Lesson 3. Here are some tips for preparing for an interview

LEAD-IN

Here are some tips for preparing for an interview. Read the text below and select the best word from brackets.

If you have (gained, reached, arrived, achieved) the interview stage, your CV and letter of application must have been (effective, important, impressive, significant)! The company now wants to know more about you. But there is still more work to do if you want to get that job! Make sure you have (researched, discovered, inquired, examined) the company as thoroughly as possible - use the Internet, company reports, recruitment literature etc. (Remember, Remind, Imagine, Summarise) yourself of why you applied to this company. Make a list of the skills, experience, and interests you can (show, present, offer, demonstrate) the organisation. Finally, try to (ask, suggest, give, predict) the questions you will be expected to answer – imagine you are the interviewer!

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Here are some tips relating to your appearance and body language. Fill in gaps with suitable words.

1. Make sure your clothes are clean, but ______ wear obvious logos or designer names.

- do

- don’t

- must

1. Don’t use ______ much deodorant or perfume!

- to

- too

- two

1. Don’t wear too much jewellry. Interviewers don’t _____ like nose rings.

- never

- sometimes

- usually

1. Wear ______ that are smart, but comfortable.

- cloths

- clothes

- covers

1. Arrive well ______ interview time.

- before

- after

- latter than

1. Make eye _____ with the interviewer when you are introduced.

- contactation

- contiction

- contact

1. Give a firm handshake, and make sure you ______!

- snarl

- smile

- snigger

1. Don’t ______. This will distract the interviewer from what you’re saying.

- figgit

- fijit

- fidget

1. Don’t appear over-confident, for example by leaning too far back in your chair, but do try to ______.

- relax

- relapse

- collapse

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Discuss the following questions:

1. Have you ever been interviewed? Were you nervous?
2. What problems can you face during your interview?

 

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Give if possible definitions of the following words and word combinations and try to pronounce them correctly, discuss them with your partner:

Interview, appointment, to head, nervous, elevator, to turn, freeway.

 

LISTENING TEXT

- Listen to the text “JOB INTREVIEW. NERVOUS AT AN INTERVIEW” paying attention to pronunciation and to the discussed words and word combinations and their descriptions.

- Write down all explained in audio file words and word combinations and discuss them with your partner.

- Listen to the audio file once more and check your notes.

 

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

 

I. Read aloud explanations of words and word combinations which you have written down listening to the audio text. Discuss them in the group.

 

II. General understanding. Answer the following questions to the text.

· Where is the main character going to?

· Who did he meet in the elevator?

· What floor number was he headed to?

· What did he talk to a perfect stranger about?

· What do you think the end of this story is?

 

III. Working in pairs, create a dialogue continuing the story you’ve just listened to.