JOB INTERVIEWS. TYPICAL QUESTIONS

TYPICAL QUESTIONS AT A JOB INTERVIEW (and a few ideas for the best answers)

1.How would you describe yourself?
a.Well, I consider myself as a responsible person, …

2.What are your goals in life?

3.Describe your ideal job.

4.What influenced you to choose this career?

a.Well, I like sports very much and I like teaching…
5.How would you describe yourself in terms of your ability to work as a member of a team?

a.I practice some team sports, like football, basketball, and I know the importance of working together to get the best results, so I think I can be a good team player for this company.

6.What is your greatest motivation?

a.I like doing things well and get the recognition of the people I work with.

7.Why do you want to join us? Why do you want to work for this organization?

8.What experience do you have in this field?

9.What do you expect to be doing in ten years?

 a.Well, this questions is not easy to answer…

10.Do you have a geographic preference?

11.Tell me about the salary  you are seeking.

 a.As stipulated in the salary agreement (convenio salarial).
b.Well, iT depends on the contract, but if I had to say a figure (cifra), I would say between 700 and 900 euros.
12.What is more important to you, the money or the work?

13.Are you willing to work overtime? Nights? Weekends?

 a.I don’t have family responsibilities, so at present I don’t have problems to work overtime, so I can have more experience.
14.Do you have any questions for me?

the GOOD and the BAD
DOs and DONT'S

VIDEO CURRICULUM RUBRIC

VIDEO CURRICULUM RUBRIC

	EXCELLENT  (9--10)	VERY GOOD (7-8)	ACCEPTABLE (5-6)	POOR (4 or less)
Content	rellevant ideas, gives a general view of his/her personal qualifications, education and skills. The vocabulary is advanced, with technical word related to the topic in question. The grammar is advanced ( great variety of verbal tenses, conditional tenses) , with subordinate clauses, using connectors to express the ideas. (On the one hand, moreover, in relation to my experience…)	gives good ideas and information about her/his education, and personal skills. The vocabulary is specific to the topic. The grammar is good ( present simple, progressive, past simple, future, conditional), using some connectors to link the ideas.	covers basic information of the students. The vocabulary and grammar is basic, general ( present simple, present progressive, past simple). The speaker uses some basic connectors (and, also, too).	some important information is not given in the video. The speaker does not use connectors, just sentences, to express his/her ideas.
Pronunciation	the message is clear, with great pronunciation, intonation, fluent. The message sounds natural, there are no mistakes. the speaker does not read the message, but delivers it naturally, following some points and planning.	the speaker uses good vocabulary, good intonation and fluency. The message sounds natural. The speaker uses written notes just to guide the presentation.	the speaker uses basic vocabulary, with acceptable pronunciation. there is some Spanish interference. The speaker reads a bit when delivering the message.	the sound is not good, it is difficult to understand the message; there are lots of mother tongue interferences. The speaker reads all the message.
Format	the image is clear, there are some relevant titles, the video is edited to improve the presentation. It looks professional and elegant. The duration is between 1 and 2 minutes.	the video has been edited, with good sound, the image is good and professional. The duration is between 1 and 2 minutes max.	The duration is 1 or 2 minutes. Some basic edition.	The video has not been edited, the image is not clear; the duration is too short or too long.

Listening test programming languages video

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6woCHjGCBXqpf91SsAcoQ

VOCABULARY REVIEW ABOUT NETWORKING

Network vocabulary. Definitions and games.




http://www.blairenglish.com/exercises/technology_web/exercises/technology_computer_networks/technology_computer_networks.html

I've been having a problem....

Listen and thenn read the following situation:

MORE EXPLANATION:
https://www.lawebdelingles.com/destacados/present-perfect-simple-o-present-perfect-continuous/

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/intermediate-grammar/present-perfect-simple-and-present-perfect-continuous

2.-Reading and vocabulary exercise.http://www.blairenglish.com/exercises/technology_web/exercises/computer_problems/computer_problems.html

Helpdesk. The truth of helplines.

Useful expressions. https://www.helponclick.com/blog/21-phrases-that-service-staff-must-know/

In pairs, invent a short dialogue in which a client calls to ask for a problem about his/her computer. Use the expressions provided

Listening practice: fill in the gaps. Technical support.

1.- https://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/dailylife/dailylife08.htm

Listein to the 3 situations. What is the problem?

1. the computer is making noises
2. the computer does not turn on
3. the computer is frozen

What could be the problem?

    a) The cables 

     b)The hard drive

     c) There is no electricity

      d) the CPU

  2.- https://www.esl-lab.com/intermediate/computer-sales-script/

1.- Listen to the conversation and answer:
A) What security issue does the caller mention?

an interesting ppt

this is good for revising basic vocabulary.
SPREADSHEETS POWER POINT

and a video on DATABASES:
DATABASES VIDEO.  

You can read the transcript at the same time that you listen to the video.

You can practise the vocabulary at these sites:
EXCEL

https://www.quia.com/jg/1084412.html

ACCESS

reading and listening: OS

https://www.english4it.com/unit/3/reading

Remember, look for the main words that you don't undertand.
PAY ATTENTION TO THE PRONUNTIATION:

LISTENING:
WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER TRUE or FALSE.

TRUE OR FALSE?

1.       A Flavour is a different version of a distro:
2.      Sometimes it is more difficult to access the new versions in Linux Mint :
3.       Fedora allows users to work with  free and proprietary software at the same time, like Nvidia or AMD graphics cards.
4.       OpenSUSE Tumbleweed can be updated every six months.
5.       Arch is another example of Rolling Release distribution
6.        AUR is a repository of source code packages.

Listen again and answer:

a)      what is a distro?

b)      What is the most popular Linux distro?

c)       How often are new versions of Ubuntu released?

d)      Why is Linux Mint so user-friendly?

e)      Which Linux distro is better recommended for enterprises?

f)       Is ARCH recommended for basic users? Why?