Shadowing-Übung: Behavioral Mock Interview (Jobs and Internships) - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Hi, I'm Ria.
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Thank you for coming to interview with us today.
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Let's just go ahead and get started with a quick introduction.
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Could you tell me a little bit about yourself?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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First of all, thank you so much for having me.
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It's an honor to be here.
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So a bit about myself, I'm originally from Morocco, where I lived pretty much my whole life.
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I then came to Boston and studied industrial engineering at Northeastern University.
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While I was in college, I did a few different internships.
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I did technical ones at a local power plant and at Amazon Robotics, and I also did one in consulting at the Boston Consulting Group,
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and was also the president of the consulting club at my university.
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So really I'm someone who enjoys both the business side of things, but I also do have a passion for technology.
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So down the line, my goal is to start my own education technology company in my home country, Morocco, so I can make education more affordable through the use of tech.
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And outside of school and work, I also do magic tricks on college campuses.
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Oh wow, that sounds like a very impressive background.
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So why exactly are you interested in interviewing with our consulting firm?
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Yeah, my reasons for joining your consulting firm are twofold.
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Number one, I think the exposure to the strategy work is very appealing to me.
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And then second, the opportunities for externship is also one that I'm highly looking at.
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So on the strategy side, I know that your consulting firm is one of the few
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that gives you exposure to C-suite executives
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and to strategy type projects early on in your career which is something that I won't find at other companies.
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Then the second reason is the opportunity to do externships.
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So as I mentioned I am interested in the education sector down the line
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and I know
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that your company offers the opportunity to work for six months at a public sector type company
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or a nonprofit out in Africa focused on education.
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So I think those are some of the things that highly appeal to me in your company.
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Okay awesome that's good to know.
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So now we'll dive into a little bit more behavioral questions.
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So could you tell me about a time where you solved a difficult problem?
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That's a good question.
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I think the moment that I can think of is when I was working at the electrical power plant.
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We were trying to launch a new department and my task was to essentially source a supplier.
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Typically we work with a supplier of generators from France, but this time around, Their capacity and also their pricing did not match our budget and what we were looking for.
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So, what I ended up doing is I ended up creating a large list of all the different suppliers
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that are out there and then I found a supplier in South Korea
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that I negotiated with and also was able to bring them in and implement all of the new generator technology.
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So that was able to save us a total cost of 10% from the total project
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and it was a huge success at the end of it.
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Awesome, thank you for sharing that.
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So next, could you tell me about one or two of your key strengths?
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So I would say the biggest two would probably be my ability to persuade people, and then the second would be leadership.
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I would say those are the biggest two.
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Okay, so could you dive a little bit more into that first one, your ability to persuade people?
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Maybe tell me about a time you were able to convince someone to change their mind.
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Yeah, so what I can think of is when I was working at Amazon, one of the big projects that we're trying to launch is the first new robotic facility.
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But it came at a time when COVID had just hit
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and I was unable to essentially source a lot of the material that we typically get from our Japanese supplier.
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So the vice president of supply chain at the time, his executive decision was to push the launch and push it out for a few months.
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Instead, what I decided to do is try to see
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if there's a way to still keep the launch at the same time.
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And I looked at some of our existing facilities already
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and try to source some of the unused material from there so that we don't delay the launch.
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So initially the VP of supply chain wanted to delay the launch but through the analysis, through explaining to him that we could source it from the other facilities, I was able to convince him to not delay the launch
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and instead change the strategy to still be able to get the facility right out on time.
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Okay great, so now we'll dive into that second strength you had mentioned.
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Could you tell me about a time that you demonstrated strong leadership skills?
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Yeah, the one that I can think of is when I was working at the Boston Consulting Group.
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There I was leading a big real estate occupancy project where
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I wanted to essentially showcase what the attendance of each office looked like.
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What I had to do was then automate the process for a lot of the partners
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so that they have like a dashboard that they can like manipulate and change and look at the data.
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So I had to work with a large team of 15 different developers, software engineers and data engineers.
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So I worked with them to essentially gather the data, clean the data, and process it and put it and visualize it through Tableau.
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So that was a great opportunity where I was essentially working with different teams, putting game plans, putting timelines for them, and as I mentioned at the end of it it was a very strong project
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and the partners were very happy with the dashboard.
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And it was a good managerial experience for me at the time as well.
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Awesome, that sounds like a very worthwhile experience.
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So now that we've talked a little bit about your strengths, maybe you could tell me about a weakness that you face in the workforce?
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Yeah, I'd say the biggest one is probably my ability to prioritize when there's a lot of conflicting and competing priorities.
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The big one in that case would be when say there's three
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or four different projects and all of them are high urgency or high priority.
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Sometimes as someone who's still very junior in their career, I still don't have that business sense on which one I should tackle first.
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But I've been trying to improve on it and work on it.
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So what I do now is I typically just chat with my manager
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and try to understand where the business focus should be
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and sometimes even just directly ask on how I should prioritize some of the work.
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So I have been improving on that a little bit
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and I think with some seniority I'll hopefully be able to get there and understand what I should start with first.
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Okay definitely makes sense.
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So those are all the questions that I had for you today.
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Before we end do you have any questions for me?
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Yeah I think I have two big questions.
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I think I think the first one is, as you know, there's a lot of big push for the remote workforce right now.
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And as a consulting company, there's a lot of work working directly with clients or coming in in person to visit the clients.
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Do you think that the consulting business model would necessarily change now that we are in a remote environment?
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I think that's a big one.
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And then the second question that I had for you is, what are kind of the big goals of your consulting company by, say, 2025?
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What are the big milestones that you guys are hoping to achieve?
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and is say international expansion one of those big milestones that you're looking at.
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Great, so I think Siad did an amazing job with that interview.
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There are four main things that I think he did really well.
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First, he was very poised and confident throughout the entire interview.
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We were going back and forth and I was asking him a lot of questions, but he came back very prepared for each question.
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Second, he used the STAR method very well.
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I could really understand the situation, task, action, and result, and he introduced each story in a way that made me understand what he was saying.
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Third, he was very concise in each of his stories.
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And lastly, he ended with some very thoughtful questions
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that made it seem like he really cared about the company and the position.
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Overall, Zia did a great job and I would accelerate him to the next round.
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Thank you.

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Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
consult Verb/ˈkɑnsʌlt/Rat halten, beratschlagen
supplier Substantiv/səˈplaɪə/Lieferant, Lieferantin
dive Verb/daɪv/tauchen
dashboard Substantiv/ˈdæʃˌboɹd/Armaturenbrett, Instrumententafel
prioritize Verb/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/nach Wichtigkeit aufreihen, nach Wichtigkeit anordnen
milestone Substantiv/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/Kilometerstein, Meilenstein
persuade Verb/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/überreden, gewinnen
workforce Substantiv/ˈwɝk.foɹs/Belegschaft, Arbeitskräfte
generator Substantiv/ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/Generator
automate Verb/ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/automatisieren
concise Adjektiv/kənˈsaɪs/kurz, prägnant
occupancy Substantiv/ˈɑk.jə.p(ə)n.(t)si/Belegung
seniority Substantiv/sinˈjɔɹɪti/Anciennität, Seniorität
twofold Adjektiv/ˈtuːfəʊld/zweifach, doppelt
visualize Verb/ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/veranschaulichen

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

WortAusspracheBedeutung
end up Verbsich herausstellen, am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein
come back Verbzurückkommen, zurückkehren
go ahead Verb/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/vorausgehen
go back Verbzurückgehen, zurückfahren

Sätze zum Wiederholen

Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:

  • Could you tell me a little bit about yourself?
  • Before we end do you have any questions for me?
  • I think that's a big one.
  • What are the big milestones that you guys are hoping to achieve?

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Present Perfect Continuous have/has been + -ing – eine Handlung, die früher begann und noch andauertI've been trying · have been improving
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sachesomeone who enjoys · career which is

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 15 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel I'm, don't, we'll. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

  • Die „th“-Laute: worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/
  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: dashboard /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/, visualize /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/, internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, showcase /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/, negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, generator /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/, occupancy /ˈɑk.jə.p(ə)n.(t)si/, seniority /sinˈjɔɹɪti/, managerial /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

  • /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): persuade /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/, workforce /ˈwɝk.foɹs/, worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, suite /swiːt/, weakness /ˈwik.nɪs/
  • Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: dive /daɪv/, dashboard /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, persuade /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/, twofold /ˈtuːfəʊld/
  • /æ/ — offener als „ä“: dashboard /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/, managerial /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/, lastly /ˈlæstli/, tackle /ˈtækəl/

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