Elevator Pitches
30 Practice Your Elevator Pitch
It is important that you practice your pitch until you are comfortable and confident delivering it.
Remember, the goal is not to memorize your pitch word for word, but to know it well enough that you can access it and modify it for different audiences. Remember, ultimately you will need to be comfortable delivering your elevator pitch. It might look good on paper, but can you deliver it effectively? Do you seem honest and credible? Do you believe in yourself and does that confidence come through? Are you truly passionate about this career field and does your answer display this passion?
Activity: Practice Your Elevator Pitch
- Practice delivering your elevator pitch to family and friends, practice it in front of the mirror, and practice saying it silently to yourself on a regular basis. Share your pitch with your career center representative. Do they have any constructive feedback for you or suggestions for how you can improve your pitch?
- Next practice modifying your pitch by responding to the following scenarios:
- You are at a family gathering and are asked what you are studying in school and what you plan to do with your major. How do you respond?
- You are at a formal interview for a career position. The interviewer asks you, “Tell me about yourself.” How do you respond?
- You run into the parent of an old friend at the grocery store. She asks you how you have been and what you are up to. How do you respond?
- At a career fair you introduce yourself to a representative from a company you would like to work for.
- A friend of the family introduces you to a higher-level executive at a company you don’t know much about. What do you tell them about yourself?
- You call a company you would like to work for asking for an informational interview. During this call you explain who you are and why you are interested in this interview. What do you say?
- A classmate asks you, “What is your major? Why did you choose that major?”
Activity: Reflect on Your Elevator Pitch
How can you continue to improve your delivery of your elevator pitch?