2. Change the following sentences into passive and vice versa.

1. The job interview gives both of them a chance to learn more about each other.

2. The interviewer will initiate the conclusion of the interview.

3.Some general questions are asked.

4.The interviewer reviews the CV, looks through references and asks questions about the applicant’s previous or present job.

5. This is done to evaluate the applicant’s ability to communicate efficiently.

6.An applicant for the job is shortlisted by a HR manager.

3. In the extract, an interviewer speaks about the stages of an interview. Read about what he says and complete the chart below.

Interviewer is informed that the candidate has arrived.

3. C andidate is asked what he or she knows about the job and the company.

5. Interviewer gives candidate his views on the job and the company.

6.

7.

The interview normally takes place by me being informed that the candidate has arrived, in which case I leave my office and go and greet him in the reception area and bring him personally into my office and sit him across my office desk to me, and we proceed. I normally start by asking the candidate to tell me what - since he’s previously been probably through two or three other interviews - what the job is that he’s being expected to do, just to make sure that he understands fully. Then I ask him to tell me a little bit about the company that we’re working for, so that he at least understood exactly what we do or the basics of what we do anyway, then I normally review his CV, and in particular either his previous employment or his current employment which is very important. Basically this is done to try to draw the candidate out, see how good he is at expressing himself, and to see what kind of character he is. Then I normally give him my view of what the position is that we’re recruiting for and also my view about the company, then I normally give him a period of 5 to 10 minutes to ask some questions. Then I go back to him and just talk about him, and maybe then when he’s fully relaxed, or more relaxed, put in a few of the trickquestions, not a few, I would say usually normally one or maybe two maximum.

4.Look at the questions that the interviewer uses during an interview. In which section of the interview would each question appear?

A. Have you ever been in a situation in which you lost your temper?

B. What sorts of projects did you work on during your time with them?

C. What do you know about our recent acquisition in Latin America?

D. Did you have any trouble finding our building?

E. How do you deal with difficult people?

F. Which of the options that you took at University was the most

interesting?

G. How ambitious are you?

H. Are there any questions that you’d like to ask me?

5. Read the first extract and think how you would act in a situation like this.

Killer questions

When it comes to interview questions, it pays to expect the unexpected. This is a true story of one candidate’s experience. This is how interviewers greeted him:

“We’ve been interviewing candidates all morning and we’re getting bored. Do something to impress us.”Then the interviewers got out their newspapers and started reading them.

The candidate said, “Well, I’ve been waiting in this office for more than two hours because you’ve been running late. Actually I’m not impressed by your organization and not sure I want to work for you.

Goodbye.”

The interviewee walked out, was invited back the next day and wasoffered the job.

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