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Interview vocabulary
Answer 'why should we hire you?'. Use: strengths, a quick learner, a team player, take the initiative, meet deadlines, hands-on.
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Answer 'why should we hire you?'. Use: strengths, a quick learner, a team player, take the initiative, meet deadlines, hands-on.
Describe three jobs people you know do. Use: shift work, full-time, self-employed, a colleague, a client, overtime, a deadline, a pay rise.
Talk about learning English. Use: pick up, brush up on, be rusty, a false friend, fluent, come naturally, stuck, a breakthrough.
Give your opinion on working from home. Connect your points with: however, on the other hand, as a result, in addition, that said.
Discuss how you follow the news. Use: a headline, coverage, biased, a source, breaking, misleading, in-depth, clickbait, fact-check.
Talk about how you manage money. Use: budget, save up, cut back, splash out, be broke, make ends meet, a rip-off, good value.
Negotiate a deadline or a price. Use: would you be able to, I was hoping for, could we meet in the middle, that works for me, on one condition.
Give an opinion on remote learning. Use: in my view, personally, it seems to me, the way I see it, I'd say, to be honest.
Describe a friend and a colleague. Use at least four of: reliable, easy-going, stubborn, generous, ambitious, laid-back, blunt, thoughtful.
Role-play leaving a message and making a request. Use: hold on, put you through, get back to you, the line's bad, take a message, first thing tomorrow.
Describe a complex situation, replacing vague words with precise ones: not 'big' but 'substantial'; not 'bad' but 'detrimental'; not 'a lot of change' but 'a marked shift'.
Deliver a two-minute mini-talk on a topic you know. Signpost throughout: to begin with, moving on, this brings me to, to put it another way, to sum up.