Dialogue area

Read and translate the following dialogues.

***I***

HR Manager: Good morning. I’m a personnel manager. Please, take a seat.

Job Seeker: Good morning. Thank you.

HR M: You sent a CV for a manager vacancy. Have you worked as a manager before?

JS: Yes, I had some experience. I worked for four months with Brown and Co.

HR M: What are your best personal and professional qualities relevant to the job?

JS: I’m reliable, well-organized and initiative. PC user. Fluent in German.

HR M: How do you work in a team? Are you a team player?

JS: I enjoy working with people. In my last position I worked with five other people and we shared the responsibilities well.

HR M: What motivates you in terms of work?

JS: I would like to gain some experience and then go on to do an MBA.

HR M: What do you consider your weakness is? JS: I am too self-critical and demanding and may be quite stubborn at times.

HR M: Yes, well, thank you. I see, now…Can you start on Monday at 9 sharp?

***II***

HR M: Please, take a seat. We received your resume last week. Your credentials are excellent!

JS: Thank you!

HR M: So, you worked for an insurance company. What were your duties there?

JS: At first I assisted the vice president of corporate sales. I did most of his legwork for him and took care of all the administrative duties.

HR M: I see you were promoted twice.

JS: Yes, currently I’m a regional sales representative.

HR M: May I ask why you want to leave your present employer after all this time?

JS: The position you advertize offers me the opportunity to move into a managerial position. I believe this is the right step at this point of my career.

HR M: We will discuss your application with my colleagues and call you next week.

JS: Thank you.

***III***

HR M: Hello. How are you doing today? Did you have any trouble finding the office?

JS: Hello. I'm fine, thank you, and I had no trouble at all getting here.

HR M: Great. Well let's get started. Tell me a little about your educational background.

JS: So, I graduated from UCLA in 2008, with a Bachelors degree in journalism. After that I enrolled in NYU's master's program for journalism, graduating in 2011.

HR M: I see. Now, how about your work experience?

JS: After I left NYU, I worked for a year at the Daily Newspaper. From there I moved to San Francisco and was employed by the Bay Area Chronicle, covering local and state politics.

HR M: What was the biggest story you covered while you were there.

JS: I covered several that I thought were important, but I would have to say the investigative piece I did on the cover-up of the governor's staff involvement in the embezzlement of education funds was the biggest.

HR M: What have you been doing since you left?

JS: Mainly taking care of our baby. But now I'm ready to go back to work.

HR M: What brought you to Denver?

JS: My husband’s company transferred him here last month.

HR M: Why did you apply here? Denver has three daily newspapers to choose from.

JS: I felt that this paper is better suited for my conservative thinking, my unique writing style, and my diverse areas of interest when covering political news.

HR M: Thank you. We'll make a selection in a couple of days and will give you a call.