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@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Here are some tips to develop a good elevator pitch for yourself:
Include who you are, who you work for (or school and major), and what you do.
- For internships, you should mention the following: name, school and major, focus areas, past internships and/or noteworthy projects
- For full-time roles, you should mention the following: name, past companies, noteworthy projects (best if it's a public consumer product that they might have heard of)
- **Internships** - You should mention the following: name, school and major, focus areas, past internships and/or noteworthy projects
- **Full-time** - You should mention the following: name, past companies, noteworthy projects (best if it's a public consumer product that they would have heard of)
Does this look familiar? It should be, because it is similar to your resume! Your resume is a condensed version of your knowledge and experiences and your self introduction is essentially a condensed version of your resume. As you grow older, professional experience becomes more important and school background becomes less important. Hence your self introduction changes as you become more senior.
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Does this look familiar? It should be, because it is similar to your resume! You
Tell them some highlights from your favorite/most impressive projects and including some numbers if they're impressive or challenges that you've overcome. Do not delve into the depths of how you reverse engineered a game and decrypted a packet to predict when to use your DKP on a drop. Tell them the executive summary: "I reverse engineered X game by decrypting Y packet to predict Z." If this catches their interest, they _might_ ask further questions on their own.
### Why do _they_ want _you_?
### Why do they want you?
Tell the interviewer why you would make a good hire. Is your experience relevant to the company? Have you used a similar tech stack as the company or built relevant products? What unique talent(s) do you have that may give them confidence about your ability to contribute to the company?