Did you know that in the US
If you submit a résumé with a photo
Some employers would just disregard it
Cause' in America you can not discriminate people
based on their gender, appearance, age,
So it's really uncommon to put your photo on a résumé here
But if I was talking about the UK or Europe
If you do not put your photo on your résumé
some employers wouldn't even notice you
and there is so many things like small cultural differences
And I'm sure that there's a list things that you know about your country
So in this video
I'm gonna guide you through interviewing for a job
in English
If you're interested, continue watching.
And because that conducted so many interviews
I was surprised that there are so many great professionals out there
but when they start interviewing
when they start answering with questions
they just lose it
And another they might be great at their job but they're really bad at interview
So we decided to put a course together
and this is my new course coming out very soon
This is a course that gonna teaches you real position
you know what happened in life when I was eighteen years old
I saw this position at the Bristish Embassy in Russia
And I was like Oh my God
this is a job of my dreams then I submitted my résumé
but of course
I didn't even get to the interview stage
cause' I didn't know how to create a proper résumé
and these things like these opportunities
they just come into your life without expectations
you like
May be you're not even looking for a job
But next week somebody posts an opening
and you like OMG
I really wanna work there
But you don't have this knowledge
on how to pass the interview how to create a résumé
So for this course you will be prepared for those opportunities in your life
and I'm gonna talk about the US parts
I'm gonna talk about résumé
how to present yourself
and I'm gonna give you some vocabularies that gonna help you
and I also ask my friend from the UK to help you with that
his name is Matt
He's actually a Director expert international
one of our partner schools
he manages a lot of people
he hires a lot lof people
and I also have a teacher
and he is our teacher Rob
who gonna gives you all the basics like grammar and stuffs
It's gonna be really informative course
the link is below
and I'm giving 20$ off to everyone who is watching this video
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the discount is limited
the link is below I'll see you at the course
and by the way if you're watching this later in 1st July
we gonna lengthen the course every 2 or 3 months
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for the next start date
Now, let's move on to the
interview basic
so first of all
when you come to the interview
all of the employers know you are nervous
and their goal is to help you relax
and they gonna ask you very simple questions
Tell me about yourself
Now this is not a question for you should go into like
oh I love dogs
my hobby is to travel
I just moved to the new place bla bla
So this is not about your personal stuffs
this is all your professional stuffs
and here I'd talk about your job experiences
bout' what've you done before?
about why you interested in this job?
and like all of the professional stuffs
so basically, American and Bristish people love small talk
whenever you walk into a meeting
don't start with you know
presenting your company or presenting yourself straight away
as sometimes oh my god this is an amazing office
How long have you been here?
or did you know it was so hot this weekend in San francisco
everyone was boiling
ah what did you do this weekend? like
some things like this just start the conversation
get you into the right tone
and I was, you know just start building the relationship
with somebody who interviews you
preparation is everything when it comes to an interview
cause' I'm gonna give you
all the questions that like
99% chance you gonna be asked those questions
so it really helps if you prepared answers beforehand
so that all of your like brain activities
go into answering the questions
that you haven't been prepared it for
and there would definitely be some of those questions
So the next question that people definitely ask is
How did you hear about our opening?
and just don't be caught off guard
and think about the answer, think about it at home and practice it
like researching this website or
maybe my friend told me
and if it like internal our refer that works really well
the next question is what attracted you to our company?
and I had so many situations in my life
when I was asking people like what do you know about linguatrip
and maybe you'll like
oh you have like 5 co-founders and you are guys based on out of what Germany
and I was like oh okay
so he doesn't really know the basics about our company
and this is something we're really proud of
this is something that I blog about
this is something that we talk a lots in the press
and this is the same for any other companies
there is company's history
there is notable clients
and notable events that they're taking part in
so you have to be aware
you have to really show that you're interested in the position
and when you're asked what attracted you to our company
you'd say I love your mission, I love how you help people learn languages
or I love your story guys
how you started with a small start-up
survive with a like a hundreds dollars
and now you build
I'm talking about like a
not just us
but I'm talking about a lot of companies have the same history
like mention their history, mention their manager
mention whatever you love about this company
cause when I interview people
and I see that they don't know this basic stuffs
My opinion is that maybe they're just applying
to like whatever they see on the Internet
and this is not really the right person for it
cause' people that stick with their company
they come really interested
they come really passionate about what we do
and this is what we're looking for
and I'm sure this pretty much the same for other companies
Especially if you apply to senior position
where you have to be like a really involved
with whatever going on with the mission strategy
so really really research this subject
research the company that you're applying to
then the interviewer would probably ask you about your strengths?
and I know it's really tempting to say
oh I am very disciplined
I'm a really good worker
I'm really responsible
I'm always on time
Like all the general words boring
and proves nothing
you want to say you go oriented
then tell them that whenever you're set with the KPI
you received by 20 percent
this is like a good example
or if you wanna say that you're responsible
then tell them "Hey, I have this project"
that I have to complete within a day
but normally it will take me like a week to complete such project
but I'm so responsible I really want to impress my manager
I did it in twelve hours and get what he was impressed with the result
Some like that
If you're applying for the Marketing position
tell them that you're lead course 3 axes less
than the market average
like something that will prove that you're really strong
like avoid the general words
forget about them
now the next thing that interview gonna move on to
your weaknesses
and this is not time to talk about your personal stuffs
about like maybe how you like to sleep at night
and how you hate to wake up at 9 a.m
this is something about your professional weaknesses
and don't tell that you don't have them
and I've heard that so many times like
ah I'm perfect and I don't have any weaknesses
this is not true, everybody has weakness
and it's smart
and it's very responsible to admit them
okay maybe I've made a lot of spelling mistakes
and normally if I do this job I work for the corporator
and I only have the corporator that I work with
like this is indeed the answer
or maybe you could tell that
you know you require upper intermediate English
my spoken English is upper intermediate but my written English is still intermediate
but I'm working on it really hard
I own 10 hours a week
I'm taking private classes
I'm going on the trip to the US
dealing with school to push up my English
this is something the adult would do
like this is how you approach the problems
that you have them, you admit them
and you work to solving them
and your employer gonna love that
another thing that they might ask
they would ask you
Have you done this this and that?
and like big chance that you haven't done it
but the right thing to say here is that
you know I haven't done exactly what you mention
but I've done a very similar project and I think
what I've done there is really applicable to whatever you're talking about
again for me as an employer and for other employers
this will show that you're willing to go that extra mind
Do you know apply whatever you have to a new task
Maybe do some more researches, maybe educate yourself a little more
So we're always looking for passionate people
who go into go this extra mind
So really show you in the interview that you're ready for challenges
yes you know there will a task that you are not familiar with yet
but you know you have all the skills set
to you know you go and handle them
One of the most common questions that you get through in the interview is
and I know it's very confusing and you never knows what gonna happend in a week
but it's good to show that you are very goal oriented
like in 5 years I want to manage the Sales apartment
in 5 years I see myself as a mamaning partner in the company cause' I really love it
this is a great answer
a bad answer is
sometimes I aske people like how do you see yourself in 5 years
and they will get back to me with an answer
"I see myself married with 3 kids"
and I'm like okay
and how is that you know
how would I be interested in that how does it apply to the job that you're applying to
like this is something that happen to you in your personal life
this is something that you should not mention to in an interview
so this is all about the professional stuffs
another answer that I
wow this is honest and I appreciate honesty but
this is terrify for me when somebody tells me that
I'm actually looking to start my own company
and I want to work for you for like a couple years
get your experiences and then go ahead and start my own
and I like why would I invested this person cause'
whenever we hire somebody
we want to invest in their education
we want to invest in them so they would stay with the company and go with us
and not for them to go somewhere else and just
you know do their own thing
so yes it is okay to be honest
but if you really want to get that job
otherwise saying that you are willing to copy
whatever the company's doing and just move on about yourself
Next
In here
I get a lot of feedback like I hated my manager
he's a crazy guy, I hated my colleagues whenever I got on with them
this is like a bad thing to say
because I know that probably in a year you gonna be looking for another job
and maybe telling bad things about me
so don't do that
you can talk about you know opportunity to grow
that weren't there
you can talk that the company was small and
you were looking to work for a bigger company
cause' you want to more work or something like that
okay
Finally it's your turn to ask questions
and please don't tell that oh
I really think that's clear to me that's it thank you
really use this opportunity ask about
how the contract works, ask about your colleagues,
ask about potential project like show that you're interested
show that you're already mentally working there
like what are the questions if you are suppose to start the next day?
what would you ask?
like think about them before the interview
that was it, for me guys
ah the interviewer gonna ask you a little more questions
if you apply to google you gonna have like 7 interviews with 7 different people
they gonna ask you all technical questions and stuffs
this is like a really basic subject any employers would ask you
So
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get ready for your next interview in English
I hope this video would useful for you guys