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No more panicking when someone says, “Tell me about yourself”

First impressions matter, so how do you make yours count? Communication consultant Rebecca Okamoto outlines five simple ways to introduce yourself in 20 words or fewer, setting up any interview or conversation for those three crucial words: “Tell me more.”

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First impressions matter, so how do you make yours count? Communication consultant Rebecca Okamoto outlines five simple ways to introduce yourself in 20 words or fewer, setting up any interview or conversation for those three crucial words: “Tell me more.”

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  1. @SantiBg24

    July 21, 2026 at 8:19 pm

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  2. @supergarbonzo4843

    July 21, 2026 at 10:42 pm

    Informative 🎉

  3. @isaacbrittle

    July 21, 2026 at 10:57 pm

    hey im isaac

  4. @gavdasav1492

    July 22, 2026 at 12:29 am

    Nobody thinks this hard and deep when they first talk to someone

    • @realsproutscreations

      July 22, 2026 at 11:26 am

      @gavdasav1492 fr T-T, i’d be too busy thinking about why I’m shaking a strangers hand and who the heck they are

  5. @mohammadaltaily7088

    July 22, 2026 at 12:35 am

    good

  6. @Eclipse1369

    July 22, 2026 at 2:20 am

    This is so deep into the corporate speak it makes me want to puke

    • @gabrielb2598

      July 22, 2026 at 11:11 pm

      why? because it’s better thought out as opposed to a simple greeting? It’s working with human phycology and smart framework to develop an outstanding greeting. I don’t see the problem. Even if it is “corporate” and grey it is very much personalized and colorful after you modify it to fit yourself.

    • @agatabakalarek9798

      July 23, 2026 at 5:37 pm

      I am just after the corpo interview, they hired me but I feel part of this conversation is just like “coaching”, it doesn’t work for everyone and some people can see through it. So I do understand your feelings about it Eclipse . It doesn’t feel direct, honest and straightforward.

      You make yourself talk about why you are the best or why you want this job, but after all the most honest opinion is “I need to pay my bills” 😂

  7. @Orinslayer

    July 22, 2026 at 2:33 am

    Yeah, so that’s literally nothing about yourself. Drone. 🤖

  8. @gergelysoki1705

    July 22, 2026 at 4:07 am

    Hi! My name Jeff

  9. @FitZap99

    July 22, 2026 at 6:26 am

    Hi my name is Ragnar Lothbrok

  10. @jessan2946

    July 22, 2026 at 8:25 am

    can’t imagine meeting somebody who sounds like a bot😂

  11. @EpistemicForge

    July 22, 2026 at 8:41 am

    Capitalist bot.

  12. @Rudykawa

    July 22, 2026 at 9:00 am

    Corporate world is this dehumanized. Thats understandable it should be all AI indeed. They fit perfectly.

  13. @a.m.1409

    July 22, 2026 at 9:10 pm

    this is so vague.

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