hey everybody Don Georgevich here job
interview tools today I want to teach
you how to answer tell me about yourself
if you are a mechanical engineer now the
best way to answer tell me about
yourself is to talk about your journey
what brought you to this point in your
life why and so in this case why are you
a mechanical engineer is more like a
better question so they when they ask
you you know tell me about yourself I
think what they're really asking is why
are you mechanical engineer what got you
excited about that why are you
passionate about because being a
mechanical engineer that's really the
question you should answer so when they
ask you tell me about yourself and your
mechanic mechanical engineer start off
early on in your life about you know
what got you excited about being a
mechanical engineer what was it when did
it happen I mean were you were you six
years old and you were playing with
tinker toys and you're playing with
erector sets and you like building
things and then you went into drafting
classes um what is it talk about your
journey to what brought you to this
point so let's say for example you know
that was the case you know when you were
six years old you love building things
with your hands you love making tinker
toys and then you liked drawing you
liked drawing you know structures
buildings you know whatever it was you
had your own ideas you were truly
inspired by drawing and building things
with your hands and then as you got
older maybe you know in high school you
started taking you know drawing classes
computer-aided design classes mechanical
classes because you know it just felt
right for you just felt right for who
you were it fit you and you're like
thinking you know what when I grow up I
want to build bridges or I want to build
buildings or I want to build ships yeah
I want to build cars I want to design I
want to design skyscrapers or maybe I
want to design rocket ships well
whatever it is tell them what the dreams
you had when you were a child and how
those dreams manifested themselves into
you know where you are today what was it
how did you do it and and then in high
school you know what did you do what
else did you do in high school did you
start any clubs were you in any kind of
clubs were you in robotics clubs were
you in mechanical engineering clubs what
was it what did you do what did you do
to stay excited did you volunteer your
time anywhere did you volunteer your
time at the yeah maybe you went down
there's an architect a business and
you're where you live and you went down
there and you talked to them and you
know you were just truly inspired by all
of these great people who were building
things tell them your story tell them
your journey and then talk about you
know what you went to college for why
did you go to college why did you go to
college for this and you know what maybe
maybe you didn't get it inspired to be a
mechanical engineer until you went to
college maybe he went to college for you
know for business and said you know what
this doesn't fit and then you switch you
always had a knack for drawing and so
you went into mechanical engineering and
then BAM it just hit you it's like you
know what was the point where did it
happen in your life that you know the
light went off that says you know what
this is what I want to do this is what I
want to be no matter what that's how you
answer that question if you're a
mechanical engineer and they ask you you
know tell me about yourself so then you
know you're in college you're taking
classes you're just you're just soaking
the stuff up you're getting straight A's
it's it's everything you want and then
maybe you do some internships and you do
some internships with some local
architects you you you get to do some
you get to ride along on some designs
for some buildings or ships or you know
whatever it is some bridges whatever it
is talk about your journey through
college what happened what did you do
and how did you and how much you liked
it and how much it just felt like you
and then talk about after college then
and if you're and if you just graduated
college and there is no after college
then just then then you then you talk
about your journey up to that point if
you've been up get mechanical engineer
for you know the past 10 or 20 years
then after college start to
think about some of the first jobs that
you had and what you liked the bottom
what you did maybe even some things that
you didn't like and talked about your
journey all the way up to the present
time all right
does that make sense so start off young
what inspired you or where at wherever
maybe you were inspired at six maybe ten
maybe maybe you were twenty wherever the
light went off that you wanted to be a
mechanical engineer start there and then
move forward and tell them a story tell
them a story about your journey about
what you liked what inspired you and you
know and what what propels you to move
forward what pushed you you know what
why you liked it why it meant something
to you put some passion and feeling in
it and that that's how you're gonna
stand out from everybody else everybody
else you know when they ask him you know
tell me about yourself they're gonna say
well you know I had this job I had this
job and I had this job and yeah these
are some of the things I did and they're
giving the wrong answer to that question
it's the wrong answer I want you to give
the right answer and that's how you do
it all right my friend that's all I have
for you today
good luck in your next interview we'll
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