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Job interview questions

1. Watch this video about how to define your strengths and weaknesses and answer the questions (check them in 'comments').

Carolyn:

The best way to answer this question is to identify what your ___________   ___________ are and answer the question very ___________ . As regards to your  weakness question, focus on something you’ve ___________    in the past.

Nina:

Pick up ___________   ___________   and give an ___________   of it.

Just ___________    ___________ . Talk about how it is both a ___________  and a ___________ .

Kate:

Pick strengths that are completely ___________  to the job and weaknesses that aren’t ___________ .

For example, if you apply for a customer service role, a strength would be that you’re passionate about ___________    ___________. Don’t choose ___________  as your weakness.

Kevin:

Focus on probably no less than ___________   ___________   (not technical ___________ ) and be able to articulate ___________. In terms of weaknesses, don’t focus on ___________    ___________ .

Jo:

Think about a ___________   , the ___________  , the ___________  that you took and the ___________.

Kate:

A job interview is all designed to ___________   your weaknesses and strengths, so ___________    ___________.

2. Career advice videos. If you want to watch more videos like the one above, visit this website. You'll find a Career Tips mini-series to learn how to perform the essential steps in submitting a job application, landing your ideal job and managing your career progression.

3. Read an article including the 25 weirdest job interview questions of 2012.

Job interviews

1. Listen to the job interview without looking at the script. Then try to answer the True / False questions and finally, listen and read.

2. Listen to this job interview and take notes. Then click at the bottom to have a look at the questions. Once you've finished, you can review the quiz and look at your answers and the correct ones.

Advice on writing CVs

Listen to this podcast about how to write CVs. Do the tasks.

Achievements

Listen to this speech given at a party being held for the retirement of an employee, James Dawson. The managing director of the company delivers a speech outlining James's achievements.

IQ tests and multiple intelligences

1. Read an article that questions  IQ tests and includes a quick one you can take.

2. Watch this video. It's an excerpt taken from an interview with Howard Gardner in which he explains how his theory originated. Answer these questions (see key in 'comments').

1. Who was he working with at the time?
2. What was his intuition about the classification of people into smart, average and dumb?
3. Which 2 things did he do that were important academically speaking?
4. What is 'smart' a conjunction of?
5. What happened in 1980?
6. When did he promulgate his theory?

3. Another longer interview with Howard Gardner about his theory. You can watch it and take some notes. Then you can check them in the script you'll find here.

JOBS

1. Job offer: Johnny, Olivia and Fadi all offer jobs to Harry. What should he do? Do the vocabulary activity first. Then listen and do the comprehension task. You can finally listen and read the script.

2. Listen to Todd talking about his first, current, future, best, worst and dream jobs.

3.Listen to six people talking about their first part-time job.

4. Listen to six people talking about jobs they'd hate to do.

Ambitions, goals, dreams...

1. Listen to Lindsay talking about what she wanted to be at various stages of her life and take notes (don't look at the script). Then listen again and do the comprehension and vocabulary activities. Finally, listen and check.

2. Listen to Eli talking about what she would like to do with her life. Follow the same instructions as in the previous activity.

3.Listen to Warren talking about his hopes and dreams at different stages of his life.

INVENTORS

1. Click here to do a listening activity about different inventors and inventions.
You have the recording, the chart you need to complete, the key and the text.

2. Listen to a radio programme about Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television. Don't read the script. Take notes and try to do the multiple choice comprehension activity at the bottom of the page.  

Then you can listen and read.

3. Listen to a radio programme about the Wright Brothers, the ones that proved that it was possible for humans to fly. Follow the same instructions as in the one before.