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Hey everybody, it's Jesse, and I'm making this video today from a bunk bed.
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This is my friend Ambrose And this is Taggy!
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Oh, and my robot hand.
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I really love robots!
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This is my son
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and today I want to talk a little bit about what I did to prepare for my interviews
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So the last two videos on my channel were about my Google interview specifically
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and then another video just more in general of my whole experience of interviewing.
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So I had several questions about what I did to prepare.
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So I'm going to go over some of the websites I used
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and books and resources and I'm going to let you know which ones I think were the most helpful.
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So just to start out, I interviewed for front-end developer positions,
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front-end engineer, software engineer positions.
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And so my, it was more front-end based for me, all of my interviews, interview questions, and my preparation.
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So depending on whether you're front-end, back-end, or full-stack, and what languages you use, this may be a little bit different.
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But one service that I think was really valuable was called Pramp.
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It's P-R-A-M-P.
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I'll make sure I put links to everything I talk about in the description.
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So, PRAMP is a service where you sign up and you get paired up with someone else for a time slot.
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So, I think it was like an hour time slot.
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In the first half hour, one of you takes the role of the interviewer and the other one is the interviewee.
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And then, for the second half of the time slot, you switch places.
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so it gives you not only do you have a practice question
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but you also have a time limit
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and you have someone else that's asking the question
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that you have to explain yourself to
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that was really helpful they have it broken down by different categories so you can just do front-end related stuff
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data structures and algorithms.
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It can just blast.
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Yeah.
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Whoa.
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I flew it.
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And I love tagging.
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Because of that, it stood out as being really unique and offering something that some of the other resources didn't.
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If I can go to sleep, eat when I sleep without tagging.
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If you don't have any experience, like a lot of experience with actual interviews.
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Shhh, okay, let's be quiet.
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If you don't have experience with interviews, then I definitely recommend PRAMP.
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They may have like a free tier.
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I'm not sure.
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I think it is a paid service, but there may be some way to get some free things.
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I'll find out and put more info in the description.
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So the next thing that I used that was very, very helpful was a book called Cracking the Coding Interview.
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And I know I mentioned this in some of my other videos, and I mentioned it to some of you that ask me questions directly.
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It's a huge book.
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It has a lot of information in it.
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It was written by a woman who actually interviewed a lot of people at Google.
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It goes through and explains what interviewers are thinking, what they're looking for when they actually interview you.
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Just being able to get into that mindset of what interviewers are actually thinking helped me so much.
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It helps me.
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You know, there's so many things you could talk about or focus on when you're in an interview.
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So just knowing what these people want to hear is great.
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Okay, Darth Vader.
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Actually, I'm a boss Thomas Spiegel and my last name's Weiger.
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That's right.
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So, I definitely recommend that book.
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And I know Tygie's last name.
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Tygie's last name is Ty.
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Oh, okay.
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There's also a ton of practice problems and explanations of data structures and algorithms.
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So, if you were going for a more general software engineer position or a back-end position, then those practice problems would help you a lot.
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For me, it wasn't that helpful.
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because most of my questions were specifically front-end JavaScript related.
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So it was still cool to go over some of that info.
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I don't have a computer science background, so a lot of it was new to me.
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So I'm sure it'll be helpful to me at some point, but just wasn't so much for the interview.
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So if you're going for front-end stuff, then I think it's safe to skip over a lot of those sections of that book.
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But the next resource that I used, and this is probably a little bit more front-end specific, is FreeCodeCamp.
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So FreeCodeCamp has some practice interview questions,
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and they also have some kind of less difficult JavaScript algorithm challenges.
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So I think that's a great way to refresh your JavaScript knowledge should
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if you already have a job um where you're not coding that much uh all the time
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you want to get in the habit of of coding um as much as you can before you interview
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you can go wash it off if you want Fine!
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I ate a pancake at Jesus.
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I'm in the carcass house.
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So, I highly recommend Free Code Camp for a variety of things,
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but in this case, for sure, for your interview prep.
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And another resource that I used was JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms book.
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I'll put the official title and link to that below.
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So I ended up getting the e-book.
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So I had that on my phone.
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So I got the hard copy of the Cracking the Coding interview.
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But when I was in a situation where I didn't have my hard copy, but I always had my phone on me, then I could always look at that.
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So that helped me because it was JavaScript specific, which is the language that I was being tested in. So
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that was, it was easier for me to understand the example problems than what I was seeing in Cracking the Coding interview.
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It was just another explanation of some of those data structures and algorithms, which, like I said, ended up not helping me that much because I didn't really get questions about it.
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But if you are going for something that's a more full stack position or back end position, you may get asked questions about that.
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So I highly recommend that as well.
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Something that is back.
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You're back.
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And I'd recommend that for whatever books you're using,
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I think it would be a good idea to have an electronic copy of the book.
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So even if you like hard copies, that's great.
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If you can only find it in hard copy, that's fine.
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And sometimes, especially when you're looking at code, it's a lot easier to just have a hard copy sometimes.
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But having that on my phone was so useful.
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You know, if I was waiting in line, waiting at the doctor's office, you know, I didn't feel like I was wasting time.
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I could always look at that in practice.
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So it just kind of always kept it in my mind.
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And I think that's really helpful. When you're...
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You just need to be able to always be thinking about code.
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It just makes it so much easier when you're actually on the spot in the interview.
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You only have a short amount of time.
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You're probably a little bit nervous.
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So I think it's kind of like...
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This is the Master Sword.
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Yeah, it's the Master Sword from Zelda.
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Yeah.
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I mean, not the Master Sword, but a good replica.
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I think like like you would approach let's say a foreign
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language spoken language with more use you're gonna be more comfortable
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when you actually get into a conversation with somebody the same way with coding even
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if you didn't have great resources
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but you still coded as as often as you could okay squeaky now no we're squeaking
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if you throw it as often as you possibly could that's gonna be more useful than
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if you have great resources the perfect books the perfect questions
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and only looked over them
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you know occasionally
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just practice
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actually go on the interview
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just be be honest okay you don't have to you don't
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have to be down on yourself you don't have to tell the interview all the things you don't know
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but on the other hand don't claim that you know things
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that you don't because they'll be able to figure it out really easily right
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if they say hey do you know how to make a
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network request in javascript you say oh yeah i do it all the time I say, okay, can you do it for me?
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You know, write it on the whiteboard.
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Well, then you're stuck, right, if you don't really know how to do it.
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So just be honest.
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You could say, you know what, hey, I've done it before, but I'm a little rusty on the syntax.
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Or, you know what, I never actually had to do that.
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I kind of know how it's done.
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Can I just explain it to you?
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So something like that is way more acceptable.
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And if you have to just say, listen, I've never heard of that before.
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Just say it.
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And you can even add. So.
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I really like her.
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Hey, can I talk now?
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Yeah.
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Thank you. So. If you don't know.
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Admit that you don't know.
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But then it would be helpful to say.
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Listen, like if I had to do that for my job.
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Here's where I would go to find the answer.
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You know, so say.
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I would I would look this up on MDN or something like that
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And then at least you would you could give some answer even
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if you have no idea you've at least given some answer
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And said like here's how I would approach this this problem
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So Think I'm gonna wrap this video up The that was my my advice.
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Let me know what you think if it's too distracting
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here for the video or if you can't like I want Tiggy to say something and Tiggy say something
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I really like toys and I really like animals
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and I really am spitty and I eat humans
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and I really want pancakes and butter and bread and everything in the whole world.
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I'm going to say goodbye to everybody on YouTube.
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Would you like to say goodbye?
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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That was Heidi.
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Bye.
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That was me.
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All right.
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And now you.
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See you later, everybody.
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Hopefully this helped.
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And give me your ideas for what videos I should do next.
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Until next time, have a great day.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Interview Tips from a Senior Software Engineer... and a 4 year old”. Este vídeo tiene 171 frases y 1799 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 12:55. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 139 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| algorithm sustantivo | /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ | algoritmo |
| interviewer sustantivo | /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ | entrevistador, entrevistadora |
| slot sustantivo | /slɑt/ | ranura, hendidura |
| pancake sustantivo | /ˈpæn.keɪk/ | hot cake, pancake |
| stack sustantivo | /stæk/ | pila, montón |
| carcass sustantivo | /ˈkɑɹkəs/ | cadáver, fiambre |
| interviewee sustantivo | /ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/ | entrevistado, entrevistada |
| preposition sustantivo | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | preposición |
| squeak verbo | /skwiːk/ | rechinar, chirrear |
| squeaky adjetivo | /ˈskwiːki/ | chirriante, chirriadero |
| whiteboard sustantivo | /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/ | pizarra, pizarra blanca |
| syntax sustantivo | /ˈsɪn.tæks/ | sintaxis |
| rusty adjetivo | /ˈɹʌsti/ | herrumbroso |
| refresh verbo | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | refrescar |
| replica sustantivo | /ˈɹɛplɪkə/ | réplica, trasunto |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar |
| go over verbo | sentar, pasar |
| break down verbo | descomponerse, averiarse |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| look over verbo | revisar |
| sign up verbo | inscribir, alistar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Shhh, okay, let's be quiet.
- For me, it wasn't that helpful.
- Can I just explain it to you?
- Hey, can I talk now?
- Would you like to say goodbye?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was called · was written · being tested |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've done · I've never heard |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | woman who actually · specific, which is |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 56 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: interviewee /ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: slot /slɑt/, stack /stæk/, squeak /skwiːk/, squeaky /ˈskwiːki/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: interviewer /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/, interviewee /ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/, developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/
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 algorithm, interviewer, slot.
¿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.