Shadowing-Übung: Cracking the Behavioral Interview for Software Developers - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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what's up guys today we're gonna be doing something a little different
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but I feel like it's gonna be super helpful a lot of engineers can crush it on the technical interview
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but when it comes to the behavioral part that's where a lot of people struggle
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and I know candidates who did great on the technical interview
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but they got a rejection
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because they failed on the behavioral part they weren't able to demonstrate
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that they had proficient communication skills or how well they handle certain situations
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and that's what the behavioral interview gauge is for
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because you can be a technical genius but
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if you can't convey what you're trying to say it's going to be hard to work on a team
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and I'll be the first to admit it I'm not great at just thinking of examples right on the spot
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so usually how I prepare for an interview
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and how well I do on it usually have a direct correlation
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so before going into an interview where I know I'll be ask situational questions I'll usually brainstorm
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and think of about eight to ten examples from my career that can be used to answer different styles of questions.
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Anything from conflict management to a time where I made a good technical suggestion
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because a lot of times you can mold your situations to what the question is asking
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and what I've noticed is that the best answers usually have a story behind it.
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Obviously you don't want to add too much fluff to your answer
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or diverge away too far from what the question is asking
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but if you can kind of paint a picture of the solution to your interviewer
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that usually leads to better results
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so in this video I'm gonna give myself a few prompts
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and answer them as
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if this were a real interview before we get into the video make sure you guys hit the like button
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so I know you guys like this kind of video
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and let me know in the comments if you'd like to see more
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so the first question is gonna be tell me about yourself this is the question
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that most behavioral interviews start with now it's important to mention that even though these are behavioral interviews,
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they will still have some technical aspects to them.
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So let's take a look at how I answered this question.
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Hey, my name is Sam.
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I'm a software engineer and I enjoy solving complex problems.
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I have experience as a full stack web app developer
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and I enjoy working with all layers of the stack and I enjoy building out user -friendly efficient websites.
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My passion for web app development started
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when I was doing my internship at AWS
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and I was given a solo project to work on for the entirety of the internship
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and this really gave me full ownership over everything from the design decisions to the actual coding of it
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and I was also able to gain a lot of experience and exposure to different AWS cloud computing tools.
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After my internship I decided that this is what I wanted to do as a career
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and since then I've gained about three years of experience building
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out dozens of different applications at my current company i'm helping
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out with the modernization of our existing infrastructure this includes building
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out new microservices as well as updating existing ones the technologies i've experienced with include dotnet for building out apis
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and our server side code sql with mysql oracle and sql server as well as experience with different various javascript frameworks,
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including Vue .js and Angular.
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So I believe my experience and my passion would make me a great asset for your company.
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So in my answer, I tried to keep it short and sweet.
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I didn't get into my whole life story, even though it is a tell me about yourself.
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Keep it relevant.
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Don't start talking about your dog or something.
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You guys think I'm joking, but I've actually heard people say that when I've been in group interviews.
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And I would say a sweet spot for this question would be a minute and a half, maybe two minutes.
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Again, that isn't set in stone.
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These are kind of like more like guidelines, right?
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Have you ever seen Pirates of the Caribbean, right?
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These aren't rules.
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They're more like guidelines.
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All right, the next question is going to be, tell me about a time you had to persuade someone at work.
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What did you do?
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Let's take a look at my response.
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At my previous company, our team supported 20 to 30 different web applications.
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And there was really no uniformity in terms of what front -end JavaScript framework we could or should use.
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So what ended up happening is we would have some apps written in Angular, some apps written in React, some written in Vue, it was kind of all over the place.
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And the problem with this was, say you were assigned to write a feature in a certain app and you didn't really know that framework, you would have to at least spend time getting a basic
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understanding of it before you can even start to implement that feature.
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So this potentially increased the development time by a lot.
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So my proposal was to just have all our apps be written in Vue .js
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because it's something that I had experience with.
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I thought it was fairly easy to pick up.
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It's a lightweight app and it's pretty easy to inject into existing applications.
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So what I did was I created a little mini demo presentation
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and I set up a meeting between my team and my manager
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and just demonstrated the pros and cons of using that framework.
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So the result of that was my manager was on board
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and we decided to use Vue .js for all our new development.
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Again, that was about a minute and a half to answer it and it was told like a story.
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I explained what the problem was and what I did to resolve
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that problem and showed how I made a lasting positive impact to the company.
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All right, the last question we're going to look at is tell me about a time you failed at work
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and what did you learn from it?
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So this one time I was assigned the task of implementing a new feature into one of our applications.
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And we used Git as our source control, so as I was working on this feature, I was continuously pushing to our master branch, which isn't good practice
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because you always want to keep your master branch deployable as well as in sync with what's in production.
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Also, if we deployed this app with this feature being partially done, it would break the application.
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But this was an app that barely ever got updated, so I figured I'd be all right
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but of course we had an emergency bug fix
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that had to be made and I was like we actually can't deploy it
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because the app is gonna break luckily with source control you are able to go back
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and we were able to add
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that change to where I started working on the future
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but in the future I learned that in order to you know
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if I wasn't making any changes first create a branch off of master
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and deploy to that branch and then when you're finally done with the future then merge the changes back into master.
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Now a potential issue to this answer is that it assumes that the interviewer knows how Git works.
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Most likely you're gonna be doing one of these interviews with another dev
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so I mean they probably know how Git works but it's possible
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that they don't but I think a really important thing to answering these questions is
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that you don't want to confuse your interviewer by going too into the weeds with a particular technology
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that they might not know.
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So just gauge who you're interviewing with it's it's very easy to get very technical about something
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and totally lose your interviewer and that's not good
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because it means you weren't able to clearly communicate a technical topic
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which is important when you're working with other devs on a team all right
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so the takeaways from this video are keep your answers about
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one to three minutes long the best answers usually tell a story usually there's a problem
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or a situation and you talk about an action
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that you took to help resolve that situation
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and finally don't confuse your interviewer a lot of times your answers might include a very complex technical subject
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that your interviewer isn't going to understand in a two -minute explanation
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so just be aware of that and and even simplify your answer
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if you need to all right guys thank you guys for watching the video
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if you guys would like me to do another one of these uh definitely let me know
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and if you have a specific question
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that you want me to answer in one of these videos let me know in the comments
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and i'll try to include it if if i end up doing another one
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so i will see you guys in the next one.
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And as always, keep on coding.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „Cracking the Behavioral Interview for Software Developers“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: answer, interview, app, technical, usually. Dieses Video enthält 119 Sätze und 1568 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 7:52. Der Sprecher spricht schnell, etwa 199 Wörter pro Minute – rechne mit verbundenen und verkürzten Lauten. 83 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| interviewer Substantiv | /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ | Befrager, Befragerin |
| framework Substantiv | /ˈfɹeɪm.wɜːk/ | Rahmen, Gerüst |
| deploy Verb | /dɪˈplɔɪ/ | aufstellen, formieren |
| internship Substantiv | /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/ | Praktikum, Stage |
| server Substantiv | /ˈsɝvɚ/ | Server |
| passion Substantiv | /ˈpæʃən/ | Leidenschaft, Passion |
| demonstrate Verb | /ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/ | demonstrieren |
| implement Verb | /ˈɪmpləmənt/ | vollziehen, durchführen |
| resolve Verb | /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ | lösen, auflösen |
| stack Substantiv | /stæk/ | Stapel, Feime |
| gauge Substantiv | /ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ | Meter, Messgerät |
| confuse Verb | /kənˈfjuːz/ | verwirren, konfundieren |
| assign Verb | /əˈsaɪn/ | zuweisen, zuteilen |
| topic Substantiv | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | Thema |
| proposal Substantiv | /pɹəˈpoʊzəl/ | Vorschlag |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| end up Verb | sich herausstellen, am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein | |
| go back Verb | zurückgehen, zurückfahren | |
| pick up Verb | aufheben, aufnehmen | |
| set up Verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | aufbauen, für den Einsatz vorbereiten |
Sätze zum Wiederholen
Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:
- Don't start talking about your dog or something.
- What did you do?
- Let's take a look at my response.
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | was given · isn't set · were assigned |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | I've noticed · I've gained · i've experienced |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 46 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel gonna, don't, I'm. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, exposure /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: behavioral /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/, infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): framework /ˈfɹeɪm.wɜːk/, weed /wiːd/, persuade /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/, lightweight /ˈlaɪt.weɪt/, takeaway /ˈteɪkəweɪ/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: resolve /ɹɪˈzɑlv/, gauge /ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/, solve /sɒlv/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: passion /ˈpæʃən/, stack /stæk/, aspect /ˈæspɛkt/, asset /ˈæsɛt/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie interviewer, framework, deploy.
Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?
Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.