Job interviews

Interviewing for a job is something that needs to be prepared beforehand, and if you are doing it in another language that needs more preparation. First impressions are important. Remember to introduce yourself, shake hands and smile. You should use simple but polite language. Here you’ll find some useful interviewee phrases:

I attended the University of…

I graduated with a degree in…

I’m currently working at…

I worked as a … for … years

I’m currently doing a course in…

I can speak English fluently and have a basic knowledge of French.

I have a lot of experience dealing with…

I’m a very organized / efficient / adaptable … person

I’ve always wanted the opportunity to work with…

Now watch these 2 videos, take some notes and do the activities on the worksheet:

Interview Do’s and Dont’s

Two Sample Interviews

What’s your job?

Here you have a very useful presentation to revise unit 4. I hope you enjoy watching it!

Unit 4: Jobs and the working world

1-Talking about your job. Here you have some useful questions when asking about someone’s job:

What do you do?

What do you do for a living?

What’s your job?

What do you work as?

What does your job involve?

Who do you work for?

2-Podcast: Listen to Julia Hunter describing her working conditions and answer the questions below:

http://odeo.com/episodes/23266513-Vocabulary-Talking-about-your-job-The-Business-Spotlight-podcast-for-Tuesday-8-July-2008

What are the canteen opening times?

Do they provide childcare for five-year-old children?

What was Robert doing while Julia was speaking?

Can employees go on holiday during the probationary period?

3-Adjectives describing character: do the quiz and check your score:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1542_adjectives

4-Jobs matching game: match the jobs to their descriptions:

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/wordmatch/3/wordmatch.html

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