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Job interview

Introduction:

Imagine you have sent some CVs to your potential employers and now they invited you for an interview.

Before your job interview you need to think about yourself.

This unit is for the interviewer to get to know you and to see if you’re the best person for the job. Your interviewer may want to ask questions about certain areas of your CV, so use this opportunity to link your experience to the job you’re applying for.

 

Task:

The goal of this unit is to use a video of a mock interview to evaluate your personality and skills and help you get ready for a job interview and be successful.

  1. Evaluate your qualities.
  2. Compare them with your partner.
  3. Read the text about the most common interview questions.
  4. Use the previous knowledge and come up with a plan.
  5. Watch a video as an inspiration for your own task. 
  6. Evaluate the questions.
  7. Apply the questions within a mock interview and record it.
  8. Show the video to the class and evaluate it.

 

Process:

Click on the button below (WordArt) to check out new vocabulary related to the following exercises.

Check out the meaning of the words from the WordArt. Make notes in your notebooks of those you don’t know. You will need them for future exercises.

1. What are your personal qualities and skills?

Personal qualities are the characteristics, attributes or personality traits of an individual. Examples of personal attributes include being honest, having a good sense of humour or being dependable.

Personal skills refer to the inner abilities or skills of an individual and are a type of soft-skills, meaning they are intangible and difficult to define.

Hard skills, on the other hand, are skills that can be quantified and measures (e.g. ability to code or service cars).

Examples of personal skills include the ability to communicate with others, solving problems or thinking creatively.

 

Make a list of 5 qualities and 5 skills you have got. Then compare your list with a friend. See what you both have come up with and suggest to each other what you could add to your lists.

 

2. Preparation is the key to a successful job interview. Here’s how to be ready for the most common job interview questions. 

Have a look at the worksheet (button below), do the tasks and check the answers with the teacher. 

* Vocabulary tip!

Make sure you understand the difference between: interviewer vs. interviewee .

3. Imagine you are an employer. What 3 questions would you ask your potential employee. 

 

Compare your ideas with the most common questions in the list below.

  1. Tell me about yourself.
  2. What are your greatest strengths?
  3. What are your weaknesses?
  4. Tell me about an achievement you’re really proud of.
  5. What brought you to this interview?
  6. Tell me about a time when a friend or classmate disagreed with you. What did you do?
  7. What would your friends, classmates and teachers say about you?
  8. Where do you see yourself in five years?
  9. Why should we hire you?

Discuss the questions with your friend and share what your answers would be.

 

 

*Try this interactive exercise to see if you can match the questions with the right category of questions. 

 

4. Watch the video where a student is trying to get a summer job in a restaurant.

Is there anything you would want to know in this case? Discuss it with your friend.

 

 

5. Watch the video once again and answer the questions included in it.

6. Final task:

Mock job interview.

One of you will be the interviewer and the other one will be the interviewee. Decide who is going to be who.

Then the interviewer will pick 5 questions from the list (the most common job interview questions in task 3) or the video (task 4).

Meanwhile the interviewee will go through the questions from task 3 and 4 and review what he would answer.

You will have 5 mins to prepare the questions/answers.

After that, practise the interview as you watched in the original video (task 4).

Finally, you will record your own interview (using any relevant equipment).

The recording shouldn’t be longer than 10 mins.

Your video will be presented in front of the class.

Your classmates will have a chance to comment on your effort. 

 

Evaluation

To see how your work is going to be evaluated check out the table. To access the document click on the green button below.

Conclusion:

Congratulations on finishing the WebQuest and learning about life skills, including your own skills and qualities. You have learned more English that will help you communicate during a job interview. You have also learned about the importance of professional attire and a professional presentation.

We hope you will do really well once you have got your first job interview!

Clilstore WorksheetWordArtVideo- questionsEvaluation

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