Interviewee – answering

Interviewer – asking
Unemployed – employer – employee (hired, worker, staff)

- Tell me about yourself? What do you like? Which are your passions, hobbies?
- Easy-going: a relaxed person who is easy to get along with
- Hard-working: someone who works well and isn’t lazy
- Committed: a person who is loyal to a project or person
- Trustworthy: someone who you can rely on
- Honest: someone who tells the truth
- Focused: someone who is not easily distracted
- Methodical: a person who pays attention to details and works in a logical way
- Proactive: someone who takes steps to complete tasks without supervision

Some positive traits and skills managers look for include:

- Organization
- The ability to multitask
- Perform to a deadline
- Solve problems
- Communicate well
- Work in an international environment and with people from all over the world
- Speak foreign languages
- Enthusiasm

Describing your goals for the future and why you want this job

- I’m looking to further my skills as a barista/in hospitality, as a childcare worker/in early

childhood education
- I’m want to further my career in physiotherapy/as a physiotherapist, in administration/as an
administrator, in retail/as a branch manager
- I believe your company is an important player in its industry
- I feel my skills set is a perfect fit for your team and I can contribute by…
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- I see myself as a top-performing employee in a well-established organization like this one. I
plan on enhancing my skills and continuing my involvement in related professional
associations.
- My long-term goals involve growing with a company where I can continue to learn, take on
additional responsibilities, and contribute as much value as possible to the team. I love that
your company emphasizes professional development opportunities. I would take full
advantage of the educational resources available.
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- Skills
Organized, calm, friendly, teaching qualification, fluent speaker of German, good with
computers, good people skills, good customer service, experience handling money, good at
time keeping (be a good/bad timekeeper = arrive at correct time/be late; a clock that shows
the right/wrong time)

- Previous work experience:

2 years as a teacher
Secretary for 2 years

- Other
Must be able to start straight away
How much will I get paid per hour?
Which days will I have to work?
I look forward to hearing from you.

- Structure the Job Interview

Greeting/Small Talk: about weather/finding the office
Your educational background
Your employment history

 What do you know about (my company)?

 Why choose us?
 Why did you leave your previous employer?
 Please tell me about an obstacle you faced (come up against a situation, challenge, deal with,
experience) in your previous position and what you did to overcome it.
 What is your weakness?
 What can you contribute to my company?
 What does it mean to be successful?
 What do you look for in an employer?
 Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
 Please tell me how working at (my company name) fits with your career goals?
 How much money would you require?
 Are you willing to work overtime? How much? Unpaid?

Passion:

 Energized
 Enthusiastic
 Interested
 Love
 Motivated
 Priority
 Win

Responsibility:

 Accomplish
 Coordinate
 Detail-oriented
 Effective
 Efficient
 Maintained
 Met the deadline
 On time
 Organize
 Practical
 Prepare
 Provide
 Reorganize
 Responsible
 Results; Results-oriented
 Satisfied the client's requests
 Solution
 Support
 Team player

Leadership

 Accelerate
 Accomplish
 Build
 Coordinate
 Deliver
 Develop
 I handled that by…
 Initiative
 Innovative
 Negotiated
 Plan
 Resolve
 Supervise

Diligent = sarguinicios
Flexible

Reliable