2.2 Talking about your current job and future plans in a job interview Flashcards
do you enjoy your job?
Yes, parts of it. I like sorting out problems. I get a lot of satisfaction from that.
solitary
done or existing alone.
What sort of things do they complain about?
Oh, the usual things. We’ve paid them the wrong amount. We’ve paid them late. Or occasionally we haven’t paid them at all! Sometimes they’re really angry.
adverb of frequency
always sometimes never
Put the adverbs in order from most frequent to least frequent.
always usually often sometimes occasionally rarely almost never never
occasionally,usually, sometimes
can come in beginning or end of sentence
adverb of frequency usually go
in the middle of sentence between subject and verb
i never try to interrupt them
special case of adverb position
if main verb if verb to be
i`m usually calm
most of the time
usually
every now and again
occasionally
once,twice
rarely
What do you see yourself doing, say, in five years’ time?
I hope to be a manager one day.
I don’t expect to become a manager until I’ve had lots of experience in the industry. But eventually, yes, it would be good to be a manager.
and we do try to … potential senior managers. In fact, our company has a management trainee ….
identify
scheme
NEIL: Yes, well, if we … someone good, we don’t want to lose them to another company!
recruit
talking about future
want expect would like would prefer hope (without would because it's clear we are talking about future
shorten ‘d
i’d like
