How To Pass An Interview In English
how to pass an interview in English
let’s jump right in tips all right the
interviewer now what you need to
remember is the main goal of the
interviewer is to find out enough
information about you to decide if you
are a good fit for the job opening or
the program now the expression good fit
just actually means a match a good match
for the actual position or the program
okay now next you need to think about
your clothing you see it is important to
remember that the first impression
leaves a lasting impression this term
lasting it just means something that
stays in the mind okay stays in the mind
and is not easy to forget so your
clothing will leave a lasting impression
this means the way you dress can help
you or it can harm you the next thing is
three the number three is important
because prior to the interview you
should know your top three qualities and
strengths your top three reasons for
wanting the job and also three facts
about the company organization this is
important because it will show that you
have prepared well before actually
coming to the interview so you want to
be prepared by having your three reasons
three facts and three qualities or
strengths intro now you want to think
about your self-introduction the first
part of your introduction will be to
tell what type of person you are
and you do this by first describing your
character and then briefly explaining
your personality so let’s look at an
example hello my name is Samantha Smith
I’m a very diligent and honest person
now let’s pause very quickly diligent
just means someone who works very hard
okay works very hard it is the opposite
of being lazy okay
so let’s keep going I also have a very
outgoing and friendly personality
another word for outgoing is extrovert
okay you like being around people and
you like spending time with people we
say extrovert or an outgoing person okay
this is part one of the self
introduction then what you’re going to
do is talk about your experience briefly
this is also done in two parts first
you’re going to pick one experience
related to the interview then you’re
going to explain why it was
life-changing so for example I have
traveled all over the world but my
favorite country is South Korea during
my time there I learned many things
about their culture and language but the
main thing I learned was the importance
of embracing and respecting other
cultures now let’s pause this term
embracing just means to accept and adapt
something okay to accept and adapt to to
accept and adapt to okay so for example
in Korea they don’t wear shoes in the
house well that’s something that is done
in America but not in Korea so to
embrace that culture it means to accept
it and adapt to it by also taking my
shoes off when I come inside the house
okay so once again embracing okay let’s
keep going as a global company I believe
that this is a philosophy you also value
the term of value just means to consider
something to be important okay to
consider something to be important okay
to be important let’s get this tea okay
to consider something to be important
value once again value okay now the next
part is part 3 explain your life
philosophy now this is done in three
parts first you want to explain it
briefly then
you want to tell how it developed and
finally you want to say how it has or
will affect your life so the example
looks like this my personal life
philosophy is we all grow when we
respect and learn from each other I
developed this philosophy after working
with people from various cultures and it
has completely changed my life so
changed my life
actually means when something has a
great effect ok a great effect ok a
great effect ok something had a great
effect on my life ok let’s keep going
now the next thing is questions you see
there are three common questions that
you will be asked when you go to the
interview the first one is where do you
see yourself in five years now there are
three different parts that you need to
use for this one the first one is your
life goal first you want to describe
your life goal and then the reason for
making this life goal next you want to
talk about your short-term plan what
stage are you in your goal and how will
you get there and finally lessons
learned or the development connect the
company to your answer and then explain
the development so this is what it would
look like my life goal is to speak five
languages
I made this goal because I know the
power of language to connect people so
what happened I have answered the first
one let’s keep going
currently I speak three languages I
speak English Spanish and Korean my plan
is to start learning French and Chinese
next year so in five years I hope to
have accomplished my goal what happened
we already answered the short-term plan
next I believe that it will help me
professionally because I will be able to
converse comfortably with global clients
now let’s pause real quick converse is
just another way of saying to talk with
ok to talk with we say converse ok let’s
keep going developing my skills
as a foreign language speaker will in
turn be a great asset to your company as
well so I’ve actually completed number
three now what you’ll see right here in
turn this expression means as a result
of something so as a result of something
so in the beginning I’m saying
developing my skills so as a result of
developing my skills it will become a
great asset for the company okay that’s
how you explain in turn okay alright
let’s keep going so now the next
question is what is your greatest
weakness now this question also requires
three different parts the first thing is
the description you want to describe
your weakness and also give the reason
for it but always in an optimistic way
okay optimistic just means positive it
just means positive and I will show you
exactly how to do this okay
next change to a strength how it can be
changed to a strength and also how you
are changing it to a strength currently
and then positive connection how it can
help you at this company and also the
connection to your future so the example
will look something like this I think my
greatest weakness is being a
perfectionist a perfectionist is just
someone who needs everything to be
perfect okay needs everything to be
perfect okay no mistakes
they are very critical of things so we
say perfectionist perfectionist okay
let’s get going
my desire is to always get things
correct and to complete things in the
best way possible so my perfectionism
can sometimes cause me to be extra
critical of my work which leads me to
overthink projects now the term
/ think just means to think about too
much okay to think about too much
another word you can use is worry okay
worry for no reason okay so again over
think all right now what we’ve done is
we’ve answered number one the
description now we’re gonna move on to
number two here we go
I do think however that it is possible
to become a strength now I want to show
you something about this I do think
however this is what we call a
transition expression okay transition
expression okay when you want to say
something that is contrary or opposite
instead of saying but you can say I do
think however and then continue with
your thought okay so let’s keep going
so I am working on being less critical
of myself and balancing my tendency to
be a perfectionist okay
tendency just means a habit of doing
something okay a habit of doing
something okay
doing something alright this M right
here okay all right let’s keep going
now what has happened change to us
strengths
number two is done now in time my
attention to detail will hopefully
become a great benefit to your company
as well
now we’ve answered the positive
connection alright so this part right
here in time this expression actually
means after time passes so after a while
in a few weeks in a few months or in a
few years we say in time okay all right
now the next question is tell me about
one of your accomplishments now for this
one you also need three parts the first
part is description
you’re going to give your definition of
an accomplishment then you’re going to
state your accomplishment then you’re
going to give details who when where
what why and also you can add how but
you pick three to five of those and I
remember I did a video on the five W’s
how to organize your thoughts so you can
look in the top right of the screen to
watch that video if you need help
organizing your thoughts and also you’re
gonna tell your feeling finally past and
future how it changed you and how it
will help you in the future okay so the
example looks like this in my opinion an
accomplishment is something that is
achieved after putting in a lot of hard
work so I believe one of my greatest
accomplishments was receiving a full
scholarship to study in Spain and we’ve
completed number one let’s continue in
1999 I applied for the study abroad
elite program underline elite this word
just means top or the best okay
again elite top or the best let’s keep
going
a few months after I applied I was
selected because I had maintained a 4.0
GPA throughout my time in high school I
was overwhelmed with joy when I heard
the news so we finished number two okay
now the term overwhelmed this term
actually means to cover or to overpower
to cover or over power see if I get this
all right there so I said I was covered
or overpowered with joy overwhelmed with
joy okay let’s keep going through the
program I was able to master the Spanish
language which has continued to help me
in my professional endeavors as well now
the term endeavors actually means an
attempt to achieve a goal one more time
an attempt to achieve the I write here a
goal a specific goal we say endeavors in
English so this is
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