Phone and Video Interviews

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

Aims

Goal: perform so calmly on a phone or video interview — even when the technology fails — that the recovery itself impresses them.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: When the screen freezes

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Succeeding in Remote Interviews

    Read a 202-word text about Succeeding in Remote Interviews

  2. Reading10 min

    Reading: Model performances: three recoveries

    Read a 242-word text about Model performances: three recoveries

  3. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Remote Interview Vocabulary

    6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Handle Technical Situations

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Problems to Professional Responses

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: A Video Interview

    Role-play: You're having a video interview and need to handle both the conversation and technical challenges professionally. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: survive the broken call

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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