English File 4thE - Upper-Intermediate - Colloquial English 1 - The Interview: Ryan Judd - Part 2 — Transcript

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1. 0:04[Music]
2. 0:08can you give us an example of some of
3. 0:10the more difficult interviews you've
4. 0:12been involved in
5. 0:13i've been in interviews where candidates
6. 0:16haven't been prepared and have not been
7. 0:19able to from the start answer some of
8. 0:21the questions
9. 0:23one particular situation was when a
10. 0:25candidate actually thought they were
11. 0:26being interviewed for something
12. 0:27completely different
13. 0:29um so again you have to actually think
14. 0:30how do you deal with that situation do
15. 0:32you stop the interview or do you carry
16. 0:33on anything else that has surprised you
17. 0:35during an interview
18. 0:39there was another situation where
19. 0:41a candidate actually produced food
20. 0:42during the interview in the middle of
21. 0:44answering a question they stopped and
22. 0:46rummaged in their bag to pull out a
23. 0:48kitkat
24. 0:50which took both myself and the
25. 0:52interviewing manager by surprise we
26. 0:54did ask an inquiries to what she was
27. 0:57doing at which point she actually
28. 0:59advised that she was a diabetic
29. 1:01and just felt at that particular moment
30. 1:03that she just needed a little
31. 1:05something to eat to to calm things which
32. 1:08was absolutely fine but again during the
33. 1:09interview when she hadn't announced
34. 1:10that's why she was doing it it was a bit
35. 1:12of a surprise
36. 1:14well not completely different how
37. 1:15important is the way a candidate dresses
38. 1:17for an interview
39. 1:20a candidate's dress for interview is
40. 1:22important because it shows how serious
41. 1:24they take the situation
42. 1:27however i would always recommend that
43. 1:29candidates would come to interview
44. 1:32in a dress that is appropriate for the
45. 1:34role they're applying for
46. 1:37in today's modern
47. 1:39recruitment environment it's not always
48. 1:41necessary for
49. 1:43a guy to wear a suit to an interview
50. 1:46however you would expect to see a shirt
51. 1:48you would expect to see a blazer you
52. 1:50would expect expect to see appropriate
53. 1:52footwear and the same for a lady as well
54. 1:57certain clothes certain types of
55. 1:59footwear would be inappropriate to come
56. 2:02into an interview and may set a
57. 2:03perception of that candidate which is
58. 2:06perhaps
59. 2:06incorrect
60. 2:08have you ever had an interview with
61. 2:10someone who was dressed very
62. 2:11inappropriately
63. 2:12i had an interview on one occasion where
64. 2:15a candidate actually arrived in tennis
65. 2:17gear a white t-shirt and shorts they'd
66. 2:20literally come straight from the tennis
67. 2:21court
68. 2:22and they had simply forgotten the
69. 2:23interview was on that day
70. 2:26had suddenly had the reminder that
71. 2:28actually they were due to be the
72. 2:29interview so i thought they would come
73. 2:30anyway as they were
74. 2:32i did see the candidate and they were
75. 2:34actually very impressive we just had to
76. 2:36move past the
77. 2:38the clothing aspect but actually it was
78. 2:40quite funny and allowed a real
79. 2:42opportunity to engage with that
80. 2:43particular candidate from the start
81. 2:45did that person get the job no
82. 2:49they didn't