How to prepare for a job interview in English
Work And Study / / December 25, 2019
Anna Zinoviev
Translator, journalist
1. Repeat professional vocabulary
Vyzubrennye school topics about family and hobbies to help you tell us about yourself, but hardly useful in a meeting with partners. At the interview, be sure to check how well you own professional vocabulary. In order not to be faced with unfamiliar words, in advance, review articles, reports and studies in English on your topic and learn basic terms.
You can write out the old-fashioned unfamiliar words in three columns: the word, transcription, translation. This is deemed reliable but is time consuming. It is more convenient to add a word to your dictionary in a free application for learning words aword, and then teaching them in training mode - for example, while riding the subway.
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2. Surround yourself with English
Start a few weeks before the interview. Change the language on the phone, stick the stickers with new words on a monitor at the breakfast table watching tutorials on Youtube. Prokrastinirovat is also possible to use: start watching your favorite TV series in the original with English subtitles.
If you are not confident that you can master the series exclusively with English subtitles, use free extension for Google Chrome. He's all new words are automatically added to your personal dictionary.
On the site Skyeng you can sign up for free email-newsletter and get prepared mini-lessons. Engage in 15-20 minutes each day healthier than repeat the English one night before the interview.
3. Think of the grammar
In English, a lot of rules, but even more exceptions. You still will not be able to repeat them all, but remember at least something not hurt. Pass any test of language proficiency and make a list of 5-10 rules, which have made a mistake. Repeat them and do some exercises for each of the rules.
Ivor Crotty, Deputy Director for Innovations in RTThe most common mistake in the interview - is omitted articles. They are constantly either missing or added extra.
4. Prepare answers to questions formulaic
- Where do you see yourself in five years?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- Tell us about your major achievements and failures.
- Why did you leave her current job? / Where did you used to go to school?
- Why do you want to work / study here?
Questions on interviews not original, but it can still put you in a dead end. It is best to prepare in advance the answers: come up, burn, and then several times said aloud. Make sure you know, talk about what - or else it will look memorized.
5. Practice pronunciation
If you think that is enough to learn to pronounce the language between your teeth, you're wrong. You can take a wrong tone or accent on the wrong syllable.
Ivor Crotty, Deputy Director for Innovations in RTYou should not be expressed by Russian or obvious Americanized accent: they distort diction. Words should sound clearly and to develop in a conscious, not pre-prepared proposals.
To avoid such mistakes, pay attention to the transcription, but rather listen to how they are pronounced speakers in electronic dictionaries.
The difference in pronunciation is hampered not only speak, but also to understand the English language at the hearing. Practice doing this with the help of lectures and podcasts in Annex Skyeng Listening - there you can turn the subtitles on a record, and then take the test for understanding.
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6. Do not be afraid
It is difficult to understand. But the interview success depends on your attitude. When you worry, in a speech begin to emerge the elementary mistakes. If this happens, you have two options: take a back seat and fall into a stupor, or score on an error and continue to confidently answer next.
Ivor Crotty, Deputy Director for Innovations in RTThe candidate I appreciate the language skills, self-confidence, combined with the ability to reflect, academic approach and humor. Successful candidate necessarily speak quickly - most importantly, that it sounded confident.
Before the interview, remind yourself that you are not here to show off knowledge of English, and to talk about his experience as a specialist. English is the same - only the means. Employer your skills are important, but not how you conjugate verbs.
7. The conversation on the eve of the interview
You have to repeat the words, the rules have prepared answers to the standard questions after listening to the English language, morale. Still needed all together.
On the eve of the interview, ask a friend to talk to you in English or contact your instructor. You can talk on any topic - most importantly, that you are in a situation when you need to react quickly look up words and improvise.
Preparing for the interview - this is a good reason to sign up for lessons with a teacher. For example, in an online school SkyengWhere you can study English at any time convenient to you 24/7. If you do this at least 2-3 weeks prior to the interview, you will have time to work on all of the above. And then you will successfully use English in his new position.
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