How Successful Software Engineers Answer 'Tell Me About Yourself' In Interviews

07/05/2025 9 min
How Successful Software Engineers Answer 'Tell Me About Yourself' In Interviews

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In this video we explore how to answer "Tell me about yourself" questions in Software Engineer Interviews including an example of how I actually answer this in my own interviews.Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-05_tell-me-about-yourself-swesChapters00:35 - How to Answer "Tell me about yourself"04:55 - My Elevator PitchLinks:- My 2025 Job Search as a Senior Software Engineer - Results, Timelines, + How I Study for Interviews - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4sUmDaYyXM&ab_channel=HAMYLABS- How to find a fulfilling career - no matter what you're into - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0IG8XQMGKU&ab_channel=HAMYLABS- 66 Companies Hiring Remote Software Engineers in the US in 2025 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uiggzQBsZc&ab_channel=HAMYLABSAbout me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.Connect with me:- Website: https://hamy.xyz- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/# Support If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminionsSupporters get:* Full source code access from courses / tutorials* Exclusive discounts on products / coursesPlus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors