatever) which led you to do something which inspired you to make whatever decision that shows you are hungry, interesting, passionate, smart, etc etc etc... That story, which is so illustrative and potentially UNIQUE is tough to put together in a 3 minute spiel and make it applicable, especially when the interviewer might be sitting across the table from you thinking "why the hell is he/she talking about F1?" Now lets say you have 10-15 minutes at a networking event/coffee. That interest might come out in casual conversation. Maybe the person you are talking to can relate to it as well. All of the sudden you might be someone they like, can recommend, or interview etc. You get my drift.

I used to do Asia-Pacific PE (kind of like FoF). Now I do something else but happy to try and answer questions on that stuff.
 

I think one of the key points of this question is to express "why" you made some of the choices you did. Definitely mention where you're from because geography actually matters and can play in your advantage if you're from the area. I'd steer clear of name-dropping your elite private high school because unless the interviewer went to that high school, you're going to look a bit arrogant. What I always liked to emphasize in this question was why I choose the college I did (made sure to emphasize the strengths of my college because the interviewers were unfamiliar with it) and in particular, why I chose my major. Same goes for the extracurriculars I was involved in. Note: I'm not talking about a lengthy explanation, just a phrase rolled into the sentence such as: "I chose xyz college because i knew I wanted to pursue a career in business and they have a fantastic business program."

This is definitely one of those questions you should have a clear, concise answer to and practice over and over again out loud at home, because it will be asked - often.

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CompBanker:
I think one of the key points of this question is to express "why" you made some of the choices you did. Definitely mention where you're from because geography actually matters and can play in your advantage if you're from the area. I'd steer clear of name-dropping your elite private high school because unless the interviewer went to that high school, you're going to look a bit arrogant. What I always liked to emphasize in this question was why I choose the college I did (made sure to emphasize the strengths of my college because the interviewers were unfamiliar with it) and in particular, why I chose my major. Same goes for the extracurriculars I was involved in. Note: I'm not talking about a lengthy explanation, just a phrase rolled into the sentence such as: "I chose xyz college because i knew I wanted to pursue a career in business and they have a fantastic business program."

This is definitely one of those questions you should have a clear, concise answer to and practice over and over again out loud at home, because it will be asked - often.

This is spot on and especially important for PE interviews when people care about your decision making process. But also one thing to remember is to look at your interviewer's reaction during the interview. If she looks interested then keep going (but not too long, I guess 2 min. max is what you need to introduce yourself and explain the choices you have made, mainly college and work-wise), if she looks obviously disinterested then you need to cut it short and put an approriate end in the next 10 seconds.

 

Good advice comp banker. An addition to my previous post, since I went to a small high school, and chose a small college and did well/fit in at both, if I was applying to a place that had a smaller environment, smaller deal teams etc, I would normally mention the fact that I chose my schools because they were smaller, thrived there, and that was part of the reason I was so interested in X firm blah blah blah.

If you can connect your college experience directly with why you are applying to that specific firm that is normally a good thing.

 

I agree that it is a sales pitch. I have various relatives that interview applicants as potential hires, and the way they look at it is that they already have your resume, so there is no point in you rehashing those points. In addition to that, if they have any questions regarding your resume, those are usually the things that they ask you about during the interview. What they want to know is how you differ from the hundreds of other applicants that they get with the same GPAs and the same ivy league school background.

 

I actually heard the opposite, that you are not supposed to talk about where you were born, what middle school you went to etc, its a sales pitch like goalie mentioned, tell them all your strengths


Disclaimer: The post above has been made by someone who is not currently employed in IBD, and has not had an interview yet...

 

Tell a story, dont just list things about youself, make it a connected an interesting timeline of what you've done and how you got where you are.

 

i heard also the "sales pitch" should be about one minute long and well...it's kinda hard to narrow it down. it's weird though, because when i had my mock interview, i did exactly that, and the interviewer told met that she doesnt want to hear anything that's written in the resume because they read the resumes in advance so they know what we've done, they just want to hear about you...so it kind of contradicts. (the mock interview wasn't for an i-banking position, but still it shouldnt differ, should it?)

 

In my experience most employers wanted me to walk them through my resume, so it's obviously fine to talk in greater detail about what you've written. Furthermore, they usually expected me to take several minutes or more to go into detail, so the whole 1-2 minute schpiel thing is a myth IMO.

 

career centers don't exactly know everything, they can be helpfull if you are interviewing for a generic position...but you shouldn't give them too much credit.

Think about it...someone at a career center has to help finance, biology, communications, psychology, english, history and other majors with their interviews. And interview techniques differ depending on the position you are interviewing for.

And the reason I feel its good to follow a resume, because on a resume you are supposed to list your accomplishments...that whole tell me about yourself, you should use that as an outline, and you have to fill in the blanks.

And I agree with Clint, the answer to that question should take you as long as you need to tell your story in a conscise manner(I'd try to keep it under 5 mins tho). And 5 minutes of conscise information, is like 10 written pages...so you realy shouldn't need 5 mins.


Disclaimer: The post above has been made by someone who is not currently employed in IBD, and has not had an interview yet...

 

yeah, our career center isn't the best one out there, but it wasn't them who did the interviews, they brought in actual people that do these interviews for recruiting, so it is pretty specific in that sense...there were interviews for investments positions, marketing, general management, etc.. but, thanks for the input, i will have to work on my speech now.

one last thing, if for the tell me about yourself question, you walk them through your resume, is it fair to say that tell me about yourself is the same as walk me through your resume question?

 

I would say so. my schpeel would be "I'm a rising senior at X college, I'm a Y and Z major. This summer, I finished an internship in the whatever department of whatever bank, and at X college, i do these activities." They'll prompt you to go into more detail.

usually, the response is with questions on why that major (my combination is weird and interesting), then a big chunk was your previous internship experience, what you did there/project you worked on, why you want to go back/dont want to go back, etc. and then usually tehy make some comments about stuff you do on campus. Finally, they have their other questions (fave class/strengths and weaknesses/etc.)

I guess this approach worked well for me since I got through recruiting without too many obstacles...

 

Its a good idea to mention how the various points on the resume come together to be a good combination of skill sets, experience and interests for the particular job. One particular strategy could be talking about the rationale behind your decisions.. for example did my undegrad in X and decided to do a masters in Y because blah blah..

 

I think your method is great. The goal for me was always to make sure the interviewer understood why banking and what type of skills i think i can add to the bank.

Also, it doesnt hurt to through anecdotes or explain your decision making process through larger life decisions. This i think is the hardest question in an interview but if handled well has tremendous upside and ability to differentiate you.

 

Getting that question is your opportunity to influence the direction of the interview, and sets the momentum in your favor. So it's your best opportunity (other than the "anything else you would want add" question) to focus your interviewer on your strengths and away from your weaknesses.

My soph year I always started out with something of the sort that I was a year ahead in school, on equal footing with juniors, blah blah blah, to show that I was motivated and competent. Now it's a combination of resume points and "why this job", to get the interviewer asking about my past experiences and my career interests, which I have good prepared answers for.

 

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