🗣️ BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEW #1 - "Tell Me About Yourself"

This question kills more interviews than any coding question ever will. Not because it's hard - because people ramble.

❌ What NOT to do: Recite your entire resume chronologically starting from university.

✅ What actually works - the "Present, Past, Future" formula:

1️⃣ Present: What you do right now, in one sentence.
2️⃣ Past: How you got here - the 1-2 experiences most relevant to THIS role.
3️⃣ Future: Why you're excited about this specific opportunity.

Example:
"Right now I'm a backend engineer at a fintech startup, focused on building payment infrastructure that processes millions of transactions daily. Before that, I spent three years at [Company] scaling their API from handling thousands to millions of requests, which is actually what got me excited about distributed systems. I'm looking at this role because you're solving similar scaling challenges, but at a size and complexity I haven't tackled yet."

Under 60 seconds. Relevant. Forward-looking.

Try writing your own "Present, Past, Future" answer in the comments - I'll give feedback on a few 👇