English File 4thE - Upper-Intermediate - Colloquial English 1 - The Interview: Ryan Judd - Part 1 — Transcript

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1. 0:04[Music]
2. 0:10what's the first thing you're looking
3. 0:11for in a candidate for a job
4. 0:14the first thing you're looking for with
5. 0:16a job candidate is enthusiasm for the
6. 0:18role
7. 0:18you're also looking for them to
8. 0:20demonstrate experience
9. 0:23relevant to the position
10. 0:25how do you get candidates to relax in
11. 0:27the interview
12. 0:28it's important to engage with the
13. 0:30candidates straight away
14. 0:32so when you collect them from reception
15. 0:34or from the front of the building
16. 0:36whatever it may be
17. 0:37you want to kind of greet them in a
18. 0:38friendly manner you want to ask them
19. 0:40some general questions just talking
20. 0:42about their journey into the interview
21. 0:44or
22. 0:46the weather or have they been to the
23. 0:47city before
24. 0:49and during the interview
25. 0:51during an interview once it has
26. 0:52commenced i will always try to start the
27. 0:55interview with some general questions
28. 0:57just to allow the candidate to talk
29. 0:58about themselves to talk about their cv
30. 1:01their background
31. 1:03and often when a candidate is talking
32. 1:05about something they know which is
33. 1:06themselves and what they've been doing
34. 1:08they're able to settle down much more
35. 1:10quickly and
36. 1:12have an element of confidence around
37. 1:14what they're talking
38. 1:16is it important for candidates to ask
39. 1:18the interviewer questions and if so what
40. 1:21kind of questions should candidates ask
41. 1:23which i was applying for questions can
42. 1:25be related to anything so i personally
43. 1:27would encourage candidates to ask
44. 1:29questions related to any aspect of
45. 1:31employment and most recruiters would
46. 1:33welcome that sort of interaction as an
47. 1:35opportunity to actually give a little
48. 1:36bit more information about the company
49. 1:42is it okay for candidates to ask about
50. 1:44the money or the salary at the interview
51. 1:47of course and candidates should be
52. 1:50honest and realistic about their
53. 1:51expectations too
54. 1:53an interview is an appropriate
55. 1:54environment to ask such a question
56. 1:56especially if salary or
57. 1:59salary banding was not identified in the
58. 2:01job advert
59. 2:04how important are cvs and covering
60. 2:06letters
61. 2:09cvs are very important to a recruiter
62. 2:11because it actually provides an overview
63. 2:14of a candidate's background their
64. 2:15employment
65. 2:17what they've been doing to date
66. 2:19but a cover letter can actually be more
67. 2:21important because that's where a
68. 2:23candidate will actually list and
69. 2:26identify how they meet the criteria for
70. 2:28the post so it allows a candidate to be
71. 2:30very specific about demonstrating what
72. 2:33skills and experience they have that
73. 2:34would be relevant and often that skill
74. 2:36and experience may be missed on a cv
75. 2:38when you're looking at a wider career
76. 2:40history
77. 2:41what's the worst thing a job candidate
78. 2:43can do when they're applying for a job
79. 2:46first thing is obviously make mistakes
80. 2:47on their application
81. 2:49that's always viewed negatively
82. 2:52depending on the role they're applying
83. 2:53for
84. 2:55also coming to an interview late coming
85. 2:57to an interview unprepared