Friday's assignment

Job Interviews

Here are some key questions that employers usually ask on their first interview. Your task is to answer them as if you are in a real interview. Make sure NOT to exceed one to two min. Max on each question.

Task 1: 

Without reading the questions, click on this link and start recording your answers one by one.

Task 2:

After you finish answering all the questions, save the link and paste it on your blog for teacher's evaluation.

Task 3:

Write down all the questions that you have found to be very challenging to further explain them at class.

1.     Can you tell me a little about yourself?

2.     How did you hear about the position?

3.     What do you know about the company? 


4. Describe a bad experience that happened to you. What did you learn from it?

5.     Why should we hire you?

6.     What are your greatest professional strengths and achievement(s)?

7.     What do you consider to be your weaknesses?

8.     Tell me about a challenge or conflict you've faced at work and how you dealt with it.

9.     Where do you see yourself in five years?

10.  Why are you leaving your current job?

11.  Were you fired from your previous job? Why? 

12.  What's a time you disagreed with a decision that was made at work? How did you react?

13.  Why was there a gap in your employment?

14.  Did you change your career path before? Why?

15.  Describe a time when you had to deal with pressure or stressful situations.

16.  What are your salary requirements?

17.  What do you like to do outside of work?

18.  If you were an animal, which one would you want to be?

19.  Are you planning on having children?

20.  Do you have any questions for us?