AN INTERVIEW Sample

- Good afternoon! I am Sergey Pavlov and I'm currently applying for a position of a visa manager with your company.

- Why do you want to work in our company?

- I have a considerable experience in this area; I have so far worked in several travel agencies on similar positions. So, working for your company won't be challenging. I like my job.

- I see. What was your last work place?

- I worked at X travel agency, which offered tourist voyages over Europe.

- Why did you leave your job?

- The company cut jobs and finally went bancrupt.

- Tell me, please, about your educational background.

- Well. I graduated from The State University in 2001, Faculty of Economics; afterwards I joined a post-graduate course and received a Philosophy Doctor. The thesis was public relations in the sphere of tourism. I also did a management training for the travel agency managers in 2005, for which I've got a certificate.

- You received good education. But why this position? Wouldn't you like to work as a university teacher?

- Yes, I wanted to try this sphere, but the salary is too low there. Therefore I chose a career in the commercial sector.

- I see. How do you understand your responsibilities?

- Well. I'm supposed to be in charge of consulting clients on visa regulations in different countries and assisting them in preparing the necessary set of documents. I will also be responsible for visiting embassies, submitting documents and getting visas for the clients or arranging on interview dates for them if needed.

- All these require good knowledge of English. As I can see, you know the language very well. But where did you learn it?

- I graduated from a specialized language school, I also studied English at the university and afterwards I passed a candidate exam of English, had got an excellent mark and did an English course to raise my language level.

- Thank you. What can you tell me about your character? Everybody has their strong and weak points, how can you describe yourself?

- Well. I have excellent communication skills. I have good people skills. I'm very helpful. As of my weak points, I don’t like to get up early. But it doesn't mean that I'm not punctual. I'm always on time for work, take my word for that.

- Tell me, please, about your family.

- Well. I am single, I have no children. I live in my own flat alone.

- So, Sergey, it was very nice talking to you. I'm sure you will make a good candidate for this position. But as you might understand: to know English means not only to be able to speak fluently, but to write and to understand English. Therefore I must be sure that you have these skills. I'd like you to take a number of tests. When are ready with those, please, give the papers to the office manager. I’ll check them later today, and if everything is fine, I’ll be in touch soon.

- Thank you for your time. Hope to hear from you.

- OK. Have a nice day! Good bye.

- Good bye.

Practice

1. Writing Put down some recommendations how to behave yourself during the interview using Basic Vocabulary.

2. Discussing the Key Points

What do we mean, when we say that a person is:

- reliable, hardworking, sociable, helpful, ambitious, friendly, professional, experienced?

when we say that a person is:

- unreliable, dependent, unfriendly, inexperienced, dishonest, indifferent, unsuccessful, irresponsible, helpless, inflexible?

Role Play

Several days ago there appeared an advertisement for a job in the newspaper “Moscow Times”. Some of you decided to apply for this job while the others are going to be interviewers. The applicants will have to write application letters and their CVs and later they will be called for an interview one at a time. Finally, the successful applicant is called back into the interview room and offered the job.

Book-keeper

A well-established British company requires a book­keeper/secretary for their new office in Moscow.

The book-keeper /secretary must be bilingual in Russian and English and experienced in IT.

Competitive salary with a challenge to grow.

Write enclosing CV to

Mr. J. Smith School House

Halshead Road

Paynton BVG 8MN.

The List of Roles

1. INTERVIEWER, the head of the Personnel Department.

2. INTERVIEWER, the Personnel manager.

3. APPLICANTS.

The description of the roles:

John (Irene) Smith, the head of the Personnel Department

Before interviewing the applicants look through their resumes, CVs and application letters, decide what questions to put, be ready to explain about the job advertised and to say what the person will have to do. The contract is for one year. You are looking for someone aged 20-30. You think that a man is more suitable for the job and that the person should be friendly and have a nice personality.

Experience is not of vital importance - you have your own training program. Analyze the results of the interviews, choose the most suitable applicant and announce your decision to the applicants.

Paul (Nora) Williams, the personnel manager

Before interviewing the applicants, look through their resumes, CVs and application letters, decide what questions to put, be ready to explain about the job advertised and to say what the person will have to do. You are supposed to take notes (name, appearance, general impression, speech, answers to questions - you could give each applicant points out of ten each of the above). Offer applicants to put questions to you. You think that the person should have some experience, must be energetic, ambitious and enthusiastic. You are interested in the results of his studies. Analyze results of the interviews, discuss them with your colleagues, choose most suitable applicant and announce your decision to the applicants.

Applicants

You are to use your own names and background. If you like you can add some details, write an application letter. Be ready to answer the questions of the interviewers and to put your own questions about the job. Don’t forget to say "Congratulations" to the person who finally gets the job.

THE FINAL TRAINING

(The Interview Vocabulary)

Choose the best response to complete each sentence looking for additional information if necessary:

1. When did you start your current ____________________ (= job)?

a) position b) place c) work

2. I left my last job because I felt that they didn't recognize my ____________________.

a) accomplishments b) accommodations c) acclimation

3. I've always been a team ____________________. (= I've always worked well with other people)

a) play b) worker c) player

4. I believe I'm a good ____________________ for this position.

a) fitness b) fit c) man

5. Tell me a little about your ____________________ job. (= your last job)

a) past b) finished c) previous

6. I developed good communication skills ____________________ as a customer service

representative.

a) while working b) when working c) by working

7. What does "rep" stand for?

a) representative b) republican c) reprimand

8. You shouldn't discuss salary until the interviewer ____________________. (= starts talking about it)

a) brings up b) brings it on c) brings it up

9. An interviewer might ask you what your "salary ____________________" are. This is the formal

way of asking how much money you require.

a) needs b) requirements c) desires

10. Many companies want to hire someone who can ____________________ well.

a) take pressure/stress b) handle pressure/stress c) get pressure/stress

11. I had a good working relationship with my ____________________ (= boss).

a) supervisor b) superior c) superintendent

12. During an interview, you might be asked to describe how you ____________________

(= resolved) a difficult situation.

a) dealt b) dealt with c) went through

13. We need someone who can work under minimum ____________________.

a) supervision b) supervisor superior

14. Instead of using the word "difficult" to describe something, you should use a more positive word

like:

a) really hard b) challenging c) awful

15. Is there an ___________________ of which you are particularly proud?

a) action b) atonement c) achievement

16. An interviewer will ask you about your strengths, but might also ask about your

___________________.

a) challenges b) week c) weaknesses

17. I was ___________________ for developing the company's intranet.

a) responsible b) made c) responsive

18. Some of my ___________________ included helping customers, filing complaints, and dealing with

emergency situations.

a) jobs b) duties/ responsibilities c) activities

19. When someone asks you to "outline your experience" they want you to:

a) forget about your experience b) brag about your experience

c) talk about your experience

20. Things/activities done on your free time (hobbies, etc) are known as «___________________

activities".

a) extracurricular b) extra c) extraneous

21. You should always make the employer feel like you have ___________________.

a) much to give b) a lot to offer c) to offer

22. The interviewer asked me if I'm good at meeting __________________. (= getting things done at the required time)

a) borders b) new people c) deadlines

23. Did you send a __________________ letter to the person who interview you?

a) thanks b) thank-you c) thanks-a-lot

24. When an employer asks you how you see yourself five years from now, she/he wants to know about

your __________________.

a) career goals b) working goals c) work ideas

25. Can you explain the __________________ (= missing time) in your employment history?

a) gap b) blank c) space

26. Do you prefer working alone or __________________?

a) in team b) with a team c) in a team

27. The employer asked Karen about what motivates her to "go the extra mile" on a project. In this

context, to "go the extra mile" means __________________:

a) to do more than is necessary b) to become very tired c) to run hard

28. I'm sorry but you're just not ___________________ enough for this position.

a) qualified b) qualification c) quality

29. When you make the decision to leave a job it's called "quitting" - When your boss makes that decision because of something bad that you've done, it's called "being ___________________", ex.

John was ___________________ for stealing a stapler.

a) fire b) fired c) thrown

30. When you are told to leave a job because there's not enough work, money, etc. to keep you there, it's called "being ___________________."

a)left b) fired c) laid off

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