Learning activity 4

Evidence: Job interview

Imagine you are applying for a new job. Below you will find some common job
interview questions. For this evidence, you have to record yourself while you
answer them. Dress up. Look professional. Pay attention to your body language.
Show you really want to get that job. Remember to use the grammar structures
and vocabulary you have practiced within this learning activity.

Fuente: Fotolia (s.f.)

1. If you could start your career over again, what would you do differently?

RT: If I could go back and do it again I would put a lot more effort into my first
internship with a local real estate agency and seek my license as soon as
possible. Remember the lesson, children: show up enthusiastically and work
hard at first. There is no downside to this - and you do not know what
opportunities will come out of it.

2. During your performance reviews, what criticism do you hear the most?

RT: Not knowing how to respond well to the question they are asking me
3. Tell me about your last position?

RT: My last position was good, since I was working as an occupational health
assistant and they paid me very well.

4. What is your work philosophy?

RT: My work philosophy is about attitudes, they are important at the same time as
they predispose to the final success, however the changes that are experienced
from the beginning practically always move towards a very positive attitude.
When you improve your image and your internal state you not only feel better
about yourself but also with others.

5. How have you changed professionally speaking in the last two years?

RT: I have changed in being more perfectionist in everything I do, in putting

everything of myself so that things always go out in the best way possible.

6. Tell me about the best manager you have ever had.

RT: My manager was very excellent, he was flexible in everything. As long as one
shows results according to the work one was doing.

7. What were the most memorable accomplishments in your last position?

RT: I was always considered very judicious, responsible and dedicated to my

things. The achievements that I obtained were recognitions according to the
punctuality, the good performance that I exercised when I was in the company.

8. Why do you want to leave your current job?

RT: Because they offered me a good job offer and paid me more than I earned
earlier

9. In your previous position, how much time did you spend learning how to do
things better?

RT: Every day that passed one learned many things, and especially to do them in
the best way possible, that is like the daily bread.

10. If youre very happy with your current job, why do you want to leave?
RT: Because they pay me more than I am earning and because I have the
opportunity to continue studying.

When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform as
follows:

1. Click on the title of this evidence.

2. Click on Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make sure
the file is attached.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
4. Click Enviar.

Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de evaluacin
Usa el vocabulario relacionado con carreras y empleos teniendo en cuenta el
contexto requerido.

Intercambia informacin personal para postularse a un empleo teniendo en

cuenta la estructura gramatical y vocabulario requeridos.

Describe caractersticas personales teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y

contexto requerido.

Utiliza verbos compuestos teniendo en cuenta la estructura gramatical

requerida.

References

Fotolia. (s.f.). Business associates shaking hands in office. Consultado el 17 de

Octubre de 2014, en http://co.fotolia.com/id/63781536