Interview horrors

INTERVIEW HORRORS





Task 1. Work in small groups and discuss the questions.

1. 
   How do you feel about interviews?
   

Emotions are common during job interviews. But one that you will feel the most is called excitement.
After learning so much about job interviews, we found out that people often tend to get very excited.
They have weird and baseless ideas that come into their minds while answering questions. There are so many things that one can feel during interviews.
Whether they will be able to answer this question or not, if they are making a good impression or just being boring, whether their nervousness is becoming obvious or not, these are very basic things that every candidate feels. It all falls under excitement.

2. Do you get nervous? Why/why not?

There is always a sense of panic in every candidate when they are attending an interview. They always wonder what exactly the manager will ask them next and if they aren’t able to answer, what will happen to them.
Panicking is actually quite common although it can be treated very easily if you know how to handle interviews. For that you have to practice answering questions at home. This will surely help you avoid such problems.


Task 2. Look at this list of things that can happen at job/university interviews. Decide which you think are positive (P) or negative (N).
1 I was slightly late for the interview.- N
2. I wore fairly casual clothes.-N
3. I panicked and couldn’t think clearly.-N
4. I showed them that I was enjoying talking about myself.- P
5. I wasn’t very well prepared for the interviewer’s questions.- N
6. I maintained eye contact with the interviewer. -P
7. I talked quite negatively about my previous experience.-P
10. I didn’t have any questions to ask the interviewer.-P
9. I let myself visible relax.-P
10. I remembered to switch off my mobile phone.-P
11. I didn’t find out exactly what the job/course involved.-N
12. I couldn’t remember everything I wrote on my application.-N


g) I was really embarrassed. _____
h) I was desperate to get to the interview. ___
i) I was really worried about being late. ____