This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast series on talking about your accomplishments in job interviews.

We’ll be listening to a bad and good version of a recent graduate discussing his greatest accomplishment. In this episode we’ll focus on language for providing examples of the positive personal characteristics that our previous success demonstrates. Then, in Part 2 of this series, we’ll hear another good example of someone with more job experience, and we’ll examine a four-part structure for telling our success stories.

Listening Questions:

1) Does Alex put his success into an organized, articulate story?

Not realy. He focuses on details that are irrelevant to his interviewer rather than on those that draw attention to his positive personal attributes.

2) Does he present his accomplishment in a way that provides examples of skills and qualities that will be useful at his new job?

He has done a poor job of providing examples of how his experience demonstrates relevant skills and characteristics. For instance, he has not discussed how completing his Master’s thesis demonstrates qualities or personal characteristics that would be useful to his employer.

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