Candidate:Itendtospendtoomuchtimemakingsurethecustomerissatisfied.
However,Ibegansettingtime-limitsformyselfIfInoticedthishappening.
Comment:Thisisadifficultquestion.Youneedtomentionaweaknessthatis
actuallyastrength.Makesurethatyoualwaysmentionhowyoutrytoimprovethe
weakness.
Interviewer:WhydoyouwanttoworkforSmithandSons?
Candidate:Afterfollowingyourfirmsprogressforthelast3years,Iamconvinced
thatSmithandSonsarebecomingoneofthemarketleadersandIwouldliketobe
partoftheteam.
Candidate:Iamimpressedbythequalityofyourproducts.IamsurethatIwould
beaconvincingsalesmanbecauseItrulybelievethattheAtomizeristhebest
productonthemarkettoday.
Comment:Prepareyourselfforthisquestionbybecominginformedaboutthe
company.Themoredetailyoucangive,thebetteryoushowtheinterviewerthat
youunderstandthecompany.
Interviewer:Whencanyoubegin?
Candidate:Immediately.
Candidate:Assoonasyouwouldlikemetobegin.
Comment:Showyourwillingnesstowork!
Theabovequestionsrepresentsomeofthemostbasicquestionsaskedonanyjob
interviewinEnglish.ProbablythemostimportantaspectofinterviewinginEnglish
isgivingdetail.AsaspeakerofEnglishasasecondlanguage,youmightbeshy
aboutsayingcomplicatedthings.However,thisisabsolutelynecessaryasthe
employerislookingforanemployeewhoknowshisorherjob.Ifyouprovide
detail,theinterviewerwillknowthatyoufeelcomfortableinthatjob.Don''tworry
aboutmakingmistakesinEnglish.Itismuchbettertomakesimplegrammar
mistakesandprovidedetailedinformationaboutyourexperiencethantosay
grammaticallyperfectsentenceswithoutanyrealcontent.
Ihopethesefeatureshelpyoutoimproveyourjobinterviewingskills.Practiceyour
repliesoftentotheseandotherquestions.Sitdownwithafriendandactoutthe
interview.Byrepeatingthesephrasesyouwillgainmuchneededconfidence.
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