- •What is friendship for you? Which personal qualities do you appreciate in your friends? Which qualities wouldn't you tolerate?
- •What is a usp? Why is it important for a new product to have a usp?
- •How would you choose the media to advertise a new product? Give an example.
- •What products are most commonly featured in adverts for children? How are they advertised?
- •What are the problems with advertising for children and how are they solved in different countries?
- •What are current issues in education? Discuss one of them.
- •Compare different systems of education with the system of education in Russia.
- •What are the reasons for going to university? How have you made your choice?
- •What are current trends in your country? How are they developing? Describe one of them.
- •What factors affect people's choice of clothes and hairstyle? What do you know about trends in fashion?
- •What is the trend concerning life expectancy? What is happening to families in Europe?
- •Choose one of modern trends and describe it.
What is friendship for you? Which personal qualities do you appreciate in your friends? Which qualities wouldn't you tolerate?
For me friendship is such kind of close relationship when you both have mutual interests of your communications, have no secrets from each other, spend a lot time together, always do some crazy things together, you ever have time to your friend, to talk with him, to meet him and so on, your friend is a person who always first of all know news about your life. But some friendship has differences. For example, for me there are three types of friendship: friendship between boys, friendship between girls and friendship between boy and girl. All what I said in the beginning is about friendship between boys. It’s a classical friendship as its described everywhere in books, magazines, on websites. Friendship between girls for me is a bit strange thing. Always it’s like friendship between boys and closer. Always girls as a friends spend all time together and talk all days and all nights non stop, but this great friendship can be just until they both like one man. And then friendship breaks down forever and beginning hypocrisy, lie and many others opposite things. And the last one is friendship between boy and girl. It’s the easiest one. For me the kind of friendship is a perfect fairytale for young people who are shy to talk about their senses. Because I thing in this kind of friendship one of them boy or girl like or love second one, or they both love each other but can’s say it. And their friendship based just on the initiative of one who fallen in love. And what about personal qualities? I can’t precisely to tell what I appreciate in my friends. I thing all, but of course we need to have similar interests, hobbies and in my friendship with girls we need to have different man of the dream. But I exactly know that I wouldn’t keep in touch with the false, silly, and lazy person.
What are the most interesting places you have visited? Describe one of them.
I very like travelling abroad, because it broadens my horizons and there I can learn a new language and meet new people. I think it’s very interesting. It’s one of my hobbies, and so I visited many interesting countries. But my favorite one is Spain and I travel there every year in spring or in the summer. And the favorite place is Barcelona. Firstly the reason why I went there the first time was that I came in new school and there was Spanish as a main language, and in the end of the first year in new school teacher propose us a studding tour in Spain, Barcelona. And I thought then “Why not?” and go. It was a love at the first sight. I love all there: the sea, our international language school, Sagrada Familia, park Guel as works of one genius man Antonio Gaudi. All china cafeterias in the city center, all city map with the huge diagonal road, which crosses the city, very big and exciting shopping centers retail network Cort Ingles, gothic quart only for pedestrians with street artists, mimes, actors, tourists, freaks, teenagers, musicians, photographers, bars, pubs, clubs, shops. In Barcelona is a perfect zoo and also there is the biggest aquarium in Europe, with crocodiles, sharks, jellyfishes, octopuses, slopes and more than one thousand kinds of fishes and sea habitants. In the suburbs of Barcelona is a great famous all over the world because of his the highest column of free fall amusement park named Port Aventura. There are many zones of attractions and other amusements divided on countries and cultures. So there you can’t just have fun, but also in the game form learn something new about different cultures. Besides that there are beautiful, many places to take photo, just to walk if you don’t like attractions, zones for children and extreme zone, theater, cinema, many bars, cafes, shops and restaurants.
What factors will you take into consideration when choosing a job?
When I choose job firstly it will be something, which I interested in at least a little bit, because it wouldn’t be productive work, if I don’t like it from the beginning and also if it’s boring. Secondly, I would see where could I work, how far will I go every day. Because if my future work will be far far away from my home, I will come furious there every day and will come exhausted at home. Thirdly, I need a flexible work graphic because of my studying at university. Next point is payment. In our days money mean a lot in life. And I think people, who always say that money isn’t the principal thing and we can live without them they all or are crazy or can’t earn enough. Everybody wants to live good and comfortable so such kind of expression sounds like something stupid. And the last but not the least is psychological and social aspects. Because a lot of things on your work depends on working collective and bosses. Without normal relationships with all of them you work always would be failed.
4. Have you ever had an interview?
If you have, what was it for? What difficult questions have you been asked? How did you feel? What was the result?
If you have not, how will you prepare for your first interview? Which tips will you try to follow? What killer questions may be the most difficult for you? How will you react?
No, I had never have an interview. I think for me as a very emotional person it will be a very stressful situation. I know any interview will be useful for me as an experience of communication skills, but I will prepare as good as I can. Also my answers and my emotional level will depends on person with whom I will have an interview. Of course I will carefully select clothes, will not to do bright make up, will think about what questions my future employer can ask me and prepare approximate answers. I think I will not try to follow any tips, I will better hold all in my mind. Killer questions for me can be any personal questions, which are not connecting with the work, but for moments like this I always have one answer: “What relation it has to the work? Sorry, but I think it doesn’t influence on my working qualities.” And all questions, which connect with my future job can’t be a kind of killer questions, because I trust in my knowledge in advertising sphere.
Why do some companies organize English language training for their staff? What kinds of programs can be offered? How can such programs affect the company's performance?
I think the main reason why do many companies now organize English language training courses is that English is the most popular international language, on this language speak approximately about half people all over the world. May be they speak on English not as their native language, but they do. And so every company wants to be an international, wants to come on the international market for earn more money, to become famous, well-known, prestige and so on. And for this the most part of company’s staff need to communicate with another’s company staff. Here we will always have language barrier of communications and to hide or prevent it all staff should know international language on high level to carry on negotiations. And about kinds of programs I think the most famous is short, fast and effective language courses with the native speaker. Because every company’s boss will trains his staff the best of all, but in the fastest and the cheapest way.
What advertising methods do you know? What are the most common ways of advertising nowadays?
Because I study on advertiser I know the history of advertising and many advertising methods. For example, most advertising in ancient times was word-of-mouth and putting inscriptions on walls. Also in ancient times in Rome and Greece it was common for people to use papyrus. It always used to advertise things people lost or found or as a posters to advertise political campaigns. In ancient times in Asia, Africa and South America the traditional way of advertising was wall or rock painting. In 15th century was developed printing and this increased the forms of advertising. Were appeared handbills – small printed notices and advertisements. In 17th century in England become in trend advertising in weekly newspapers and in 19th century mail order catalogues. And nowadays advertisement has some definitely new ways of promoting products. For example, product placement as an advertising in TV programs or movies and a TV commercials as a short special movies or cartoons between the TV programs. And also there is one more very interesting way of advertising it’s endorsement as a getting well-known personalities to promote a product.