The 5-minute interview pitch that gets you remembered The strongest candidates walk into the room with a 5-minute pitch already loaded. Most candidates answer "tell us about yourself" with a chronological CV recap. It takes three minutes, the interviewer's eyes glaze over by minute two, and they remember nothing. The opener is the most important moment of the interview, and most people waste it. A 5-minute interview pitch fixes this. Even when you only deliver a 90-second version, having the 5-minute structure underneath is what makes the 90 seconds memorable. Quick answer: a 5-minute interview pitch has five 60-second blocks — origin, expertise, why-now, why-them, and one big ask. The trick is to deliver the 90-second version by default and have the longer version ready when the interviewer asks "tell me more about that one." Without the longer version underneath, the 90-second version sounds rehearsed.…