Job Interview Lesson for ESL [622792]

Job Interview Lesson for ESL
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JobInterviewing : Directions
Think about the skills you have and how they relate to the job
you would like. Here are some of the questions you should
ask yourself when thinking about your qualifications :
•What tasks have I done at past jobs that are similar to the
tasks required in this job?
•What are my strengths and weaknesses and how do they
relate to the tasks required in this job advertisement?
•How do I relate to people? Do I have good people skills?
•If I don't have any related work experience, how does the
experience I have / studies I've done relate?
•Why do I want this job?

Jobinterview: first impressions
Introduce yourself, shake hands, and be friendly .
Don't besurprised iftheinterviewer asks you
something like:
•How are you today?
•Did you have any trouble finding us?
•What do you think of the weather lately?
Answer the question without going into too
much detail. The language you use should be
simple but polite.

Job Interview Questions and Answers
Education :
Remember that your education took place in the past.
Therefore you need to use the past tenses, for example :
•I attended the University of Helsinki from 1987 to 1993.
•I graduated with a degree in agricultural planning.
If you are currently a student: [anonimizat] :
•I amcurrently studying at the University of New York and
will graduate with a degree in Economics in the spring.
•I am studying English at the Borough Community College.

Job Interview Questions and Answers
Experience and Qualifications :
Work experience is by far the most important topic
of any job interview (at least in the United States
and Britain ). Therefore, it is important to explain
what experience you have in detail.
Generally , employers want to know exactly what
you did and how well you accomplished your
tasks. This is not the time to be modest . Be
confident, and talk freely about your
accomplishments in past employment .

Job Interview Questions and Answers
Experience and Qualifications :
When talking about current employment be careful to use the present
perfect or present perfect continuous. This signals that you are still
performing these tasks at your current job, for example:
•Smith and Co. have employed me for the last 3 years as a
salesperson.
•I have been creating customer contacts for 6months.
When talking about past employers use the past tenses to signal that
you are no longer working for that company, for example:
•I was employed by Jackson's from 1989 to 1992 as a clerk.
•I worked as a receptionist at the Ritz while I was living in New York.

Job Interview Questions and Answers
•Make sure to mention your English studies. This is
very important as English is not your first language
and the employer may be concerned about this fact.
Assure the employer that you are continuing to
improve your English skills by any courses you may
be taking, or by saying that you study a certain
number of hours a week to improve your skills .
Skills Set Lesson :
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Useful Vocabulary for an Interview
accomplished
acted
adapted
administered
advanced
advised
allocated
analyzed
applied
approved
arbitrated
arranged
assisted
attained
blended
brought
built
carried out
cataloged
changed
classifiedcollaborated
compared
completed
computed
conceived
conducted
constructed
consulted
contracted
controlled
cooperated
coordinated
corrected
counseled
created
dealt
decided
decreased
defined
delegated
deriveddesignated
detected
developed
devised
directed
discovered
distributed
documented
doubled
edited
encouraged
engineered
enlarged
escalated
established
estimated
evaluated
examined
expanded
experienced
exploredfacilitated
finalized
formulated
founded
functioned
governed
grouped
guided
handled
harmonized
harnessed
headed
identified
implemented
improved
increased
indexed
initiated
inspected
installed
institutedinterpreted
introduced
invented
investigated
justified
led
localized
located
made
maintained
managed
mechanized
merged
moderated
motivated
negotiated
opened
operated
organized
originated
overcameperceived
performed
pioneered
planned
prepared
presented
presided
processed
programmed
promoted
provided
purchased
raised
recommended
recorded
recruited
rectified
redesigned
repaired
replaced
restoredreversed
reviewed
revised
saved
screened
selected
serviced
set up
solved
sorted
sparked
specified
started
stimulated
strengthened
summarized
supervised
supported
systematized
tested
trainedtransacted
transcribed
transformed
tripled
upgraded
validated
varied
verified
vitalized
won
wroteBelow is a list of great verbs that are used to express
responsibilities and tasks performed:

Useful Vocabulary for an Interview
accurate
active
adaptable
adept
broad -minded
competent
conscientious
creative
dependable
determined
diplomatic
discreet
efficient
energetic
enterprising
enthusiasticexperienced
fair
firm
genuine
honest
innovative
logical
loyal
mature
methodical
motivated
objective
outgoing
personable
pleasant
positivepractical
productive
reliable
resourceful
self disciplined
sense of humor
sensitive
sincere
successful
tactful
trustworthyTo describe your skills the following adjectives are useful