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I am willing to
That is great!
Work part-time
What are you looking for in a job?
Put into practice
Hard-working person
Fast learner
I get along fine with everybody
I do not mind
Work long hours
I can handle the situation
Have an opportunity
Nice meeting you
Interviewer: Good afternoon, please have a seat.
Interviewee: Thank you.
Interviewer: How are you doing today? Did you have any trouble finding the office?
Interviewee: I'm fine thank you, and I had no trouble at all getting here.
Interviewer: Great. Well let's get started. Could you tell me a little about your educational
background?
Interviewee: Yes, I graduated from UCLA in 1995, with a Bachelors degree in journalism. After
that I enrolled in NYU's master's program for journalism, graduating in 1998.
Interviewer: I see. Now, how about your work experience?
Interviewee: After I left NYU, I worked for a year at the Daily Newspaper.
Interviewer: And after that?
Interviewee: From there I moved to San Francisco and was employed by the Bay Area
Chronicle, covering local and state politics.
Interviewer: What was the biggest story you covered while you were there.
Interviewee: I covered several that I thought were important, but I would have to say the
investigative piece I did on the cover-up of the governor's staff involvement in the embezzlement
of education funds was the biggest.
Interviewer: How did you like it at the Chronicle?
Interviewee: Overall, I liked it a lot. The people were great and my boss was supportive and
understanding.
Interviewer: According to you resume, you left there three months ago. What have you been
doing since then?
Interviewee: Mainly taking care of our baby, she just turned three months old. But now I'm ready
to go back to work.
Interviewer: What brought you to Denver?
Interviewee: My husbands company transferred him here last month.
Interviewer: One final question. Why did you apply here? Denver has three daily newspapers to
choose from.
Interviewee: I felt that this paper is better suited for my conservative thinking, my unique writing
style, and my diverse areas of interest when covering political news.
Interviewer: Well, thank you for your time. We'll be making a selection in a couple of days and
will call you one way or the other.
Interviewee: Thank you for seeing me. Have a pleasant day.
James arrives for an interview. He is 18 years old, and very nervous, as he has never been for an
interview before. He has applied for the job as a part-time telephone salesman.
Interviewer: Please sit down. Did you find our offices all right?
James:
Yes, with no difficulty. I've passed this building several times before.
Interviewer: Right. Well, I can see from your CV that you like meeting people and enjoy being
sociable.
James:
Yes, I'm a very outgoing sort of person and I'm not afraid to take the initiative,
although my friends say I tend to talk too much.
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Interviewer: Well, that's exactly the kind of person we need. Why do you think you will be good
at this job, though? You won't be meeting people in person, but only over the
phone.
James:
I think I have a good telephone voice, and I am very confident on the phone. I've
also some experience in sales, as you can see from my CV. I think I would find this
work very interesting, and it will give me some good work experience.
Interviewer: Okay. As you know we need someone for at least three hours, three evenings a
week. Will you be able to cope with this and your schoolwork as well?
James:
Interviewer: Right, then. Shall we give you a trial period of say ... two weeks? If you'd like to
come with me I'll introduce you to my floor manager who will show you the ropes.
James:
AN INTERVIEW DIALOGUE
Read through this outline of the responses of three applicants to the same questions asked of
them in an interview.
Consider their answers carefully.
Good morning, my name is Ms Martin. You've applied for the Laboratory Assistant's position
right?
A. Yes.
B. Yes Ms Martin, I have.
C. Yes Ms Martin. When I saw it advertised I thought it would really suit me.
C. I think that I'd be really good at this kind of work. In fact I learn so fast that I'd be looking for
promotion very shortly.
What sort of student do you regard yourself as . . . did you enjoy studying while you were at
school?
A. I wasn't the best student. I didn't really like study all that much, but I did it when I had to
B. I suppose I'm a reasonable student. I passed all my tests and enjoyed studying subjects that
interested me.
C. I'm a really great student I didn't have to study much because I always seemed to get by
without worrying too much about it.
Suppose our company wanted you to attend an institution to further your skills.... How would you
feel about this?
A. Attend a what?
B. If the course would help me improve my prospects for promotion and help me to be better at
my job I would definitely do it.
C. Attend a course? When? I hope it would be in the day time? Would I get time off from work
to attend it? I hope it's not at night-my social life would be ruined.
We have a lot of other applicants for this position. Why do you think that you deserve to get the
job?
A. I can't think of any special reason-I suppose I'm no different from most other people.
B. Well, I've found out a lot about this type of work and my research suggests that I would be
quite capable of doing the work involved. I also think that I would be able to handle any training
course reasonably well.
C. I reckon I'd probably be the best applicant you're likely to get for the job.
Now, do you have any questions you'd like to ask me about the position?
A. No thank you. I don't think so.
B. Yes. Ms Martin, could you tell me what hours I'd have to work, and for whom I'd be working?
C. Yes. . . What's the pay like?
I think I have asked you everything I wanted to. Thank you for coming along to the interview.
A. Thank you Ms Martin. Goodbye.
B. Thank you. When will I know if I am successful?
C. Oh, think nothing of it. . . Could I see where I'll be working?
Hanford: Yes, that does sound useful. What difficulties and challenges do you think we might
run into?
Anderson: Well, I think we'll continue to see consumers spend more of the shopping dollars
online. I've been studying how sales directly relates to customer satisfaction with online services.
Hanford: Would you mind giving me a bit more detail on that?
Anderson: Sure ... if customers aren't satisfied with the service they receive online, they won't
come back. It's much easier to lose customers online. That's why you need to make sure that you
get it right the first time round.
Hanford: I can see you've learnt quite a lot in the short time you've been working in ecommerce.
Anderson: Yes, it's an exciting field to be working in
A Job Interview
Dialogue:
Mr.Allen: Good morning Ms. Brandies, please have a seat.
Ms.Brandies: Good morning, it's a pleasure to meet you.
Mr.Allen: Could you tell me who you work for at the moment?
Ms.Brandies: I work for Frank and Smith importers.
Mr.Allen: How long have you worked for them?
Ms.Brandies: I've been working for Frank and Smith for the past three years.
Mr.Allen: And how long have you been working in the accounting department?
Ms.Brandies: I've been in the accounting department for the past six months.
Mr.Allen: You know this job requires a lot of travel. Have you done much traveling for
business?
Ms.Brandies: Yes, the job I had before Frank and Smith required me to travel monthly.
Mr.Allen: And why did you leave that position?
Ms.Brandies: I was offered a more interesting position at Frank and Banowitz.
Mr.Allen: Have you had any experience in sales?
Ms.Brandies: Yes, I've spent a few years working part-time as an advertising consultant for
schools offering summer language courses.
Mr.Allen: That's interesting. How successful have you been?
Ms.Brandies: The schools I've worked for have all had increased registrations as a result of my
collaboration.
Mr.Allen: Very interesting...