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par Diego Hernández de la Torre Il y a 3 années

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Study guide

The content covers advanced grammar, including the third conditional and the use of fixed phrases combined with different tenses. It also explores modal verbs with perfect infinitives, offering examples to illustrate their correct usage.

Study guide

Study guide

Type in the name of the company you are going to have an interview with.

Unite 1

Do you fully understand what this position implies?

After you've made some research on the company, read the job description thoroughly, and try to fully understand what your responsibilities will be.

Present continous
Present perfect
Modal verb
Past participle
Key expression
Avoiding being negative

Im not saying.... it´s just that

To be fair.....

Being persuasive

The pros (definitely) outweigh the cons

I´m (fully) confident

I´m sure you ´ll agree

I´m (totally) convinced

We can´t go wrong

I´ve got / have to say (that)

Avoiding commitment

I wouldn´t go so far as to say

I can´t promise anything

It´s hard to say

Expressing doubt

I´m a bit reclutant to ....

...which makes me a bit wary

I´m Just not 100% convinced

I can´t help feelig that

I have my doubts

Reporting from another source

I gathered from

According to

I understand you

Reporting a personal observation

Whats your impression of...?

Than ...

I found it to be more of a

From what i could see

I found it to be

It all sounds very promising

Adjectives to describe people, place, experiences
unexpected
low-key
easy-going
Down to earth
Run-of-the-mill
Outspoken
Self-asured
up-and-coming
tedious
Time consuming
out-of-the -way
open-minded
Phrases to form verb + noun collocations

What do you think the main challenges will be?


Type them in.

Give you an insight
Weigh the pros and cons
Build your skills
Work both ways
Manage unknows
Form an opinion
Keep an open mind
Take your time
Read a situation
Process informaton
Keep your eyes open
Build relationship

Unite 3

Are you qualified for this position?


Interviewers will want to know whether or not you are able to do the job.

Answer the questions from this section and see if you are the right person for this position.

Speculating about futures changes

Modal verb + adverb

Must surely become

Passive voice+ Verb to be+ ing

Are wxpected to be working

Future perfect

Will have taken place

Present simple +adverb

Will only increase

Modal verb + have

Could have

Be going to

Is going to be

Future continous

Will be working

Future perfect continous

Will have been working

Future will

Will become

Ending the presentation

I´ll be happy to take any questions now

To sum up

And this is my key point

Ensuring understanding of a specialist subject

So, for example

That´s when

And i perharps here i should explain what i mean by

This is where

Well... refers to...

Now i dont know if you are familiar with...?

By..... i mean....

Just to fill you in on some of the background, ....

Signalling the next section

This brings me to

Turning to...

Ok, moving on...

Refferring forwards/ backwards/ sideways

Just to digress for a second

I´ll say more about... in a moment

As i said earlier...

I´ll return to... later.

Beggining the presentation

I´d like to start by saying...

Outlining a structure

First of all, i´ll .... After that, I ´ll .... I´ll conclude with

I have divided my talk up into

Verbs + nouns

What can you do for this job that other candidates can't? Why?

Anticipate potential difficulties/ objections
Assess performance/ a situation
Facilitate development/ growth
Meassure progress/ productivity
Exchange knowledge/ points of view
Generate ideas/ interest
Accomodate special requirements / request
Achieve targets
Phrases

Which qualities were easily observed by your colleagues and/or your former/existing boss?

Type them in.

Measure the success
Assess your progress
Exchange information
Generate enthusiasm
Facilitate futurel changes
Anticipate probems
Achieve results
Accommodate the new ideas
Words

What strengths qualify you for this job?



Example:

ambitiousgood communicatorfocuseddeterminedadaptablecuriousoptimisthard workerhonestpoliteco-operativeself motivatedenthusiasticgood leaderstrategic thinkerquick learnerflexiblegood problem solver
Option
Purpose
Effective
Access
Dynamic
Means
Putting in place
Procedures
Implement
Transform

Unite 2

Research the company

You should find and learn as much as you can about the company where you are having an interview.

The interviewer will want to see what you know about them and why you chose the company.

Doing your homework will show that you are really interested.

Grammar
Fixed phrase+ past perfect

If i only had known how reachel would react to the school-leavers proposal

Fixed phrase+past simple

Yes, but its a good thing he came to the meeting through

Modal + perfect infinitive

We should have anticipated it

Third conditional

What would have happened improving our graduate intake

Key expresion

What do you know about the company's main goal and vision?


Type in the answer.

Disagreeing/ Expressing reservation

You are absolutely right, but...

It is interesting you should say that, because actually....

Putting forwards ideas you are confident about

The obvious solution to this problem must be to...

Im sure you ´ll understand the need to...

Putting forwards ideas under consideration

Something else we have been thinking about is

We were wondering if ....

Putting forwards unpopular ideas

Im not sure what your feelings are about this, but...

You propably won´t like this idea, but...

I know you are not keen on it, but....

Asking for/ giving permission to speak

Go ahead

If i could just come in there

Could i just say something?

Would this be the right moment to mention?

Involving people

Did you want to talk about ...?

Perhaps you ´d like to talk us through...

Mannaging the discussion

I´ll get on to that in a moment

Coming back to ...

Can i suggest we come back to ....?

The purpose of today´s meeting is

So let´s get started

Fixed phrases

What can you do for this company that someone else can't?


Type in several unique traits that will turn you into the perfect candidate for the position.

put yourself in a better position
take a step backwards
go beyond the scope of
Broaden your horizons
reach a stage
grow into your role
Move horizontally
Follow less convetional paths
Muti-word verbs

Why do you want to work for this company?


Think of what you can do for them, not of what they can do for you.

stand up for
get out there
keep in with
Play the part of
stay ahead of
stand up to
propel yourself forward
stand out form
Burn out from
Come up with