1. He looks quite good on paper.

2. I’m sure he’s very sound.

3. We must have someone who can communicate.

4. Let’s have the next one in.

5. Tell me about your present job.

6. We have a network of IBM PCs and compatibles.

7. Suppose you do join our company.

8. You’re quite sure about that?

9. You think your track record will help you?

10. Because all those things are my career!

11. I can apply that knowledge equally well to banking or machine automation.

12. I’d like to know a little more about the group I would be working with.

Listening

^T6

1. Joe Andrews and Pilar Soto have just finished interviewing someone for the post of Divisional Software Engineering Manager. Listen to what they say.

a) Do you think Mr. Schultz is likely to get the job?

b) Can you reproduce the words that Pilar used to characterize Mr. Schultz?

^T7

2. Joe Andrews and Pilar Soto now interview Carlos Vila. Listen to what they say.

1. Do you think Pilar is satisfied with Carlos’s answer?

2. Do you remember the words in which Pilar explained her request to Carlos?

^T8

3. Listen to what Joe Andrews, Pilar Soto and Carlos Vila say now.

1. Is Joe impressed by Carlos?

2. Can you reproduce the phrase that Joe uses to characterize Carlos’s career?

3. Do you remember the words in which Joe disagrees with Carlos’s view of his future?

^T9

4. Carlos Vila is answering Joe Andrews’s criticisms. Listen to what they say.

1. Does Carlos succeed in changing Joe’s view of his career?

2. Can you reproduce the phrase that Joe uses to agree with what Carlos says about his frequent changes of job?

3. Can you reproduce the words in which Carlos shows that he understands Joe’s point of view?

4. In what way does Carlos show his confidence in receiving the job?

5. Do you remember the words that Polar uses to bring the interview to an end?

^T10

5. Listen to this conversation. It practices some of the structures and phrases you have heard in this unit.

1. Listen again and speak the part of the applicant.

2. Now speak the part of the interviewer.

Role-play

Working in pairs, play the roles of an applicant and an interviewer at any of the businesses operating in your region.

Reading and writing

1. Another applicant who is being interviewed is Angela Robbiani, from Italy. Read an extract from her c.v.

May 1997-July 2000 Assistant Data Services Manager, Globe Insurance Brokers (London) Ltd. The Data Services Department had a staff of ten, out of a total staff in the London office of 150. The company had a turnover, in 2000, in the region of US$20m. I was responsible, under the Data Services Manager, for a staff of seven and for the functioning of all data processing services within the company and all data communication. In 2000 I also planned and supervised the installation of new equipment and software, and organized training courses for all employees. August 2000-present Computer Manager, del Conte Financial Services, Geneva. Del Conte is a small, but successful, firm of financial and investment consultants. There are six partners and about seventy support staff, ten of whom report to me. We have clients in most European countries, North America and Japan. I am responsible for maintaining the firm’s data processing system, which is in contact throughout the day and night with the world’s major stock exchanges and money markets. I also maintain the software which processes portfolio values, clients’ accounts, etc. Current earnings, about $90,000 including bonuses, plus company accommodation and allowances.

insurance broker – страховий брокер; turnover – оборот, обіг; to supervise - наглядати, керувати; installation – монтаж; support staff – технічний персонал; to report to – бути підзвітним (комусь); to maintain – підтримувати, обслуговувати; throughout the day and night – цілодобово; stock exchange – фондова біржа; portfolio values – вартість інвестиційного портфеля; account – рахунок; earnings – заробіток; accommodation - житло.

2. Joe Andrews has a printed form, which he and Pilar Soto use to help them choose whom to interview.

NAME	QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
	Degree in computing
Carlos Vila
Angela Robbiani

Using your notes of qualifications and experience Joe and Pilar are looking for in the new software manager (which you made under the headings ‘essential’ and ‘desirable’ in Unit 4), fill in the form with details of Carlos Vila and Angela Robbiani. Write the qualifications and experience first the most important, then the less important.