Step 5 - Speaking

Speech card

Now you are going to pracise having a job interview.
Work together with a classmate. Both of you are employer and employee one time. Imagine you apply for a position as a shop assistant on Saturdays to earn some extra money. The owner of the shop will be your future employer and has the interview with you.

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Now you are going to have a conversation.

  1. Find someone to work with and use the schedule at the end of the page.
  2. Write down a couple of words to help you during the conversation.
  3. Practise your conversation at least twice.

After practising twice, do the following things:

  1. Find another pair to work with.
  2. Act out your conversation.
  3. Let them write down feedback for you.
  4. Let them do the conversation and write down feedback for them.
  5. Discuss what things were good and what you can do better next time.

Person A: The employer

Person B: The applicant

1

You introduce yourself and you welcome the applicant.

1.

Respond.

2

Ask the other person to tell you something about herself/himself.

2.

Tell the other person about yourself. Give a general description of your age, place of residence, school, etc.

3

Ask why the applicant wants the job.

3.

Explain why you want the job and why the employer should hire you. What makes you unique?

4

Ask about work experiences of the applicant.

4.

Tell about your work experiences. If you have no work experience, tell about other experience you have that can can be helpful for the job you are applying for.

5

Ask how the applicant thinks about working on Saturdays.

5.

Say that you think that most Saturdays you will be able to work.

6

Ask if the applicant could also work on Sundays.

6.

Explain that this is possible, but not too often because you also have to manage your schoolwork.

7

Say you understand. Say you have enough information. Thank the applicant for the interview. Say you will call tomorrow about the outcome of the interview.

7.

Thank the other person for the interview and end the conversation.

8.

End the conversation.

 

 

Speech card - Evaluation

Use the following document for giving feedback to your classmates. 

Speech card - Evaluation

Have fun!