do you get nervous before job interviews?
if you do, don't worry, we're going to
help calm your nerves
by giving you some phrases to sound even
better than a native during your job
interview. I'm Emily from ChatterFox and
during this video you're going to learn
exactly what to say during your job
interview in English. so to begin let's
meet Anna. Anna is a graphic designer
from Brazil and she wants to interview
for a full-time job here at ChatterFox
so Anna is nervous for her interview but
she has been studying a lot of natural
expressions in English and English
pronunciation so she is ready for her
interview. so let's take a look at what
anna says in her interview with the
hiring manager at ChatterFox, Kathy. Hi
Anna I'm Kathy the hiring manager here
at ChatterFox, how are you? it's nice to
meet you Kathy, thank you so much for
taking the time to interview me today.
sure thing, please take a seat. thank you.
did you catch what Anna said to Kathy at
the beginning of the interview? Ana's
said it's nice to meet you Kathy. thanks
so much for taking the time to interview
me today. it's nice to meet you Kathy.
thanks so much for taking the time to
interview me today. this is a great
phrase to use at the beginning of your
interview, it's very formal and very
polite so let's practice it together to
get the correct word stress on this
phrase. so when you practice with me I
want you to use your hand to stress the
important words of the sentence, just
like I do, it's nice to meet you Kathy
thanks for take
time to interview me today. great, so
let's practice that again the words will
appear on the screen the stressed words
will be in red. it's nice to meet you
thanks so much for taking the time to
interview me today. it's nice to meet you
thanks, so much for taking the time to
interview me today. it's nice to meet you
thanks so much for taking the time to
interview me today. great job, so now
let's take a look at the first thing
that the hiring manager Kathy asks
during her interview. sure thing please
take a seat thank you so Anna tell me a
little bit about yourself okay so I'm
originally from Brazil and I've been in
the United States about five years now
and I have about three years of
experience as a freelance designer now
I'm looking for a full-time job as a
graphic designer
Oh Brazil nice I've always wanted to
visit there. oh yeah you should it's
beautiful. yeah hopefully someday
did you catch Kathy's question and Ana's
reply to her question. Kathy asked tell
me a little bit about yourself. tell me a
little bit about yourself. this is a very
common way to start an interview in
English because it's the hiring managers
way of getting to know you a little bit
better before you start the interview
however the hiring manager is probably
wondering about your professional life
not about your personal life so it's a
good idea to answer this question by
talking about your background
professionally. for example where you
come from maybe what you studied and
your professional experience it may not
be a good idea to talk about your
personal life
such as what you like to do for fun or
how many kids you have
so Susan's response to this question was
perfect. Susan talked a little bit about
herself and where she's from. what she
said was .okay so I'm originally from
Brazil and I've been in the United
States about five years now I have about
three years of experience as a freelance
graphic designer and now I'm looking for
a full time job in graphic design. so now
let's practice this phrase using the
correct word stress and I will use
myself as an example so the words will
appear in the screen again with the
stressed words in red. okay so I'm
originally from Michigan and I've been
in DC for about eight years now I have
seven years of experience as a teacher
and now I'm looking for a job as a
school principal. okay so I'm originally
from Michigan and I've been in DC for
about eight years now. I have seven years
of experience as a teacher and now I'm
looking for a job as a school principal
so there are a few things about this
phrase that I want to point out that you
can use to make you sound a little more
natural when you're speaking in English
the first thing I want to point out is
at the beginning of the sentence when
Ana says: okay so, okay so, this is a good
way to start a sentence to make it sound
more conversational instead of like a
robot. the other important part of this
expression that I wanted to point out
was the use of the word "now" at the end
of the expression. I've been in the
United States for about five years now
I've been in the United States for about
five years now. the use of the word "now"
at the end of this phrase makes it sound
a little more natural and conversational
than simply saying I've been in the
United States for five
so now let's practice this expression
using your own information for your job
interview. so tell me a little bit about
yourself. okay so I'm originally from and
I've been in the United States for about
years now. I have about years of
experience as a .... and now I'm looking for
a ...... great job. now you can tell a hiring
manager about yourself even better than
a native are you ready to see the rest
of Ana's interview with ChatterFox's
hiring manager. great let's take a look
so tell me Ana why do you want to work
for ChatterFox. well I'm interested in
working for ChatterFox because I like
your mission of helping people speak
better than a native and I also see a
lot of opportunity for growth at ChatterFox
in the long term. okay great I'm glad
to hear you're thinking about staying
here long term we love holding on to
good people
did you catch Kathy's next question to
Ana? Kathy's next question was why are
you interested in working at ChatterFox
fluency why are you interested in
working at ChatterFox fluency? and
Susan's response was: well I'm interested
in working for ChatterFox because I
like your mission of helping people
speak better than a native and I also
see a lot of opportunity for growth at
ChatterFox in the long term. okay so
there are a few expressions that Ana
uses in her answer to this question that
make her sound even better than a native
the first one is: I like your mission of,
I like your mission of helping people
speak better than a native. this is a great
way to let the hiring manager know that
you first of all know about the company
and second of all feel some kind of
passion about the work that they're
doing. so let's practice a few more
examples and then you'll practice with
your own information for your next job
interview. I like your mission of
providing healthy products to people. I
like your mission of giving financial
services to diverse communities.
I like your mission of developing new
technologies to help people. okay now
it's your turn
say it with me but with your own
information for your next job interview
I like your mission of .... great job. now
let's take a look at the second part of
Ana's response to this question about
why do you want to work for a ChatterFox
fluency. Ana's said I see a lot of
opportunities for growth at ChatterFox
in the long term. I see a lot of
opportunities for growth here so this is
a great phrase to use because it
communicates to the hiring manager that
you want to stay at the company for the
long term.
hiring managers love to keep great
employees at the company for a long time
so when you use this phrase you
communicate that you want to stay at the
company for a long time. so let's
practice this phrase together to get the
word stressed correctly I see a lot of
opportunities for growth here. I see a
lot of opportunities for growth here. I
see a lot of opportunities for growth
here. great, now you can answer that
question even better than a native so
let's take a look at the next question
that Kathy asks to Anna. ok so Anna my
last question for you is why should we
hire you?? okay well I think I'm a good
match for this position because I have a
lot of experience with similar projects
and I'm a team player
so I think I will work well
your current team. well that is great to
hear, we need people to work as a team
here at ChatterFox. did you catch the
next question, the next question was why
should we hire you? why should we hire
you? and Ana's response was perfect. Ana's
said okay well I think I'm a good match
for this position because I have a lot
of experience with similar projects and
I'm a team player so I think I will work
well with your current team. so there are
a few key phrases in Ana's response that
make you sound even better than a native
when you say them at the job interview
the first one is this term: good match
good match means that the company is a
good fit for you and you're also a good
fit for the company. okay now it's your
turn say this phrase with your own
information, I think I'm a good match
because .... great job
the next phrase that Ana uses that's
great for an interview is the phrase
"team player" she says she is a team
player which means that she's willing to
work well with others and collaborate
hiring managers love team players
because they are always great assets for
a company when they have to work
together with other people so if you
want to market yourself to the hiring
manager you should use this term: team player
I am a team player. great so now
let's take a look at the end of the
interview so that's all I had for today
do you have any questions? oh yeah I
wanted to know if you need any help with
video editing because I do have some
experience with that too. oh wow that's
great
yeah I'm sure our content team can
always use a hand with video editing. did
you have any other questions??
no that was all. thanks again for your
time I really appreciate the opportunity
and I hope to hear from you soon. yes of
course and thank you so much for taking
the time to come in today we'll be in
touch soon. take care
did you catch what Anna said at the
end of her interview, she said: thanks
again for your time I really appreciate
the opportunity and I hope to hear from
you soon. so let's practice those phrases
together with the correct word stress
thanks again for your time I really
appreciate the opportunity and I hope to
hear from you soon. thanks again for your
time I really appreciate the opportunity
and I hope to hear from you soon
congratulations, now you can speak even
better than a native at your next job
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