English for Job Interviews: Express yourself Confidently

Listen to three sample calls and try to notice the expressions used in the previous lecture.

Test your English for dealing with pre-job interview situations.

Learn how to make polite small talk with your potential employer at the start of the interview. Conversation topics include:

• the weather
• your journey to the office
• the company office decoration
• something interesting on your cv

Practise making small talk.

Test your vocabulary for describing your education.

Test your vocabulary for talking about your work experience.

Test your vocabulary for describing your qualities, skills and motivation.

Test your job and company vocabulary knowledge.

Practise describing a weakness.

Questions like "Are you applying for any other jobs?" and "Have you applied for other jobs?" can be difficult to answer tactfully, especially if English is not your first language. In this lecture, you'll learn some useful vocabulary to help you deal with this kind of question.

Practise answering questions like 'Are you applying for any other jobs?'

Practise vocabulary for answering questions like 'You seem overqualified for this job. Can you tell me why you are interested?'

In this lecture, you're going to learn some vocabulary to help you answer questions such as:

• How do you handle rejection?
• How do you handle disappointment?
• How do you handle failure?
• How do you handle being criticised?
• How do you handle stress?
• How do you handle conflict?

Practise your vocabulary for answering questions like How do handle .....?

In this lecture, we're going to look at vocabulary to help you answer questions such as:

• What has been your greatest disappointment?

• What has been the greatest disappointment in your life?

• What has been the greatest disappointment in your career?

• Tell me about a failure.

Practise your vocabulary for answering questions like What has been your greatest disappointment?

In this lecture we're going to look at some vocabulary to help you explain "gaps" in your CV/resume. This will help you answer questions like:

• Why have you been out of work?

• You've been out of work for a while. Has it been difficult finding a job?

• Why were you out of work for so long between these two jobs?

If you were fired from a previous job, being asked about it one of the most challenging and uncomfortable interview questions to answer, even in your own language. In this lecture we're going to look at some useful expressions to help you.

In this lecture, we will look at useful vocabulary to help you answer the difficult interview question “What are your salary requirements?” and variations of this question including:

• What salary do you think you deserve?

• What salary are you expecting?

• What are you looking to earn?

• How much are you expecting to make here?

• What salary are you looking for?

Test your vocabulary for answering questions about your salary requirements.

Test your knowledge of the English present tenses.

In this lecture, I will explain the difference between the past simple and past continuous tenses. I will show you how to use them in a job interview situation.

Practise the past tenses.

In this lecture, we will compare the present perfect simple and the past simple tenses. You will study their uses and how to use them in a job interview situation.

Practise your knowledge of the present perfect and past simple.

In this lecture, we will compare the present perfect continuous and the present perfect simple tenses. You will study their uses and how to use them in a job interview situation.

Practise your knowledge of the present perfect.

In this lecture, I will cover three common structures for talking about the future:

• will + infinitive
• be going +infinitive
• present continuous

In this lecture, I will cover two other future structures that candidates use in job interviews:

• want/would like/aim/plan/intend/expect + to + infinitive
• future continuous

Practise talking about the future with will + infinitive, going to + infinitive and the present continuous.

In this lecture, you will learn how to talk about hypothetical situations in a job interview using the two main conditional structures:

• first conditional (If + present, will + infinitive)
• second conditional (If + past, would/could/might + infinitive)

Test your knowledge of the first and second conditionals.

Congratulations! You've made it to the end of the course. Here's a quick recap of everything you've learned.