2.1 Talking about your previous experience in a job interview Flashcards

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to … good at

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be

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to … something difficult

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find

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to .. a curriculum

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follow (kr·i·kyoo·luhm

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to .. into details

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go

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to … previous expereience

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have

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to … friends

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make

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to … sports

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play

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to … for a degree

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study

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I studied marketing .. london

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in

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I studied … a degree in marketing

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for

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i worked … Mega Bank for two years after graduating.

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at

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working … improving my English is something I aim to do this year.

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on

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In the future I hope to work … an international company.

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for

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trained … medicine

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in (used with general words)

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worked .. a trainee

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as

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show .. is one of my strengths

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initiative

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from your CV that you … for two different companies since leaving college. First, you … for Walkers Department Store as a trainee store manager.

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’ve worked

worked

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NEIL: And how was that?

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MEERA: I really enjoyed it. The training scheme was good.

: Good. I liked dealing with customers. That’s one of the reasons I’m interested in this job, as it’s also a customer-facing role. So I think my previous experience will help.

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why did you leave your previous job?

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the company had a lot of problems, so they decided to close some of their stores. This meant they made a number of people redundant, including me!

20
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Yes, I …work .. there since last year. I …see.. an advert on a jobs website, and I decided to apply.

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’ve worked

saw

21
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NEIL: And why did you decide to move to New Mode?

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MEERA: Well, I knew about their clothes. And I’m quite interested in fashion, generally. To be honest, I thought that the job would be a way to break into the fashion industry.

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That’s very different from your previous job, isn’t it?

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Well, yes, but I saw the job at New Mode as a first step. Also, as I said before, I trained in accounting as part of my degree.

23
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unspecified time

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present prefect

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specified time

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past simple

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i ..make.. a lot of friends when I was at school.

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made ( he specified the time like when he says first

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since , for

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present perfect

27
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You …live.. in three different countries.

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’ve lived

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I ..live. in France for one year.

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lived

29
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After that you ..join.. New Mode Fashions.

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joined

30
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Did you find us easily?

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Yes, no problem. Your directions were very good.

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my name is Neil Carlson.

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Pleased to meet you, Mr Carlson.

32
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who .work.. in the travel industry before.

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hasn’t worked

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we have to decide how successful you’ll be in the job – if we .. you.

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appoint

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I’d like to go into a … detail.

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I’d like to go into a bit more detail.

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Well, I … top of the class, but I wasn’t bottom of the class …. I enjoyed some subjects more than ….

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wasn’t
either
others

36
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I’ve always enjoyed … about different places. I think maybe it was … geography that I did so much travelling later on.

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finding out

partly because of

37
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Did you experience different .. of the business?

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area

38
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Although I was a trainee store manager, we had to start

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at the bottom