Common Interview Questions
Aims
Goal: a complete, ready answer for the six questions almost every interviewer asks — six model answers you can adapt, plus one structure that handles anything they invent.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: The questions you know are coming
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: Six questions, one real question
Read a 133-word text about Six questions, one real question
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Professional Qualities Vocabulary
6 items
- Framework6 min
Framework: Claim – Proof – Connect
Claim – Proof – Connect, 3 steps
- Reading10 min
Reading: Model answers: strength, weakness, why this job
Read a 321-word text about Model answers: strength, weakness, why this job
- Reading10 min
Reading: Model answers: five years, why hire you, why leaving
Read a 362-word text about Model answers: five years, why hire you, why leaving
- Practice7 min
Practice: Match Questions to Answer Strategies
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Complete the Interview Answers
Gap-fill exercise, 5 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: The six-question round
Role-play: A first interview for a job you actually want — the interviewer works through the classic questions. (4 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Build your answer bank
3 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
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