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i was desperate at one time in my life desperate for a job i was unemployed

and I had just a little bit of savings

and my savings were going down down down very quickly I desperately sent out resumes

and cover letters now eventually I did get some interviews

but they all went the same I went into the interviews

and i was confident you know this was later in my life

so i had more confidence i was uh better at interviewing

but still not great so i would go in and they asked the usual questions again

what's your greatest strength well my greatest strength is that um

you know i work very hard i'm intelligent i'm always looking to solve problems whatever something like

that what's your greatest weakness why do you want

this job what do you want to be doing in five years all

that stuff and I gave decent but boring answers like most people and I did not get called again

and I started to panic

because I was getting job interviews I was doing a good job with my cover letters

and resumes and I use a method I was using a method that I use that I talk about rather,

in the Business English Conversations course, businessenglishconversations .com.

A very powerful and effective method for getting interviews using letters or emails.

Now we can do emails and resumes.

So that wasn't my problem.

I could get interviews, no problem, but I could not pass the interviews.

I would get one interview and then done.

One interview and then done one interview then done again

and again and again and then i was getting more and more

and more desperate like oh my god

i i i'm not gonna be able to pay my rent

i i'm not going to be able to pay my bills my phone bill

i'm gonna starve you know all these thoughts in my head i was starting to panic and that's

when i decided to try something different in the next interview

i got an interview at a hospital for a job in the emergency room as a social worker

i thought i've got to do something different in my job interviews

so i decided to try something new and different

and i decided to use two magic words two magic words and these two magic words

transformed my interviewing ability.

With these two words, I went from being okay at interviewing to great at interviewing.

I got that job in the emergency room because of those two words.

And then after that, anytime I went for a job interview, I got the job offer.

I had a hundred percent record after that until I started my own business.

Mainly because of these two magic words, the two magic words of job interviewing.

What are they?

I know you're wondering, what are they, AJ?

Why don't you tell us?

Because I want you to think about it.

What do you think they are?

The two most powerful words you can use in any job interview.

Any job interview, any situation, doesn't matter.

Two most powerful words when you give an answer.

Ideas?

all right i'll tell you the two most powerful words in job interviewing are for example for example

for example for example makes you an amazing interviewer let me tell you how it works

i'll show you i'll give you two different answers the second one will use the magic words so number one

um tell us about your uh job history you know are you good at showing up on time

oh yes i'm very punctual you know i i always come to work on time i'm not late i'm never late

that's answer number one sounds confident sounds good right answer number two much better

same thing oh yes yes yes you know i'm i'm always on time

i'm never late being punctual being on time is very very important to me for example in my last job

i never missed one day of work and i was never late.

I was on time or early every single day of that job.

In fact, I encourage you, please call my former boss.

He's one of my references, and I'm sure he'll be happy to talk to you about my attendance record

and my dedication to being on time and punctual.

But that's not the only thing that's important.

You know, it's also important when you're at work to do good work, to be proactive.

For example, at my last job, we had a big project.

There was a problem.

One of our team members quit, and I had to step in and do his work also.

And we got the project finished on time.

I'm very proud of that.

Can you feel the difference between those answers?

Can you see what that does?

Those two magic words, for example, they transform the answer how do they do it well by

being specific see as a job interviewer what i want is i want a proof

i want evidence every person says the same thing okay nobody comes into a job interview

and says you know really i'm not a good worker i'm lazy

and i'm always late and I really hate working and I suck, my skills are no good.

Nobody says that.

Nobody, even though it's probably true for a lot of them.

They don't say that.

Everybody says they're always on time.

Everybody says they're a hard worker.

Everybody says they have good skills.

Everybody does.

So just saying it is meaningless in a job interview.

The interviewer doesn't believe it that he hears every person says exactly the same thing.

He doesn't really believe it.

So how will you be different?

How will you convince him that it's true?

With examples, specific stories, specific examples, specific numbers.

When you say for example and then you tell a story to show your actions,

not just talk about it but show specifically when you did something

and how you did it then you give the interviewer a picture they start they see you performing

and this will make you

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so much different than most other interviewers most other interviewers are too general

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you always want to be specific in your answers you always want to give an example for everything,

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everything, everything, every answer should have at least one example, specific example.

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Don't just say you work hard.

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Talk about a specific time when you worked hard.

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Talk about the details, about how hard it was.

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And I stayed up every night until midnight.

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Then I would sleep for four hours.

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And then I got up at eight the next morning and worked again because this project was so important.

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See, that's a specific example of you working hard.

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Talking about a specific example is so powerful.

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Just saying, I'm a hard worker, that sucks.

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That's weak.

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It's meaningless.

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Everybody says that.

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So when you prepare for job interviews, you not only prepare for all the different questions, you have to prepare your examples.

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You need 20 or 30 great examples from your past to show that you work hard, to show that you solve problems,

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to show that you can work with other people well.

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to show that you know how to make money, to show that you know how to save money,

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to show that you're not stupid or crazy or foolish or difficult, to show that you come to work on time, all of those things, right,

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that employers are looking for.

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You need specific stories, specific examples to show each of those things.

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Don't just say it, show it with specific examples.

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This makes you a super powerful interviewer.

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They will remember you.

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You will get a lot more job offers when you do this in every interview.

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For example, you should use that phrase,

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those two words, in every single answer you give.

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I'm giving you, this is a super powerful secret.

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It's simple it's simple but see it takes time

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because you really have to think about it you got to

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think about all the details the more detailed your example the more detailed your stories the better

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they're more powerful the detailed examples that's what's powerful that's what's convincing that's what sells yourself to the interviewer

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that's what convinces them that you're special that you are better than the others

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that you're different

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that they should hire you now common question

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I get especially from young people maybe they're just in college they'll say well

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but I don't have any work experience I don't have any examples hmm what should I do then?

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Well, you need to get examples.

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That means you need to get out and live your life, get out of the damn classroom, stop just taking notes and taking tests.

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That's all useless.

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Get out in the real world and do something useful.

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Then you will have the stories.

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Then you will have the examples.

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How can you do that?

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Get a part -time job.

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Even working at McDonald's or Pizza Hut or fast food, that's still a job.

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And you can still show that you worked hard

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that you were on time that you were good working with other people

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that you could handle money there are a lot of good things

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that come from a job like that

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that you can show just got to think about it something else

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you can do is volunteer volunteer for different groups charities events in your school

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or outside of your school

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and again this shows you can show leadership

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you can show examples of hard work

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you can show examples of getting results all of those things you need to get out in the real world

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and do something don't just complain oh i don't have a job yet

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because i've just been in school well that's no excuse you're going to lose you're going to lose

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if you just think

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that being in school is enough it's not enough everybody else interviewing also went to school

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so just going to school it's not enough

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so you better get your butt out in the real world

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and do something useful then you will have the examples then you will have the stories

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and the other guys won't you'll get the great jobs they won't

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and of course as you get older it should get easier

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because you get more and more and more and more work experience

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and life experience so you should have more and more

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and more great stories great examples of all the good things you've done to prove to prove

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that you will be useful and good and skillful and hardworking and on time and all of those things.

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You want to prove it.

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Don't just say it.

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Prove it.

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This is also where having good references can help.

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I gave that one example.

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If you know you have a great reference, if you did good work for them and you know they will say great things about you,

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mention them in the interview.

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Actually encourage the interviewer to call them.

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Say, you know, one of my references is my last boss from my last job

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and you know i completed a great project

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that made fifty thousand dollars for the company

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and he was very happy i encourage you please you know call him

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and talk to him about my work i know that he's going to say great things

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you can say it a little differently

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but you know some people it's like they're almost afraid of their references you should have good references

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so that you encourage the interviewer

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because that's more proof it's more evidence not just talking everybody talks the more evidence

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and specific examples you can give the better the chance you get the job

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and you get the better jobs and you get higher pay

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and over the years as you get older in your career your career will go higher

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and higher better and better as you get good at this

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all right so that's it it's a simple one today short

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but this is super powerful super super powerful i want you to get out there

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and get those great jobs

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you can do it all right as usual all of the

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “English Job Interviews”. Las palabras que más se repiten: example, interview, specific, words, powerful. Este vídeo tiene 199 frases y 2234 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:39. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 143 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
interviewer sustantivo	/ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/	entrevistador, entrevistadora
encourage verbo	/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/	alentar, arengar
worker sustantivo	/ˈwɝ.kɚ/	trabajador, obrero
desperate adjetivo	/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/	desesperado, que necesita desesperadamente
convince verbo	/kənˈvɪns/	convencer, llevar al huerto
resume verbo	/ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/	reanudar, retomar
skill sustantivo	/skɪl/	destreza, habilidad
solve verbo	/sɒlv/	resolver, solucionar
suck verbo	/sʌk/	chupar, sorber
volunteer sustantivo	/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/	voluntario
panic sustantivo	/ˈpænɪk/	pánico
classroom sustantivo	/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/	aula, sala de clases
transform verbo	/tɹænsˈfɔɹm/	trasformar, transformar
bore verbo	/boɹ/	aburrir
meaningless adjetivo	/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/	sin significado, insignificativo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
get out verbo	salir
get out of verbo	salirse de, ponerse fuera de
send out verbo	emitir
stay up verbo	quedarse despierto, empalmar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

Why don't you tell us?
What do you think they are?
Can you feel the difference between those answers?
Can you see what that does?
How will you convince him that it's true?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	i've just been · you've done
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea	should have · should use · should hire
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado	were going · was getting · was using
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo	your greatest

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 59 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, desperately /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, audiobook /ˈɔdi.oʊbʊk/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, starve /stɑɹv/, skillful /ˈskɪl.fəl/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: interviewer /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/, convince /kənˈvɪns/, solve /sɒlv/, volunteer /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/, starve /stɑɹv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: resume /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, lazy /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como interviewer, encourage, worker.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

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