Job Interview Class 2

Key words
Grooming- Personal Brand- Personal Cleanliness. – Wardrobe- Blue and white
collar interview- Convey-

PREPARING FOR A JOB INTERVIEW

1. Describe three important elements of personal grooming and explain how they
can affect your personal brand either positively or negatively.
2. Name two things you can do to make certain of your personal cleanliness.
3. Name three things you can wear to an interview that others may find offensive
(and therefore may negatively affect your personal brand).
4. List three types of wardrobe choice appropriate for a white-collar interview.
5. List three types of wardrobe choice appropriate for a blue-collar interview.
6. Describe your own personal brand and explain why it is so.
7. Name three actions you can take in a job interview to help convey a positive
brand.
8. Why is it important to create a positive personal brand?
9. Name two other ways you can prepare to present for an interview to ensure you
arrive on a positive note.
10. Name three people you know who display a positive personal brand and explain
why.

Business Phrasal Verbs

Common Business Phrasal Verbs (1)
1-Branch out
 Meaning: Expand or extend one’s interests
 Example: I’m leaving the company to branch out on my own.
2-Break into
 Meaning: Enter (with effort or force)
 Example: It’s always been his ambition to break into broadcasting.
3-Carry on
 Meaning: Continue
 Example: He moved to New York to carry on his work.
4-Close down
 Meaning: Stop operating
 Example: The firm has decided to close down its Chicago branch.
5-Look forward to
 Meaning: Feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen
 Example: We look forward to hearing from you soon.
6-Note down
 Meaning: Write something down
 Example: Her answers were noted down on the chart.
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 Common Business Phrasal Verbs (2)
1-Step down
 Meaning: Resign or leave (a position/job)
 Example: The chairman was forced to step down due to ill health.
2-Take off
 Meaning: Become successful or popular very fast
 Example: Her business has really taken off.
3-Take up
 Meaning: Fill a particular amount of space or time
 Example: These files take up a lot of disk space.
4-Weigh up (UK)
 Meaning: Consider carefully the advantages or disadvantages of a situation
 Example: I’m weighing up my options before I decide to apply for the job.
5-Back up
 Meaning: Make a copy of information
 Example: It’s a good idea to back up your files onto a memory stick.
6-Carry out
 Meaning: Do and complete a task
 Example: The building work was carried out by a local contractor.
7-Come up
 Meaning: Happen or arise
 Example: I’m going to have to cancel our meeting – something’s come up.
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Common Business Phrasal Verbs (3)

1-Get on (UK)
 Meaning: Continue or start doing something
 Example: Can we please get on, because there are a lot of things still to discuss.
2-Keep up with
 Meaning: Follow
 Example: We try to keep up with what’s happening about financial news.
3-Set up
 Meaning: Start (a business)
 Example: The group plans to set up an import business.
4-Go through
 Meaning: Experience something bad
 Example: We can’t really imagine what our company’s going through.
5-Find out
 Meaning: Discover a fact or piece of information
 Example: Can you find out what our customers think of their local bus service?
6-Call off
 Meaning: Cancel something
 Example: With the weather worsening, they have called off their field trip.
7-Call back
 Meaning: To return a call or telephone someone again.
 Example: I’ll call you back when I’ve heard something about the interview.
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Deal with
 Meaning: Handle (a problem)
 Example: He’s good at dealing with pressure.
Drop in
 Meaning: Make a short visit without making an arrangement in advance
 Example: Drop in whenever you want—I’ll be at the office all day.
Fill out
 Meaning: Complete (a form)
 Example: It took me several hours to fill out the application form.
Hold on
 Meaning: Wait
 Example: We’ll hold on another minute, then we’ll have to go.
Join in
 Meaning: Participate
 Example: We would be eager to join in projects of that sort.
Lay off
 Meaning: Fire (staff)
 Example: We have no plans in the immediate future to lay off workers.
Put back
 Meaning: Delay or postpone
 Example: The meeting has been put back to next week.
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Common Business Phrasal Verbs (5)
1-Run out of
 Meaning: Have no more of something
 Example: Many companies are running out of money.
2-Sort out
 Meaning: Organise or fix
 Example: We brought in a management consultant to sort out the mess.
3-Take on
 Meaning: Employ (staff)
 Example: We’re not taking on any new staff at the moment.
4-Take over
 Meaning: To begin to have control of or responsibility for something
 Example: He understands the business and can take over when I’m away.
5-Bail out
 Meaning: To rescue somebody from a difficult situation, especially financial problems
 Example: The bank helped to bail out the struggling company.
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Common Business Phrasal Verbs (6)
1-Cut back
 Meaning: To reduce something
 Example: In times of economic hardship, firms cut back on training.
2-Go under
 Meaning: To become bankrupt
 Example: The firm will go under unless business improves.
 3-Fall through
 Meaning: If an agreement, plan, sale etc. falls through, it is not completed successfully
 Example: The planned purchase of the racecourse fell through.
4-Pull out
 Meaning: To move away from something or stop being involved in it
 Example: The project became so expensive that we had to pull out.
5-Bottom out
 Meaning: To stop getting worse
 Example: Property prices are still falling, and show no signs of bottoming out.
6-Level off
 Meaning: To stop rising or falling and become steady
 Example: Inflation has begun to level off.

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Useful phrases for a job interview
Describing your personality
As they sit down with candidates, the interviewer (your potential boss) is looking to find
out if the interviewee (you) will or won’t fit in well with their existing team. So now’s
the time to show them who you are and why you’re a great person to work with. Here
are some adjectives to use:

 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

You can say: I’m (easy-going), or I’m a/an easy-going person/employee/worker.

If you’d like to add punch, use an intensifier like very, extremely, really. (“I’m very
trustworthy,” “I’m an extremely focused employee.”)

Describing your strengths

Your interviewer will also want to know what you’re good at. Why? Because the job
you’re applying for requires certain skills – so now’s the time to explain what you can
do well!

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

You can use phrases like:I’m good at/I’m skilled at multitasking/working under
pressure/working to a deadline, or My strength is/are my ability to problem solve/be
enthusiastic/speak fluent English etc.

Describing your experience

If you’ve had a job before you have valuable experience to bring to this new position.
Depending on the sort of job you’re applying for, your education might also be
important to highlight. Here are some phrases to use:

 I have five years’ experience as a waitress/in retail/as a teacher

 I worked in retail for seven years and was promoted to manager in my second
year
 I studied at the University of Queensland
 I worked for Anderson and Assoc. as a lawyer

Be prepared to run through and explain the main points in your CV. Use the opportunity
to elaborate on what’s on your CV and give more details.

Describing your goals for the future and why you want this job
Here’s your moment to tell the interviewer why you want the advertised position.
Maybe you want to gain experience in your field, learn a particular skill, believe you are
a great fit for the company or particularly respect them in their industry. These phrases
can help

 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…

It’s very important to emphasize the last point – your interviewer will want to be
convinced that you really want the role. Don’t overdo it, of course, but do make sure
you make this point clear.