BEP 305 – Job Interviews: Talking about Accomplishments, Part 2

Gap-Fill Dialog Completion Exercise

Listen to the dialogue again using the MP3 player on the left. You can pause the dialog at any time. As you listen, fill in the gaps with the words/phrases you hear in the dialog. Then press "Check" to see if you answered correctly. You can use the "Hint" button to get the next letter in a word. But watch out, you will lose points if you ask for too many hints!

BEP 305 - Audio

Click the play button to start listening to the dialog. You can pause the dialog at any time.

 

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BEP 87



Interviewer: Great, Yala, that previous experience. Now could you tell me a little about what you consider to be your most achievement?
Yala: Hmmm…. Let’s see. At the beginning of last year, global headquarters decided to the assessment and evaluation process for of all business units worldwide into one global Performance Management System.
Interviewer: Uh huh. So like a single system?
Yala: Exactly. It’s part of a global effort to provide a single database for human resources.
Interviewer: Sounds like a challenging project.
Yala: Yes, indeed. Especially because we only had 10 months to get it off the ground…
Interviewer: Really!
Yala: Yeah…ten months from planning to launch. My manager called a meeting, and we immediately formed a . I was placed in charge of localization and documentation, and I played a key role by analyzing and solving a number of problems.
Interviewer: Uh huh. What type of problems?
Yala: Well, for example, I anticipated that Sales and Marketing would need to know all the key indicators in advance because training on the new system wouldn’t begin until after they had already completed their planning process for 2008.
Interviewer: Sounds like a pretty issue.
Yala: Yes, and obviously a transition with sales was very important for our BU’s bottom line.
Interviewer: Uh huh.
Yala: So I collaborated with the sales division to develop sample evaluations for all sales and marketing functions. Then I with them to develop a series of pre-launch trainings to get everyone up to speed.
Interviewer: Did it work?
Yala: Yes, I’m proud to say it did. We productivity by at least 10% because of our actions. It was hard work, but we got extremely feedback throughout the whole process, and despite a few hitches, things went pretty smoothly.
Interviewer: Great. Sounds like a success.
Yala: Yes, I think my role in this project demonstrates a number of important personal qualities… being under deadline pressure, being and having long-range vision, practicing a approach… and… definitely being a good team player because so much of it required coordinating and mediating between different departments.