회화와 문법을 동시에 공부하는 Everyday English VOA 매일영어 진행에 이은경입니다. 오늘은 영어 면접에서 흔하게 물어보는 예상 질문들 어떤 것들이 있는지 알아보고 어떻게 대답하면 좋을지 예시 답변까지 준비해 보겠습니다. 대화를 통해 영어 인터뷰 들어보시죠.

A: Hello, John. Welcome to the show.

J: Good to be here again.

A: Today, we will do role-playing. I will be your interviewer, and you will be an interviewee.

J: Am I looking for a job?

A: Yes, let’s pretend you are looking for a job.

J: Okay. Before we do role playing, I want to give our audience a little time to think about what kind of questions they might have to answer.

A: That’s a good idea. And you need time to think about the answers too. It’s been a long time since we’ve had to fill out a resume.

J: It’s been ages. However it’s pretty obvious the first question an interviewer will ask a person is

A: I know: Tell me about yourself.

J: Yes. A similar question will be, “Walk me through your resume”. It doesn’t mean you tell the interviewer exactly same thing you wrote. You use the resume to explain your strong points.

A: And the length, it should be less than a minute. You should be brief and clear.

J: Another must question you have to prepare for is, “Why do you want to work for this company?” Unfortunately, we can’t give you that answer.

A: But we can say, that you should have researched the company you want to work for.

J: Right, so you can start with a sentence like, Your Company is doing this, and I can contribute my skills to this area.

A: John, tell me about your strength and weakness.

J: My strength is good communication skills and problem-solving skills; my weakness is sometime I’m too critical to my work.

A: Excellent. You are hired.

J: Thank you. I want free parking and free lunches. Now I want to mention, when they ask a question like what’s your weakness, you can’t say I don’t have a weakness. I know you want to present yourself perfectly but we all know that nobody’s perfect.

A: Very good point. Another good example for weakness will be I’m too much of a perfectionist. Or I work too hard.

J: Yes, this kind of weakness is still a weakness but the company may like to hear that you are a hard working person.

A: And when you mention your weakness, don’t stop there. Mention that you are trying to fix your weakness.

J: Right, that way you can show that you acknowledge your weakness and you already know how to fix your problem and you are working on it. And you see progress.

A: Okay. Let’s spend little more time to prepare what to say about your strength. Could you give different answer for “Tell me your strength?”

J: Sure, my strength is I’m a team player. I can work with anybody. I have good social skills. I have multitasking skills. I’m very good at organizing. I can work under any conditions. I can handle my work even under pressure or a deadline.

A: Okay. Let’s move to another question. How do you handle stress?

J: Well we can’t avoid stress, I use stress as a motivator. After I overcome the stress, I get a more satisfying feeling. And of course exercise always helps.

A: Here’s another difficult question, why did you leave your last job?

J: Yes, you have to be honest about the reason why you left the previous job. However, never talk negatively about your previous company.

A: You can say I left my company for a better opportunity.

J: Or I was no longer challenged. I didn’t feel I could grow with the company. However, I saw great opportunity with this company and I think I can give all my talent and experience to this company and we can grow together.

A: Thank you for your time John. Any questions for me?

J: Thank you for the opportunity. What might be the next step after the interviewing process?

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