BEP 110 – Entrevista de Emprego Inglês: Stress Questions

BEP 110 - Entrevista de Emprego Inglês: Stress Questions

As we’ve discussed in other episodes on English job interviews, one goal of the person conducting the interview is to get you tolet your guard down.Often, after a series ofwarm-up questions,” the interviewer will give you a tough question. This will likely comeout of the blue,” that is, unexpectedly. We call these types of questionsstress questionsbecause part of the intention is to see how you react under pressure.

Common types of stress questions range from problems, such as how to solve a business case study or even a mathematics question, tobehavioral questions,” such as how to deal with imaginary work situation involving conflict or communication.

The key with this type of question is “Don’t panic!” which is the theme of this episode. We’ll be looking at strategies and language that will help you deal with this type of query coolly and calmly.

Perguntas de escuta (Good Example):

1. What is the interviewer’sstress question?”
2. What does Yala do to give herself some thinking time?
3. How does Yala answer the question?

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