hi this is karen from our phone your agile evangelist welcome to this session in today's
video we will be discussing how to answer the question tell me about yourself as an
adult practitioner you see this question is often the very first thing an interviewer will ask you
regardless of the role whether it's just a preliminary phone screening or you sitting
with your prospective boss or you speaking with the ceo during the final phase of the interview
this question might seem easy after all who doesn't know about themselves
however responding to this question in a professional context might turn out to be
very complicated and challenging and the reason why it is complicated is because
a good answer to this question shouldn't be more than 2.5 to 3 minutes of which it
is a very broad and open-ended question so how do you create that positive first impression
by successfully summarizing what to share out of your entire life story well the good news is that
you can prepare in advance on how to set that stage to your advantage
and that is why i am here to help you before we go into start answering this question tell me
about yourself it is very important to know why this question is asked in the first place that
is to understand what the interviewer is trying to achieve by asking this question so this question
serves as an ice breaker it can help set the stage which then defines the direction of the rest of
the interview it also helps the interviewer to make an impression of you it is important
to be prepared so that you can always stay on top of your game that is why i am here to help
you it is also important to note that different interviewers might choose to phrase this question
in so many different ways typical examples are share with me your professional experience in 90
seconds that is relevant to this role another one would be walk me through your background
another one might be i would like to hear your story another one would be tell me about yourself
i have designed a simple approach that will help you provide a winning answer to this question and
my approach is known as the sea path which i will be explaining in a bit so please stay tuned if
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you appreciate my content now let us talk about c path what does c path stand for c is current
p is passed a is achievement and f is future so to answer this question successfully
start by stating what your current role is which company you work for and a summary of the scope of
the work to make it even heavier state one recent accomplishment that is relevant to the role you're
interviewing for secondly you want to talk about your past experience that is relevant to the role
and the company you're interviewing for it can be professional and academical but only be sure that
the information you're sharing is relevant to that role the third point is to summarize and share at
least two accomplishments or achievements that is relevant to that role lastly you want to talk
about the future why you are looking for a new role and why you think this role is a perfect fit
for you so that is the meaning of c path most importantly whatever you say you want to make
sure that you are speaking passion as you may know passion cannot be taught so interviewers can tell
if you are passionate about the role or is just one of your numerous adventures so be sure that
in the answer you provide you want to show passion in your answer you want to show the
interviewer that you're passionate about the role you're interviewing for because trust me that is
all they are looking for they want to see that you are passionate now the theory always sounds great
but what does a powerful practical answer looks like i have crafted one example for you let's
check it out so when an interviewer asks you tell me about yourself here is how you should respond
you would say sure i currently serve at formation corporation as their adult coach and scrum master
where i support project teams to develop different kinds of software such as the lean software the
server software and many more i have helped this team to successfully adopt the agile
values and principles into your project management environment which has led to a faster delivery of
high quality value to the business and to their customers i have been in the field of project
management for over eight years today however i started living my passion as an agile practitioner
and a scrum master six years ago in the past i have helped companies like xyz and abc
to successfully deliver value to their business by applying the scrum framework and
all the different kinds of agile frameworks based on the complexity of the award within three months
i helped my current organization to define and establish measurable metrics to help track the
progress of agile development teams which has led to an increase in value delivery from 60 to 90 i
have also helped my organization to establish a cross-functional collaborative environment that is
creative supportive of one another respected trustworthy focused and committed and all this has
increased the motivation of team members as well as increase the value delivered to the business
and to the customers so i am currently rounding up with my contract at formation corporation
that is why i decided to start looking for a new opportunity then i came across this
exciting opportunity after going through the job description the vision and the mission
statement as well as the cultural mindset of your organization i thought this would be a perfect fit
for my background and my skill set and that's why i decided to apply so this is a typical example of
a complete answer that covers all the areas of c path so feel free to customize it however you want
to make it fit the role you're going after it's not only for scrum masters and other practitioners
you can make this answer fit in whatever role you're going after we will be ending here today
thank you for watching in our next session that is coming up next week i will be discussing with you
my journey of becoming a scrum master and moving into coaching yeah i'm sure it's going to be an
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