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1 Put the words in the correct order to make ten job interview regrets.

  1 fast / I / have / shouldn’t / talked / so

  2 the / should / looked / have / I / mirror / in

  3 research / done / I / have / should / more

  4 checked / I / have / should / the / address

  5 eye contact / I / should / made / have / more

  6 worn / shouldn’t / have / I / jeans

  7 earlier / have / should / arrived / I

  8 my / shouldn’t / complained / I / about / have / boss / current

  9 much / shouldn’t / coffee / had / have / I / so

10 should / turned off / have / I / my mobile

2 Match regrets 1–10 in Exercise 1 with explanations a–i.

a It rang in the middle of the interview.

b The interviewer couldn’t understand what I was saying.
c I found out afterwards that the interviewer is an old friend of hers!
d I couldn’t answer any questions about their company.
e Everyone else was dressed formally.
f They said I wasn’t confident enough for this job.
g The reception was really hard to find.
h I had a black pen mark on my chin!
i My legs kept shaking!
j I went to the wrong building and missed the interview.

3 Work in pairs. What regrets might an interviewer have after a job interview?

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