Asking Smart Questions

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minInterview PreparationLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: be the candidate who asked the best question the interviewer heard all week — a bank of twelve ready questions and the judgement to pick three.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Do you have any questions for us?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Your questions are part of the interview

    Read a 152-word text about Your questions are part of the interview

  2. Reading10 min

    Reading: The question bank: twelve you can steal

    Read a 241-word text about The question bank: twelve you can steal

  3. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Interview Question Vocabulary

    6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Interview Questions

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Interview Questions

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Asking Your Questions

    Role-play: The interviewer has finished their questions and asks if you have any questions for them. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the best question they heard all week

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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