Free tools / 30-second intro
Practise a 30-second intro out loud
“Tell us a bit about yourself” is the most common question at work and the one most people improvise. Record a 30-second version until it is short, specific and free of “um”.
Say this
“Introduce yourself to a new team: your name, what you own, and one thing you are working on this month. Thirty seconds.”
Record your intro
Up to 45 seconds. Audio is scored in memory and deleted right after — we never store recordings.
A shape that works
Three sentences: who you are and what you own; one concrete thing you are working on; one thing you want from the room. That is it. The detail can come later, in the conversation.
Write down only the three nouns. If you script every word, the intro sounds read, and the fillers come back the moment you lose your place.
What to listen for
Fillers usually cluster at the start, where you are deciding what to say. The fix is to know the first sentence exactly and improvise from the second.
Pace matters less here than finishing. A 30-second intro that ends at 25 seconds is better than a 45-second one that trails off.
Questions
- How long should a work intro be?
- Twenty to thirty seconds. Long enough for one concrete detail, short enough that nobody is waiting for it to end.
- Should I memorise it?
- Memorise the first sentence only. The rest should sound like you, not like a script.
- Is the audio kept?
- No. It is scored in memory and discarded.
The full test scores all six components
One recording, a score out of 100, a marked transcript, one tip and one drill.
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