Pratica di Shadowing: Odd job interviews. | 6 Minute English. - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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This is 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Welcome to 6 Minute English with me, Rob.
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This is 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Welcome to 6 Minute English with me, Rob.
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And me, Finn.
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Now, Finn, I'd like to start by asking you,
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how many job interviews have you had?
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Oh, that's difficult.
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Maybe ten interviews in my life.
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Ten.
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That's quite a few.
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And do you enjoy going to job interviews?
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Oh, I absolutely adore them.
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I thought so.
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I'm joking. Who does?
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Nobody does.
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Yeah, well for me, they are torture.
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I hate being grilled by a panel or group of people.
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I know I can do the job,
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but I hate having to convince them.
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Today we'll be discussing some odd job interviews and looking at some related vocabulary.
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So Finn, are you ready for your first interview question?
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Yes, Rob, I'm raring to go.
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Good to hear.
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Well, it's important to know what type of job you're being interviewed for.
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Some job titles are a bit exaggerated.
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So what type of job has been named a field nourishment consultant?
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Is it a a waitress, b a school dinner lady, or c a petrol station assistant?
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Oh, right.
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I think that is b a school dinner lady.
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Interesting choice.
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I'll let you know if you're wrong or right later on.
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OK, and if I get the job.
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Let's talk more about job interviews a traditional interview usually involves being asked a list of questions
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and sometimes you have to give a short presentation.
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Yes, questions like, why do you want this job?
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Or where do you see yourself in five years' time?
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Yeah, that's a tricky one to answer.
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But some interviewers, the people who ask the questions,
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go a bit further and ask the interviewees,
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the people being interviewed, to do some inappropriate things.
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You mean they're asked to do things that are not really relevant to the job.
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Such as Alan Bacon, a university graduate who last year was asked to do a dance as part of his interview.
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Yeah, well maybe the position or job was for a dancer or a children's entertainer?
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No, it was actually for a job as a sales assistant in an electronics shop.
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So, someone who works on the shop floor,
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giving advice to customers about what to buy.
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There's no dancing involved.
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OK, well let's hear from him now.
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What did he do at the interview to look positive and how did he really feel about doing a dance?
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We all wanted the job.
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Some of us are desperate,
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like myself, and the idea is just to keep smiling and go for it.
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On the surface I had to look positive.
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I was smiling, laughing along with it,
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but inside I felt degraded and humiliated especially.
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Oh, poor Alan.
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He felt degraded, so he lost respect from other people.
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And he felt humiliated, so he felt embarrassed and ashamed.
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So that's how he felt on the inside,
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but he wanted the job so he put on a brave face,
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a positive attitude and a smile on his face.
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He even laughed.
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And well, later on he did complain and he got an apology.
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But experts say there are now too many candidates chasing too few jobs,
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so companies are trying unorthodox,
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non-traditional ways of recruiting people to see who stands out.
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Yes, well in any job interview it's good to leave a lasting impression.
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That means to get noticed and make people remember you.
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I suppose doing a dance is a good way of breaking the ice and making people feel relaxed.
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But being asked to do something outside your comfort zone also seems a bit unfair to me.
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Yes, but I guess if you want that job, you'll do anything.
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Well, almost.
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I've heard about people who've had to sing at an interview and also role-playing,
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pretending to be someone else and acting out a situation.
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I find just being asked odd or random questions in an interview can make me feel uncomfortable.
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a US employment website carried out a survey about this and discovered some strange questions.
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Yes, they did, such as,
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how would you cure world hunger and if you were a computer programme,
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which one would you be?
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So here's one for you, Finn.
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If you were a word in the English language,
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which word would you be?
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Which word would you be?
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Oh come on, that's unfair.
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Just asking like that.
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That's outside my comfort zone, Rob.
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Indeed.
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I'm trying to break the ice here, Finn.
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Very good.
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Never mind, I'll give you the job anyway.
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Seriously, there's no perfect way to interview someone for a job.
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If you're having a job interview,
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my advice would be to keep calm,
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think before you speak and if you're asked to do something inappropriate,
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tell them how you feel about it.
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And if all else fails,
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you could use a bribe.
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What do you think?
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No?
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Not recommended.
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However, you can bribe me to get the answer to today's question.
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No, I don't think I need to.
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I think I've got the answer right.
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OK, let's find out.
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Earlier I asked you if you knew what a field nourishment consultant really is.
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I said be a school dinner lady.
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Yes, it could be a man as well.
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Is it right?
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It's something to do with food,
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but it's not school dinners.
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Oh no!
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It's actually a waitress. Or waiter.
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OK, very good.
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I wonder how we could describe our jobs.
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Maybe we could be educational dissemination executives?
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Oh yes, very grand.
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I like that, yes.
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We hope you've enjoyed today's 6 Minute English.
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Please join us again soon for another programme.
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Bye!
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That was 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com

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