[ben1040]

Hi, my name is Milford Pickles. I am a PhD candidate writing my thesis on blahblahblahblah....

I've seen this, and I've seen it taken a step further where they walked down every point of experience on their resume telling me why they thought that particular course in school or work stint would make them be a good fit at my organization.

I much rather that the introduction is kept to, "I'm Bob, I'm a graduating computer science major and I'm interested in blahblah, what do you guys do?" because that turns into a mutually beneficial back-and-forth conversation very quickly.

I do wonder if this is a cultural thing, though, and just an honest go at expressing interest in the position. When I was recruiting at career fairs, the only people I noticed doing this were graduate students from India who had spent only a short time in the US. And typically the people with the extremely expressive introduction came otherwise heavily prepared, with a resume and cover letter hand-tailored to job postings on our website.

I can't fault anyone for preparation, however, given so many people come totally unprepared -- "man, you're the tenth person today to ask for a copy of my resume, nobody told me I should've brought any!"

[schintan]

If you’re not sure, err on the side of caution

Maybe that is what they are trying to do