BEP 343 – Entrevista inglesa: Entrevista conductual de segunda ronda

BEP 343 - Entrevistas inglesas: 2nd Round Behavioral Interview in English

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on second round entrevistas en ingles.

You may know all about the basic Preguntas de la entrevista de trabajo en inglés. And you might be comfortable talking about your basic qualifications and experience. But most companies don’t stop the selection process after one round of interviews. They create a shortlist and invite a few outstanding candidates back for a second interview.

En muchos casos, that second interview is what we call a behavioral interview. Interviewers will ask questions about how you acted or reacted to challenges in past work, and how you dealt with or adapted to different situations. De este modo, they can find out whether you have the right attitude, approach, and abilities for the job.

The behavioral interview is a special opportunity to demonstrate soft skills, such as leadership, or how you take a principled approach to problems. You might also want to show that you can remain calm in conflict. En muchos casos, the STAR approach can help shape your responses. This is when you describe four things: the situation, the task, the action, and the result. And in this kind of Entrevista en ingles, you have to be careful, because some interviewers will try to give you leading questions to get you to reveal mistakes or problems.

En el dialogo de hoy, we’ll hear Kat, who is applying for a job with a private healthcare company. She is being interviewed by Denise. Denise is asking Kat some tough behavioral questions, and Kat is doing a good job of demonstrating some important soft skills.

Preguntas de escucha

1. What example does Kat give of how she showed leadership and went above and beyond?
2. What situation does Kat describe in response to a question about an unpopular decision?
3. What attitude or attribute does Kat demonstrate when describing a situation of conflict?

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BEP 342 – Entrevista inglesa: 2Entrevista técnica redonda en inglés

BEP 342 - Entrevistas inglesas: Second Round Technical Interview in English

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on succeeding in a technical entrevista en ingles.

While we have lots of lessons on job entrevistas en ingles, nearly all of them are about the first round of an interview, or the initial screening interview. If you succeed at that, you’ll get called back for a second interview. And it’s the Entrevista en ingles skills for these 2nd round interviews we want to look at now. Hoy, we’ll focus on the technical interview. And in the next lesson, we’ll look at the behavioral interview.

Just like any interview, preparation for a technical interview is key. And you can think beforehand about how you might show things like innovative experience or a learning attitude. You might also decide to highlight certain attributes that you think are beneficial, like being a team player.

But what about the problem-solving part of the technical job interview? Can you actually prepare for every possible problem? No, you can’t. But remember that the purpose is not to trick you, or make you feel stupid. The interviewers just want to see how you approach problems. So it’s important for you to start by clarifying the question, and then clearly explaining your solution.

En el dialogo de hoy, we’ll hear a software developer named Kevin, who’s doing a technical interview for a new job. Kevin not only has to face questions about his experience, but he also has to explain a solution to a technical problem. He’s being interviewed by Mick. We’ll hear how Kevin navigates the interview.

Preguntas de escucha

1. What kind of experience does Kevin demonstrate when he talks about an exciting project he worked on?
2. Besides having a happy client, why was the project so successful?
3. When Mick gives Kevin a technical problem, what is the first thing Kevin does?

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925 Lección de ingles 14 – Cómo hablar sobre tu carrera

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En el de hoy 925 lección de ingles, we’re going to learn English for talking about your career.

Your education is an important part of your background. And there are lots of situations where you might talk about where you went to school and what you studied. A job interview is an obvious one, but you might also talk about your education in casual conversation.

925 Inglés is a new series of English lessons for beginners. 925 Las lecciones de inglés se centran en frases y expresiones en inglés que puede utilizar en el trabajo y los negocios.. Cada 925 English lesson features English expressions you can use in different situations and tips on why and how we use them in Inglés de negocios.

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BEP 291 – Habilidades de entrevista en inglés 3: Metas y expectativas

BEP 291 - Inglés para entrevistas de trabajo 3: Career Goals and Expectations

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on talking about your goals and expectations in a job interview.

en un entrevista de trabajo en inglés, you’ll surely have to answer questions about your experience and your background. And you’ll be trying to convince the interviewers that you’re the person they are looking for. But what are you looking for? And how does the job you’re applying for fit into your plans?

Your goals and expectations matter. Interviewers want to know that you’re the right fit for each other. So you should be prepared to talk about your plans and what you’re looking for. You should also be ready to talk about the industry, and about the company you’re hoping to work for.

Today we’ll learn some of the techniques and language you can use to talk about your goals and expectations in an Entrevista de trabajo en ingles. We’ll look at how to answer a question about career goals, and to answer a negative question. We’ll also cover how to show knowledge about the industry and ask good questions about the company. Y finalmente, we’ll look at how to give salary expectations and talk about your intangible priorities, which means what you’re looking for besides money and benefits.

En el diálogo, we’ll rejoin Ryan, who’s interviewing for a job at a software company. He’s being interviewed by Sandra and Victor, who want to know about Ryan’s goals and expectations.

Preguntas de escucha

1. What is Ryan’s career goal?
2. What question does Ryan ask about the company?
3. What are Ryan’s salary expectations?

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BEP 290 – Habilidades de entrevista en inglés 2: Manejo de preguntas difíciles

BEP 290 - Inglés para entrevistas de trabajo: Dealing with Difficult Questions

Hola y bienvenido de nuevo a Business English Pod. Mi nombre es edwin, and I’ll be your host for today’s lesson on dealing with difficult questions in a job interview.

En un Entrevista en ingles, even simple questions about your experience and background can be difficult to answer well. Even though you’ve done your preparation, you might feel nervous or uncomfortable. Y entonces, to make it even more challenging, the interviewer asks you a difficult question.

Seguro, everyone expects the question about a personal weakness. That’s one that you need to have a good answer for. But you might also get a range of other difficult questions that you can’t prepare for. And so you need to think on your feet and give the best answer you can.

Today we’ll look at some of the techniques and language for interview English you can use when faced with these difficult questions. We’ll learn how to answer hypothetical questions and leading questions. We’ll also cover softening language for talking about a weakness and stalling for time with a difficult question. Y finalmente, we’ll look at how to explain how you’re different from other candidates and how to connect an idea back to an earlier idea.

En el diálogo, we’ll rejoin Ryan, Sandra, and Victor. Ryan is interviewing for a job at a software company, while Sandra and Victor are giving him some difficult questions to deal with.

Preguntas de escucha

1. How does Ryan answer the question about what he “would” do in a certain situation?
2. How does Ryan describe his weakness?
3. What does Ryan think makes him different from other people?

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