Northrup Grumman offers interview prep tips for successful candidates on their website. The first they offer is for this very question. "This response should be one to two minutes long and should reflect your ability to speak succinctly and with confidence. Try to highlight your strengths and remember that the interviewers want to know more about you. What we don't want is a chronological retelling of your whole life story. Instead, the answer to this question should be a short overview of your life, emphasizing highlights of your professional experience that are relevant to the job you're interviewing for. Think of it as an elevator pitch about yourself."

"Well, I come from a long line of family that's worked in the defense and aerospace industry. My grandfather, Redmond Jerr Joyce, who served in WWII, later became an engineer working for Northrup Grumman and there designed the F-14 Tomcat. When he was training pilots how to fly it back in the 1960s in Virginia, he met my father who was in the Navy, and they became friends and my grandfather introduced my father to my mother. So in a way, if it wasn't for Northrup Grumman, I might not have ever been born. He made it into several of Grumman's newsletters from the 70s, Plane News, as well. I still have the issues. Later, my mother worked for Rockwell, and my cousin currently works for Boeing. So, I figured it felt natural to find a position in the defense and aerospace industry and decided to start here, where it all began."