A Short Project Pitch: Problem, Solution, Your Role
45 min · Intermediate
A project pitch is a short spoken summary of something you built: the problem, what you made, what you did yourself and what came out of it. Interviewers often open with "Tell me about your project", and your first minute decides which questions come next.
Topics in this lesson
- The 60-second pitch: problem, solution, role, result
- Worked pitches: ShopLite and a Section 22 project
- The 3-minute pitch: architecture, one challenge, one lesson
- Stating your role honestly in a team project
- Numbers that help: endpoints, tables, tests, users
Interview questions this lesson answers
- What is a project pitch?
- How long should your answer to "Tell me about your project" be?
- Which project should you talk about if you have several?
- Should you mention the technologies at the start of your pitch?
- Tell me about your project.
- What exactly was your role in this project?
- Is this your own project or did you follow a tutorial?
- Why did you build this project?
- How many users does your application have?
- Can you give me the short version? We have limited time.
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