1、自我认识
想一矢中的，首先必须认清自我，一定要弄清以下三个问题。 你现在是干什么的？你将来要干什么？你过去是干什么的？
这三个问题不是按时间顺序从过去到现在再到将来，而是从现在到将来再到过去。其奥妙在于：如果你被雇用，雇主选中的是现在的你，他希望利用的是将来的你，而这将来又基于你的历史和现状。
所以，第一个问题，你是干什么的？现在是干什么的？回答这个问题，要点是：你是你自己，不是别的什么人。除非你把自己与别人区别开来，在共同点的基础上更强调不同点，否则你绝无可能在众多的应征求职者中夺魁。 对于这第一个问题，自我反省越深，自我鉴定就越成功。
随后，着手回答第二个问题：你将来要干什么？如果你申请的是一份举足轻重的工作，雇主肯定很关注你对未来的自我设计。你的回答要具体，合理，并符合你现在的身份，要有一个更别致的风格。
然后，再着手回答最后一个问题：你过去是干什么的？你的过去当然都在履历上已有反映。你在面试中再度回答这个问题时，不可忽略之处是：不要抖落一个与你的将来毫不相干的过去。如果你中途彻底改行，更要在描述你的执着、职业目标的一贯性上下些功夫。要做到这一点，又要忠实于事实和本人，最简单的方法是：找到过去与将来的联系点，收集过去的资料，再按目标主次排列。
用这样的方法，以现在为出发点，以将来为目标，以过去为证实，最重要的是加深了你的自我分析和理解。其实，在面试的时候不一定有机会或者有必要照搬你的大作，但这三个问题的内在联系点一定会体现在自我表述的整体感觉中，使你的形象栩栩如生。
2、投其所好
清楚自己的强项后，便可以开始准备自我介绍的内容：包括工作模式、优点、技能，突出成就、专业知识、学术背景等。
好处众多，但只有短短一分钟，所以一切还是与该公司有关的好。如果是一间电脑公司，应说些电脑的话题；如是一间金融财务公司，便可跟他说钱的事，总之投其所好。
但有一点必须紧记：话题所到之处，必须突出自己对该公司可以作出的贡献，如增加营业额、减低成本、发掘新市场等。
3、铺排次序
内容的次序亦极重要，是否能抓住听众的注意力，全在于事件的编排方式。所以排在头位的，应是你最想他记得的事情。而这些事情，一般都是你最得意之作。与此同时，可呈上一些有关的作品或纪录增加印像分。
译文:
3 steps to fruitful self-introduction in interviews
1. know yourself
To achieve a nice shot in the game, knowing yourself becomes a necessity. You need to clarify the questions of what you did, do, and will do.
You don’t answer these questions in time sequence; instead, bring up the present first, then the future, then the past. The very secret lies in the fact that if the employer decides to hire you, who he picks is the one you are at the moment, while who he expects is the one you’re going to be , which is rooted in what you were and what you are.
Therefore, as to the first question of what you do NOW, the pivotal point is: You are who you are, not somebody else. Unless you distinguish yourself from others and lay stress not merely on the common qualities but the differences, it is unlikely for you to stand out among tons of applicants. So in answer to the question: the deeper your introspection goes, the more successful your introduction will be.
Here comes the second question: what you’re GOING TO do? If the post you’re applying for is of great significance, your plan for the future will be one of your employers’ concerns. Answer with details, reasons, consistence, and especially, your own touch.
Now the third: What DID you do? Of course you have written those on your CV. But when being asked the question again in an interview, remember not to reveal the parts in the past which are irrelevant to your future. Provided that you have swerved your career 180° in the midway, do take the efforts to describe your perseverance and the coherence of your career objectives. To reach this point while being faithful to yourself and the facts, here’s the easiest approach: find the connection between your history and your future, work on your files in the past and list them by importance in accordance with your goals.
Take the present as the threshold, the future as the targets, and the past as the supports. The crucial point of this approach is to deepen your analysis and understanding of yourself. Well, you may not get the chance or the need to recite what you have written on your CV, yet the interrelation of these questions will show itself in the aura of your entire presentation, and enable the one in you to luster.
2. Cater to their tastes
Now that you’ve know your strengths, it is time to prepare the materials for your self-introduction: working style, strong points, skills, accomplishments, expertise, educational backgrounds, etc.
Though the long list, your time is limited down to 1 min. So everything should be related to the company. If it is a PC corporation, relate computers; if this case is about a financial company, refer to money. Anyway, do cater to their likes.
Mind you: no matter what you touch upon, emphasize the contributions you can make to your future company, such as boosting the trading volume, cutting the cost, developing new markets and what not.
3. List them in sequence
The order of your presentation matters a lot, too. Whether you can hold your audience is determined by the sequence of your items. So you might cap the list with the item which you want to etch to his memory most——usually the ones you are satisfied with. Meanwhile, polish up your performance by presenting some of your works or records.