How to give Self Introduction in an Interview?


In a job interview your first question would be pertaining to your Introduction. In introduction, we describe ourselves. Usually, in introduction, we include things like what we are, what are our strengths and weaknesses, our skills, our education qualification, hobbies, career goal, and work experience etc. A catchy introduction should have a well organized format. If you have a splendid introduction then it’ll increase your chances of selection. It is not good for you to memorize self introduction formats available on internet. But, by reading introduction formats available on internet, you can get an idea to make your self introduction. You should know one thing that no one can explain what you are better than you. So it would be better for you to design your self introduction without anyone’s help. You can build your self introduction with the help of following prescribed steps:

  • First of all, your name
  • Place
  • Education qualification
  • Work experience (if any)
  • Family background
  • Hobbies
  • Strengths
  • Likes
  • Career goal

To illustrate it, we’ve added here some simple and effective “SELF INTRODUCTION” formats. Please note, you can modify these formats to make your Self Introduction more appreciable.

self introduction format

FORMAT 1:

My name is Sunil Kumar. I’m 24 years old. I belong to Punjab. I have passed Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engg. with 72% marks. My hobbies are playing Cricket, reading books and writing. In my family, I have parents and two siblings.
My short term goal is to pass this interview and get recruited. My long term goal is to get a reputed position in this company.

FORMAT 2:

You may add your strengths and likes in your “SELF INTRODUCTION”:

My name is Sunil Kumar. I’m 24 years old. I belong to Punjab. I have passed Bachelor’s  in Mechanical Engg. with 72% marks. I’m carrying two years experience of teaching. My Hobbies are playing Cricket, reading books, and writing. My strength is that I can easily mold myself in all situations. In my family, I’ve parents and two Siblings. I like to mingle with people and traveling. My short term goal is to pass this interview and and get recruited. My long term goal is to get a reputed position in this company.

NOTE: Tell your actual strengths, everyone has a strength e.g. work hard, I’m not lazy towards my work, I’m self motivated, can work under pressure, punctual etc.

Tip: Only tell your weaknesses if interviewer asks you e.g. I don’t feel comfortable until I finish my work, emotional, I easily trust on people etc.

Note: Don’t tell hobbies which you don’t pursue because interviewer can ask you questions pertaining to your hobbies for example if someone says that my hobby is reading books. Then Interviewer can ask him/her, “Which type of books do you read?” Therefore, tell hobbies which you actually pursue because if Interviewer asks you any question pertaining to your hobbies then you can respond easily.


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