Hiring Conversations
Aims
Goal: run a behavioural interview — one 'tell me about a time' opener, three digging follow-ups — then deliver an evidence-based debrief separating must-haves from nice-to-haves.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: Interview like you mean it
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: Conducting Effective Interviews
Read a 317-word text about Conducting Effective Interviews
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Hiring Conversations Vocabulary
8 items
- Reading10 min
Reading: A model behavioural sequence — and the debrief
Read a 344-word text about A model behavioural sequence — and the debrief
- Practice7 min
Practice: Practice: Complete the Hiring Sentences
Gap-fill exercise, 5 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Turn hypotheticals into behavioural questions
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: Role Play: Conducting a Culture-Fit Interview
Role-play: You are interviewing a promising candidate for a senior developer position, focusing on culture fit and how they work in a startup environment. (4 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Your mission: interview and debrief
3 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
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