The two-minute commercial is designed to answer the first question most interviewers ask. "Tell me about yourself" It also allows the job seeker to share with the interviewer the most important thing they want to know — "Why should I hire you?"
The two-minute commercial is made up of four parts:
This part is used to give the interviewer relevant information concerning you personally and about your educational background. This does not include personal information such as marital status, children, etc. This does include information such as: hometown or state and/or personal attribute(s). The education should be either the latest obtained and/or major field if relevant to job objective.
This part is used to share with the interviewer past work and life experiences relevant to the job objective.
This is the most vital part of the two-minute commercial. This is the time for the job seeker to relate to the employer two accomplishments/results of the job seeker that indicate why he/she is the best candidate for the position sought.
This is used either at the beginning or end of your two minute commercial, depending on the question asked by the employer. In this part, the job seeker speaks with enthusiasm that he/she is here for the specific position sought.
Example
My degree is in finance and I will be graduating this December. While attending college, I worked 25 to 30 hours a week. I spent the last 4 semesters working in a cooperative education position for Hastings in their accounting and finance department. I was able to get "hands-on" experience in cost accounting, cash-flow analysis, budget development and assisted in preparing client proposals.
Through these job experiences, I have been given the opportunity to polish my customer service skills, as well as gain technical skills. I have strong planning and documentation abilities and am analytically oriented.
My career goal is to work for a bank and eventually become a loan officer. I believe I have the key traits for success in banking. I have good common sense, can juggle multiple tasks, have a positive attitude, and excellent communications skills. I think my greatest strength is my capacity to get along with a wide variety of people and personalities.