ESOL Leeds Entry 2 Interview Techniques

ESOL Leeds 11 (Entry 2 Interview techniques)

Video: good and bad interview
Language skill: express clearly statements of fact and short accounts

Click the audio player on the left. Write the missing words and print.
Check with the original writing at number (1).

(GOOD INTERVIEW)

Jess: Come in.... Ah Michael.

Mike: Hello.

Jess: Nice to .

Mike: And you.

Jess: Please sit down, so Michael I have some for you today, so firstly tell me about yourself.

Mike: My name is Michael Richmond, I'm twenty-six and I live in Leeds, Harehills and I'm looking for a job.

Jess: worked in a supermarket before?

Mike: Yes, I worked at a supermarket in my hometown.

Jess: So, worked in a supermarket in Leeds before?

Mike: No, I haven't. I've been working in a newsagent.

Jess: Oh right, have you been in Leeds then Michael?

Mike: in Leeds for about six months, I think, yes about six months.

Jess: So what are your then Michael?

Mike: I like working a team, I like working on my own . um, I'm reliable, I'm quite responsible, and I'm quite willing to learn as well.

Jess: And have you done before?

Mike: No, I haven't, but I would be willing to work weekends and maybe some as well.

Jess: Oh good because we do have shifts and shifts.

Mike: Okay.

Jess: Okay?... and lastly any questions?

Mike: Erm, how many days holiday do I get?

Jess: At the moment eighteen days holiday, but there may be another two this year.

Mike: Ah Okay. Is there a canteen?

Jess: There is a staff canteen, most bring their own sandwiches, a vending machine. So Michael, it was lovely meeting you..

Mike: and you.

Jess: We'll cMonday and hopefully you can start straight away..

Mike: Ah... Okay!

Jess: Very nice to meet you, do you remember the way out?

Mike: Yes thank you.

Jess: Okay goodbye Michael.

Mike: Goodbye........ Yes!

(BAD INTERVIEW)

Sophie: Hello!

Jess: Ah, hello.. Sophie Watkinson?

Sophie: Yeah. Hi.

Jess: My name's Jess Brainsby, I'm the here at the supermarket, and I've got some questions to ask you today. Okay, so firstly tell me about yourself.

Sophie: My name is Sophie and I'm for a job.

Jess: Okay. have you ever in a supermarket before?

Sophie: Yup.

Jess: Was that in Leeds?

Sophie: Yup.

Jess: Right... erm... what are your skills?

Sophie: I'm quite hard working.

Jess: Okay. How long have you been in Leeds?

Sophie: Erm I , about a year.

Jess: Right. Could you put the bag on the floor? Is that okay? That's there's more space now. Have you done shift work before?

Sophie: Yes, I hated it, it was horrible.

Jess: Right, because a lot of the work here is early shifts, late shifts, weekend shifts.

Sophie: Ohh. I'd rather work 9 'til five.

Jess: We have training here, are you interested in training?

Sophie: Hmm, I'm not too .

Jess: Okay and finally, any questions?

Sophie: No.

Jess: Right, well for now then Sophie, we'll give you a call on Monday.

Sophie: Right then see ya.

Jess: It was nice to meet .

Sophie: Oh I've forgotten my bag!

Jess: Right, okay, bye! Nice meeting you.

name:

(4) read >

Find the missing words.

canteen holiday interested looking manager questions work worked working

(GOOD INTERVIEW)

Jess: Come in.... Ah Michael.

Mike: Hello.

Jess: Nice to meet you.

Mike: And you.

Jess: Please sit down, so Michael I have some [1] for you today, so firstly tell me about yourself.

Mike: My name is Michael Richmond, I´m twenty-six and I live in Leeds, Harehills and I´m [2] for a full time job.

Jess: Have you [3] in a supermarket before?

Mike: Yes, I [4] at a supermarket in my hometown.

Jess: So, have you [5] in a supermarket in Leeds before?

Mike: No, I haven´t. I´ve been [6] in a newsagent.

Jess: Oh right, how long have you been in Leeds then Michael?

Mike: I´ve been in Leeds for about six months, I think, yes about six months.

Jess: So what are your skills then Michael?

Mike: I like [7] as part of a team, I like [8] on my own . um, I´m reliable, I´m quite responsible, and I´m quite willing to learn as well.

Jess: And have you done shift [9] before?

Mike: No, I haven´t, but I would be willing to [10] weekends and maybe some evenings as well.

Jess: Oh good because we do have early shifts and late shifts.

Mike: Okay.

Jess: Okay?... and lastly have you got any questions?

Mike: Erm, how many days [11] do I get?

Jess: At the moment we have eighteen days [12] , but there may be another two this year.

Mike: Ah Okay. Is there a canteen?

Jess: There is a staff [13] , most people bring their own sandwiches, there is a vending machine. So Michael, it was lovely meeting you..

Mike: and you.

Jess: We´ll call you Monday and hopefully you can start straight away..

Mike: Ah... Okay!

Jess: Very nice to meet you, do you remember the way out?

Mike: Yes thank you.

Jess: Okay goodbye Michael.

Mike: Goodbye........ Yes!

(BAD INTERVIEW)

Sophie: Hello!

Jess: Ah, hello.. Sophie Watkinson?

Sophie: Yeah. Hi.

Jess: My name´s Jess Brainsby, I´m the [14] here at the supermarket, and I´ve got some [15] to ask you today. Okay, so firstly tell me about yourself.

Sophie: My name is Sophie and I´m [16] for a job.

Jess: Okay. have you ever [17] in a supermarket before?

Sophie: Yup.

Jess: Was that in Leeds?

Sophie: Yup.

Jess: Right... erm... what are your skills?

Sophie: Sometimes I´m quite hard [18] .

Jess: Okay. How long have you been in Leeds?

Sophie: Erm I don´t know, about a year.

Jess: Right. Could you put the bag on the floor? Is that okay? That´s better there´s more space now. Have you done shift [19] before?

Sophie: Yes, I hated it, it was horrible.

Jess: Right, because a lot of the [20] here is early shifts, late shifts, weekend shifts.

Sophie: Ohh. To be honest I´d rather [21] 9 ´til five.

Jess: We have training here, are you [22] in training?

Sophie: Hmm, I´m not too bothered.

Jess: Okay and finally, any questions?

Sophie: No.

Jess: Right, well that´s all for now then Sophie, we´ll give you a call on Monday.

Sophie: Right then see ya.

Jess: It was nice to meet .

Sophie: Oh I´ve forgotten my bag!

Jess: Right, okay, bye! Nice meeting you.

(5) spell >

(6) same words >

Find some of the words and phrases learned today but in different sentences.


   1.  
  [001] Mark wants  _____ , but he also wants to be safe. He is  afraid to tell h     
[002] ' _____ ,' Narinder says, 'it's one of the few  things you can      
[003] But somewhere, when I was  a child, I had  learned  _____ . For  three years I had ridden to win, and now the pro     
[004] Rick decided  _____ . I know of two cases,' he  answered, but it isn't comm     
[005] Better, he thought,  _____  about it. 'If  you must know, it's some rope. I used t     
[006] School, First-class School, Good  School, and School.  _____ ,' said Mr Levy, School is  pretty bad. I think you'll      
[007] 'I'm a human being. I try  _____ , and I want to stay that  way.  Your job would destroy     


	   2.  
  [001] I knew that my imagination was   _____   for most of the trouble.  At Brandham I had imagined      
[002] Lawyers are  _____  for evictions.  "Who did the eviction?" Mister had ask     
[003] Each individual being is  _____  for his  or her own thoughts and actions.  Yury though     
[004] John was also the man who Yury considered to be   _____  for his father's death. Yury believed that he was  an      
[005] King Philip was  _____  for his  success.  When Philip became king of Macedoni     
[006] Alexander grew up quickly into a  _____  and intelligent  young man. When he was sixteen, he wa     
[007] It is more likely that she is  _____ .  Philip had not included his first wife in his plans      


	   3.  
  [001] 'So you just found him dead.  _____  seen a dead  body before?'  'Only on TV.' The cop smil     
[002]  _____  been frightened?                                             
[003] Have you always  worked  with groups?  _____  made a record on your own? P:  Yes,  last  summer. I m     
[004] When I'd finished the piece  he said: ' _____  actually seen a rhinoceros?' GREG  FEARON,  marketing      
[005] George worked for half an  hour, it  would kill him.  _____  seen George work?'  he  added, and he turned to me.  I     
[006] George answered Harris. 'You're  always  asleep.  _____  seen Harris awake,  except at meal times?' George aske     


	   4.  
  [001] The big  publishers can't be  _____  to read old books. The  project  is under the dire     
[002] 'I  can't  be  _____  with things like that.'  Her Aunt Bee looked along the     
[003] The boy did not look  _____  or even surprised to see them.  He got up  from the be     
[004] It's strange, isn't  it, that  Anne never  _____  to put  curtains at the  windows?'  Richards had cleve     
[005] He was used to being outside all day, and had not  _____  to wash  or change his clothes. His face and hands wer     
[006] But his wife had not  _____  to brush her hair or change  her dress. I had to expla     
     


	   5.  
  [001] To march East is a sign of his extraordinary  _____  as a  leader that his soldiers agreed to follow.  Chap     
[002] 'People's  _____  were very important to  them. '    Well, if anyone sho     
[003] His first  job  right out of college. But better  _____ , more education and hard  work will boost his success,     
[004] Holmes used his extraordinary  _____  to see facts  about  the crime that the  police had no     
[005] From my academic work I've picked up some  basic   _____ . The first year it was wierd trying to work a washing      
[006] Rather than being forced to copy the   _____   of adults? But according to th     
[007] They do not need to learn any other  _____  than those they  instinctively learn through play, or

(7) similar words >

(8) word wall >