Interviews in professional field are not as easy as they might appear to be at times. Another major factor that most people overlook is the importance of self-introduction in a job interview. Sometimes, your qualifications and the relevance of past work experience to the job on offer might prove useless if the first impression is wrong. Coming across as cocky, nervous, disinterested or too eager, all of these are usually the wrong approaches to any professional interview. Remember that if you are appearing for an interview, it implies that you need the job as much as they need to hire you.
Thus, whether it is your first job interview or the hundredth, you need to always make the a great first impression by introducing yourself the right way.
One needs to enter the interview room confidently and with a pleasant smile on the face. Greet the interviewer/s pleasantly and state your name first. The initial introduction doesn’t need to be elaborate, but concise enough to appear courteous and eager. You know you are the right fit for the job, and by providing a good self-introduction, you can quickly set the tone for a favourable outcome of the interview.
In fact, behaving appropriately during a job interview is a part of professional ethics. Let’s take a look at some of the tips that will help you ace interviews more often than not.
Things that your self-introduction in a job interview should cover:
Your Details
The adequate and concise introduction would begin with complete name as it appears on the documents. This should be accompanied by a crisp summary of your roots and skills etc.
For instance, you can say, “I am Rohit Aggarwal, and I come from Chandigarh. I was born in Jaipur, but, since my father is an army-man I had the opportunity to study in different schools across the country. The multi-regional academic years enabled me to gain fluency in four different Indian regional languages apart from Hindi and English. For the last four years, I have been a resident of Chandigarh, and now I call the city my home.”
Qualifications
In case you are wondering why your academic qualifications need to be elaborated upon when they are already printed on your resume. However, interviewers often wish you to talk about the same. Therefore, you could briefly highlight the key achievements of your academic qualifications such as having topped the college or scoring 100% marks in mathematics etc.
Explaining why you are the best fit
Despite having gone through the resume and having done early screening while short-listing you for the interview, a panel of interviewers is most likely to ask you the question, “why should we hire you?”
This is where your summarized narration of having turned a loss-making venture into a profitable one or having successfully converted a crisis situation into a business opportunity etc. Maybe you completed a project in a seemingly too tight a budget or timeline or used your intellect to save the company from a loss. The idea is to share instances which highlight your professional ethics and acumen and also relate to the business that the organization you are interviewing at, operates in.
For the perfect impression, you need to focus upon accompanying these introduction tips with the right preparation for the interview. Your personal conduct, way of talking, usage of vocabulary, dressing sense and body language etc should all exude professionalism, knowledge and an amicable personality. While hiring an employee, these are the traits that the hiring managers often look for alongside qualifications. Go ahead and make a great first impression with the right way of self-introduction in each interview you appear for!
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