Task3: A Guide to a Successful Job Interview
Script
There are times that you will be asked a hard question during a job interview. Don’t panic, they just want to see how you handle a difficult situation. Being prepared is always the best policy. Here are some samples of questions and some advice on how to handle them properly.
Why should we choose you? To this question, you can ask yourself why you applied, what makes you suitable for this question, what the company can gain from hiring you, what you have to offer, how you would handle this jib, etc.
Often they ask you to tell them about yourself. You can split your answer into two, the professional and the personal level. Both are important, and how you move from one to the other depends on what you have to say. You can give a brief summary of your life, professional and personal, with less emphasis on the early past, and more emphasis on the present and the future.
When asked “What are your weakness?”, don’t say, “I don’t have any.” Everyone has weakness, and it takes something positive like, “I haven’t had a lot of exposure on the on-site work, but I’m looking forward to being more involved in dealing with customers directly and learning their needs.”
Another common question is: “What are your strengths?” You should customize your answer to meet the position requirement. Keep in mind the things they asked for in the advertisement. Tell them your strengths, but also show them how they how they would apply to this job. To show how your strengths were valuable, use the “Why, where, when, how” to demonstrate and prove your strengths.
1. What is the passage mainly concerned with?
2. What does the speaker NOT mention as an answer to the question, “Why should we choose you?”?
3. What does the speaker say you should stress when introducing yourself?
4. What does the speaker advice you NOT to say when asked, “What are your weaknesses?”
5. What should you say when asked about your strong points?
Kes: 1C 2.C3. B 4.A 5.D
For Reference
“Why should we choose you?”, “Tell me about yourself.”, “What are your weaknesses?”, and “What are your strength?”
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