Business skills: Interviews

Business skills: Interviews

By Mariana Arias

use a range of questions and phrases for different stages of an interview

Why do organizations hold interviews?

In your last interview, what went well? what didn't go well?

What did you learn? How can you improve?​

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tips for preparing for an interview.

1. Prepare answers for possible questions​​

Improvise answers for questions asked

2. There's no need to ask questions. Just focus on getting the job.

Interviews are two way: prepare questions to ask

3. Give long, detailed answers to all questions

Give short concise answers when possible. ​

Listen to two job interviews

DISCUSS

What was different about ​the way John and Max answered the interviewer's questions?

​What can you learn from this?

​John hasn't worked in a regional sales team before but lists his transferable skills. Which skills does he say he has?

How does Sue help John feel comfortable at the beginning of the second interview?

Who is more suitable for the job? Why? ​

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A. BEGINNING OF THE INTERVIEW

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B. ​DEALING WITH QUESTIONS.

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C. ​ASKING QIESTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OR ORGANIZATION.

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D. ​ENDING THE INTERVIEW

​Could you tell me more about ...?

Can I speak to ​some of the people I would be working with?

​There are two ways to answer your question.

​What are the next steps?

​I haven't had that exact experience. However...

Thank you very much ​for taking the time to talk to me today.

​When can I expect to hear from you?

Match the sentences with each category

Job description

We are looking for people with a driver’s license who regularly drive to join us in an innovative and interesting project to improve Artificial Intelligence and technology (i.e., autonomous driving, bounding boxes, input methods, data labelling, or other areas of human-machine interaction related to driving).

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As a Data Annotator for the Artificial Intelligence Division, your main task will be to classify, sort, label, and annotate data.

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Job requirements

• Must have a driver’s license of the country in question, and must regularly drive at least 3 times a week.

• Expert proficiency in the following languages is a must: English

• Great English comprehension skills are required (tests and training materials are in English as well as the data to be annotated/edited)

You also need to be:

• eligible to work in the country in question

• detail-oriented and not afraid of repetitive tasks

• a team player!