Job Interview Discussion & Vocabulary

Discussion and Job Interview Questions

The major types of job interview questions

• Personal qualities / values
  Make list of words that describe you, think of examples
   
• Key experiences STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result)
  Think of a situation where you learned something/demonstrated some skills
   
• Related skills and preparation 
  Why are you a good fit for this job? 
  Read the job ad carefully and prepare answers related to what they are looking for.

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Job Interview Questions (printable handout)

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What five adjectives best describe you?
3. How would friends and professors who know you well describe you?
4. What makes you stand out among your peers?
5. What are your strengths? Best skills? What is your major weakness?
6. Who is your personal and/or professional role model? Why?
7. What are your career goals? Future plans?
8. How long are you willing to fail at this job before you succeed?
9. What do you know about this company? Why are you seeking a position with our company?
10. Why should we hire you for this job? What can you offer us that others cannot?
11. What kinds of decisions are most difficult for you?
12. In general, how do you handle conflict? Do you directly confront an issue or avoid it?
13. I see from your resume that you (studied, worked, went to...). Can you tell me more about your experience there?
14. Give me an example from past experiences or a previous job where you have shown initiative.
15. Tell me about the last time you made a mistake and how you corrected it.
16. When is the last time you took a risk. What was it and in retrospect, was it the right decision?
17. What is an important goal that you set in the past. Did you succeed? Why or Why not?
18. What has been the most challenging experience of your life? How did you confront that challenge?
19. Your supervisor tells you to do something that is ethically wrong. What do you do?
20. If you had a choice, would you prefer to work alone or as part of a team? Why?
21. Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and employees?
22. What are your most satisfying accomplishments?
23. How have your educational experiences prepared you for for this position?
24. Which university classes did you enjoy the most? The least? Why?
25. What extracurricular activities were you involved in?
26. Which software programs do you have experience with? How would you describe your skill level?
27. What salary are you expecting? What do you expect to earn in this position?
28. How would you define a good working atmosphere?
29. Would you be willing to work late hours and/or on the weekend?
30. Would you prefer to work of a Korean company or an international company? Why?
31. Is there anything else you’d like to tell us about why you’d be a good fit for our company?
32. If you could change something about your past, would you? Why or why not?
33. If you could be any superhero, who would you choose? Why?
34. What is your favorite company? Why?
35. Describe the color yellow to someone who is blind.

Job Interview Vocabulary

• Words and Phrases to Describe Yourself
  Alphabetical   by Category
• Generic Skills Checklist
• Job Skills Vocabulary
• Job Application Vocabulary Megalist

More Lists

• Job Interview Q & A
• Career-advice.monster.com Interview Questions
• About.com Careers
• Glassdoor Interview Questions
• HCareers Questions and Answers

Video Playlist Job Hunting

Video Channels

• Snagajob
• Job Interview Channel
• American Staffing Inc
• The Interview Guys
• Humor: Millennial Interview   Interview Gone Bad  Toughest Job

Job Interview Video Tips

5 Tips to Ace an Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHDrj0_bMQ0 Behavior Based Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKBubKO-798

Why Should We Hire You?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NVYg2HNAdA

Job Interview Advice

Job Interview Advice for Recent Graduates

How to answer the question 'Tell me about yourself'.

More Job Interview Advice http://esl.about.com/od/jobinterviewing/a/Job-Interviewing-Listening-Comprehension.htm

Assignment: Due before Week#12 class

We are going to have practice job interviews next week.    Please bring a piece of paper with some basic information about yourself and a job you want to apply for. Name:     Company & Position:     (e.g. Jeffco, Marketing manager) Academic, Work, Volunteer Experiences (e.g.  Salesperson and server,  Baskin Robbins, 2017~2018 ,  Pyeongchang volunteer - 2016~2017) Skills (e.g.  Fluent English speaker, basic Python coding skills, talented juggler)

Examples

• Jeff's Basic Information
• Resume Templates

Speech Mimicking 2020

Speech Mimicking  involves using a variety to techniques to copy the speaking patterns of a recorded piece of language with the goal of getting close to native speaker pronunciation and intonation.

The method includes:

• Make notes on the  transcript to indicate pauses, changes in pitch, and other speech patterns
• Read lines into Google Translate or Google Docs to check word level pronunciation
• Listen/Repeat (sentence by sentence)
• Listen/Whisper Adjust playback speed if necessary.
• Listen/ Shadow Read (turn the volume down)
• Record yourself. Listen. Circle parts that need the most improvement.
  Practice those parts.
• Try anything else you think will be helpful

Assignment:  Practice 'speech mimicking' one of the scenes below or choose your own scene. Share your audio or video recording of that scene by posting it to the Band or emailing it to bufslebow@gmail.com by May 18.

Audio file Download

From Erin Brockovich

Oh, see, now that pisses me off. First of all — since the demur, we have more than four hundred plaintiffs…and “let’s be honest”, we all know there are more out there. They may not be the most sophisticated people, but they do know how to divide, and twenty million dollars isn’t shit when you split it between them. (Erin —)
Second of all — these people don’t dream about being rich. They dream about being able to watch their kids swim in a pool without worrying that they’ll have to have a hysterectomy at the age of 20, like Rosa Diaz — a client of ours — or have their spine deteriorate like Stan Bloom. Another client of ours.
So before you come back here with another lame-ass offer, I want you to think real hard about what your spine is worth, Mr. Walker – or what you might expect someone to pay you for your uterus, Miss Sanchez — then you take out your calculator and multiply that number by a hundred. Anything less than that is a waste of our time.

More Materials Below

THE EGL113 Final Experience

EGL113 Final Experience

June 10: No Regular Class, Prep for upcoming tasks,

Optional Conferences 

June 11: EGL13-10 Talk Show, Episode#2
June 13: EGL113-11 Talk Show, Episode#2

 by June 16: Self-analysis of Talk Show should be emailed to Jeff

(EGL113-11) June 17: Short Vocab Quiz, Selfie Videos (no class June 20)

(EGL113-10) June 18: Short Vocab Quiz, Selfie Videos  (no class June 17)

June 19 and beyond: Have a great summer!


Talk Show, Take#2 (June 11/13)
You will work in the same groups you did during our first talk shows (week#14). Topics should be posted to the band by June 10 and include an overview, vocabulary words, questions, and links. Talk shows should last 5~7 minutes/person and participants should try to evenly divide ‘talk time’. Two participants should audio record the discussion, just in case there’s a technical issue.

Once your recording is posted, please (actually) listen to your own group and write self-feedback about your language usage, speaking style and group dynamics. Be as specific as possible. Was there anything different from the previous talk show? These comments can be posted on the Band post or emailed to Jeff at bufslebow@gmail.com
Due: June 16, 11:58 pm

Vocabulary Quiz (June 17/18)

A short Quiz based on vocabulary from the EGL113 Quizlet.

Selfie Videos  (June 17/18)

Either alone or in groups of 2-3, you will record video of yourselves answering three questions.

• Questions#1 and #2 will come from discussion questions we've covered during the semester.
• Question#1 you can choose beforehand and practice. Question#2 will be selected for you by Jeff.
• Question#3 will be a totally new question that we have not covered in class.

Answers to each question should last 1~2 minutes / person.
Please sign up by June 10 to indicate if you’re doing this alone or with partner(s) and what your Question#1 is. 
 Sign-up here.
Megalist of Discussion Questions

Optional Conferences (June 10~June 18)

If you would like to meet with Jeff to discuss anything about this course, your studies, and/or life, feel free to sign up. This will not affect your grade one way or another. Sign-up here by June 6.

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Talk Show & Selfie Video

• Show your best conversation skills 
• Authentic, interactive discussion 
• Preparing a few notes and/or talking points is OK, but….
• NO Monologues NO Reading NOT Memorized. NO Repeat topics 
• Speak as clearly and naturally as possible 
• Be interested and interesting . Have fun… or at least sound like you are :)

Knocking Down the House - AOC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ocasio2018/

Wikipedia:  Regular  Simple
Knock Down the House (Netflix)

Background Info

Discussion Questions

• Who are leaders (political or otherwise) that you think are inspiring?
• How do you feel about public speaking? How about one-on-one sales?
• Have you ever like someone older or more powerful was condescending to you?
• What has been your most satisfying accomplishment?
• If you were to run for political office, which issues would you focus on?
• Which politicians do you think are the most (or least) authentic? Why?
• Would you ever consider being a politician?
• Do you think your elected officials represent you well? Why or why not?
• How would you like to see elected officials look and act?

Social Media & The Social Credit System

Social Media Discussion Questions

1. Which social networking sites do you use? Why those? or why don’t you use any?
2. On which sites and apps do you rate things or give feedback?
3. How do you decide whether to ❤, 👍, or 👎 something?
4. Do you think ‘personal ratings’ are a good idea? Why or why not?
5. What about as part of the gig economy or service sites like Uber?
6. What information are you comfortable posting publicly? with sns contacts?
7. What motivates you to post things online? What do you post?
8. Does using SNS result in any stress, self-doubt, or insecurities?
9. Do you have friends that are primarily ‘online friends’?
10. What have been the most meaningful experiences you’ve had online?
11. What have been some of the worst experiences you’ve had online?
12. How much do you notice or care about who and how much people respond to your posts?
13. How do you feel about interacting with your parents and other family members online?
14. Is there any difference between the ‘real you’ and ‘social media’ you?
15. Do you know people whose real lives are very different from the life they show online?
16. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a system like the one shown in Black Mirror?
17. Do you think a system like that could/will happen in the real world?
18. (after listening to podcast)
19. What do you think of a social credit system?
20. How would you design one? What would you give + or - points for?

Vocabulary

Landlord: the person who owns the property that others rent

Lease: a contract between the owner of a property and the person renting it

tenant: A person who pays rent to live in somewhere

up for grabs: available for anyone and not yet claimed

drill down into the numbers: to do more analysis into data or statistics

trajectory: the path followed by an object moving through space

peripherals: Additional components besides the main parts of something

boost: 증대시키다, increase, raise, amplify

confined: limited, restricted

reciprocal: mutual, shared, done in return

velocity: the speed of an object in a particular direction

slow poke: someone who moves slowly

Catch you later:  See you later

to kiss ass:  to say or do nice things to someone because the are your superior and you hope to please them

unparalleled metrics:  data results that are different from all others

romantic genesis: the beginning of a romantic relationship

minor dings:  small incidents of damage

Dark Mirror: Nosedive  Episode Information

NPR The Indicator:  China's Social Credit System  (Transcript)

More podcasts

Love, Relationships, & Speed Dating

Love & Relationship Questions

1. How much time and energy do you spend thinking about love and romance?
2. Describe the character of the person you would like to date?
3. Describe the appearance of the person you would like to date?
4. What’s most important to you in a partner: appearance, money, personality, family background, ...?
5. Would you consider dating someone of a different religion and/or nationality?
6. Do you like to stay in touch with former significant others or not? Why?
7. Describe your perfect date.
8. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? If so, where did you meet your him/her? Why did you decide to date him/her? What do you like most about this person?
9. How old were you when you went on your first date?
   Where did you go?, What did you do? , Who did you go with?
10. When did you first experience ‘true love’?
11. Do you believe in love at first sight? Have you ever experienced it?
12. Who usually pays when you go out on a date? Do you ever "go Dutch" when dating?
13. What do you do (if anything) to make yourself more attractive before a date?
14. What’s the age range of someone you’d consider dating? How much older/younger?
15. What kind of pressure do you get from parents about dating (or not dating)?
16. At what age do you think it’s appropriate to start dating?
17. What advice have you received from family and friends about dating?
18. Have your parents ever disapproved of any of your relationships?
19. What are the biggest love and dating differences between you and your parents’ generations?
20. Have you ever been on a blind date? Did you ever arrange a blind date?
21. How do you feel about going on dates - excited, stressed, no big deal, …?
22. If you could go on a date with anyone, who would it be?
23. What are some of the best places to go on a date?
24. What do you like to talk about when on a date?
25. What was the most boring/interesting date you've ever been on?
26. Do you think it’s OK to kiss on a first date?
27. Do you think it’s OK to ‘ghost’ someone? Have you ever done it? Had it done to you?
28. What are the Do’s and Don’ts of texting someone you’re interested in?
29. What do you think about dating apps? Have you or people you know used them?
30. What’s the best way to meet people you want to date?
31. Would you prefer to go out with a quiet or a talkative person?
32. How does a man/woman make a good impression on a first date?
33. Would you continue dating someone you had been dating for a long time if they joined the army?  How about if they moved far away?
34. What do you think about dating a friend's ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend?
35. When should you introduce your boyfriend/girlfriend to your parents? Why?
36. Do you (or people you know) like to flirt? If so, what do you usually do? Where? With whom? How?
37. Do you definitely want to get married? If so, at what age would you like to get married?
38. What are the pros and cons of living ‘solo’ without a significant other?
39. How do you feel about same sex marriage?
40. Do you think there’s any difference between heterosexual and homosexual love?
41. Do you think it’s a good idea to cohabitate (live together) before deciding to get married?
42. Do you think men and women can be ‘just friends’ with no romantic feelings?
43. What is your favorite movie or song about love?

Speed Dating Questions

Finding out more about your date:

1. What makes you happy/sad/angry?  What makes you laugh?
2. Are you more of a city or country person?
3. How would your best friend describe you?
4. What is your dream job?  What are you career plans?
5. What color best describes your personality?
6. What are you most passionate about?
7. What do you consider your best/worst attributes?
8. When do you feel most like yourself?

Relationship Questions

9. Why did you and your last boy/girlfriend break up?
10. Do you want to have children?  How many? Why? How important is family to you?  
11. Of all the people you know, who has the best/worst relationship? Why?
12. How do you deal with disagreements in a relationship? Avoidance or confrontation?
13. What are the most important things you're looking for in a significant other?
14. Would you prefer to have a career, be a stay-at-home parent, or both?
15. Describe your perfect date.
16. Would you need/want to live with (or near) your parents after getting married?
17. In an argument between your spouse and parent, whose side would you be on?
18. What are your dating ‘red flags’ or ‘deal breakers’?
19. How do you think husbands and wives should divide housework and childcare duties?
20. How often do you want to meet/talk to/text your significant other?
21. What are your biggest hopes and concerns about getting married?

Finding out about your date's hobbies and interests:

22. What did you do last weekend?     What do you do for fun?
23. What song(s) are you listening to these days?
24. What are your favorite smells?
25. What is the last movie you saw?
26. IPhone or Samsung?  Burger or pizza? Mountain or beach? Beer or Soju? Rice or noodles?
27. Who is your hero or role model?
28. What book are you reading at the moment?
29. What is your favorite takeout meal?
30. Do you like to travel?  Where would you like to go?  What is your favorite place on Earth?

Assorted Questions:

31. If you won the lottery how would you spend your winnings?
32. What time in history would you have liked to be born in and why?
33. What is the most adventurous thing you have ever done?
34. Are you a night owl or an early bird?
35. If you have friends coming for dinner what would you cook?
36. In what ways are you unusual?
37. Do you think men and women can be ‘just friends’?\

Love & Dating Idioms

Love is blind = when you love someone, you can't see their faults

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder = beauty is subjective

Wear your heart on your sleeve = show other people how you are feeling

catch someone's eye  to be attractive to someone:"The guy at the back of the class caught my eye.

to have a crush on someone = to be consumed by a strong attraction and affection for someone

to have a soft spot for someone = to have a weakness for someone: "She has a soft spot for Richard”
to fall head over heels for someone = to completely fall in love: "He fell head over heels for her."

to be lovey-dovey = for a couple to show everyone how much they are in love:

to have eyes only for = to be attracted to one person only: "He's dropped all his old friends, now that he has eyes only for Susie."

to be smitten by someone = to be in love with someone: "I first met him at a party and from that evening on, I was smitten."

a love-nest = the place where two lovers live: "They made a love-nest in the old basement flat."

to flirt (with somebody) to behave playfully towards another person who you are - or pretend to be - attracted to romantically or sexually.  a flirt a person who likes to flirt

to hit on/come on to: to overtly show interest in someone with the intent of hooking up  - That loser is hitting on me again)

one night stand:  A physical relationship that lasts only one night.

To hook up. To become  involved in a physical relationship (possibly short-term)

To hit if off (or to click):  to get along well with someone, feel chemistry right right away

To pick someone up - to hook up with someone (usually as a one night stand)

to have a fling = a short-term romantic relationship

to get hitched/to tie the knot:  to get married

on again off again relationship. A couple that breaks up and gets back together repeatedly

to be on the rocks  a relationship that is in difficulty: " it was clear their marriage was on the rocks."

To dump or be dumped when one person end a relationship

to have a stormy relationship  a relationship with many arguments:

Love Vocabulary

adore - To like or love very much.

affection - A feeling or emotion of love or happiness. A tender feeling toward another. Fondness.

chemistry/ magic - Used to describe a feeling of love and passion.

cherish - To treat with affection and tenderness or to hold dear. Ex. I cherish our time together.

lust - Intense or unrestrained sexual craving. Ex. I lust for you.

possessive: describes a love interest interest who acts like they ‘own’ their partner

puppy love - A crush or new romance between young people.

spark - An attraction. A feeling of potential. Ex. When we first met, there was an undeniable spark.

significant other: general term for boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse (long term relationship)

PDA - public display of affection

Terms of Endearment

darling , love , pet , babe/baby , cutey pie , honey bunny, angel, sweetie, sweetheart, dear, sugar, hon

lover - A couple in love with one another; a sexual partner. Ex. You are my friend and my lover.