Shadowing Practice: Manual Testing: QA Interview Preparation Questions and Answers - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey everyone, this is Alex from USAIDAZE.
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So we're gonna go through 10 questions, most common questions that are asked during QA interview.
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So I actually have 50 of those questions and answers in one file.
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In this video I'm gonna go through the first 10
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and just read the notes at the end kind of to summarize how you can prepare better for the interview.
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But if you want to access to all 50 questions
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and answers i'm gonna add it into my patreon the link is in the description for the video
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and the tier one starts with two dollars a month
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so it will be under the very first tier quality cadets so
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and obviously going to be accessible to all other patrons here
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it will be just a downloadable pdf files we have all the questions
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and answers so let's go through the 10 first questions answers in this video okay
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so this is actually my patreon page
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and it's alexusa days again you can find it in the description for this video
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so the questions
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and answers going to be available right here with quality cadets was the very first year the whole 50 questions
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and answers for the interview preparation all right for this video let's go ahead with the first 10 questions uh
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so question number one and it's very often asked tell me about yourself
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so it's expected that you're gonna generally kind of talk about you
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uh the qa experience why well
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so kind of to start the conversation to see you know
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how well you're adequate you know how are you gonna fit
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or not normally you just want to say
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that i'm passionate about quality assurance
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and i'm eager to explore new opportunities in the field i've worked as a q engineer both part -time
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and full -time or either one or maybe you did qa freelance
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and i'm dedicated to continuous learning and improvement
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so it's just kind of a general introduction kind of sanity
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check right uh second question why are you looking for a new opportunity this is not a sanity check to see
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if you're going to be a good fit like what is
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the real reason why you're looking for a new job
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if you like got fired or anything like
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that again very general question you want to provide like very
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general answer uh you want to say my current role lacks gross opportunities
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and my qa contract is ending without an extension or something to
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that sort so maybe you're just looking for new opportunities
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or your contract is expired there's no extension i'm actively seeking
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a company where i can continue to enhance my skills and contribute to quality software development.
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Then one of the questions they might ask why us?
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So why our company?
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Normally you want to say something good about the industry, that you're involved in the industry, you're familiar with the industry, you're interested in it.
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So I would answer that I have a genuine interest in your products
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and have thoroughly researched your company's mission and culture on your website.
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It aligns with my values and I believe I can make meaningful contribution here.
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all right another thing that is normally asked like where do you see yourself in five years
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this is a question
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that could be a little bit tricky for some people they think okay you know I start as QA engineer
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and then I'm going to be a developer or I'm going to be a QA manager
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don't really go there what is most of the time is expected from this question
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if you're committed to the QA field if you're going to work in the QA field.
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So something in terms of, you know, I'm still going to work as a QA, just going to grow my experience as a QA engineer is totally accepted response.
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So I would say in five years, I envisioned myself as a senior QA engineer with an expanded skill set.
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I'm committed to continuous growth in the field and contributing to the success of the company.
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That's pretty much it.
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Question number five, tell me about your debugging process
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so my debugging process involves identifying the issue isolating the problem
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and providing detailed information to the development team to reproduce the problem uh one of the approaches
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that you might want to use when you're debugging something
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if it's a complex issue you're going to break these issues
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in the smaller parts until you kind of identify the root cause okay
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why choose QA and what do you love about it
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or in general why choose QA right so you can say
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that I transitioned into full -time QA work after enjoying it as a part -time freelancer
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so for example you worked on one of the web pages
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that I provide in my video on how to get QA experience
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so maybe like you worked at the you test you can
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say I worked at you test as a part -time as a gig I really enjoyed it
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and I decided to make it my full -time career right
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What I love about QA is the analytical and problem -solving aspects.
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It's like solving puzzles to ensure product quality.
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I also like making an impact and improving product quality.
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So it's always good if you contribute to something and you feel like you're making a difference.
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Tell me about positive -negative testing.
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So question number seven.
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Positive testing checks if a system performs as expected under normal conditions,
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while negative testing examines how the system handles unexpected or invalid inputs or conditions.
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For example, a positive test case would be creating an account with expected password complexity.
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So, you know, at least eight characters, one capital letter, like one special symbol, one number.
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A negative test case would be creating an account with a password that does not match minimum character length.
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So attempting to create an account that requires eight characters and a password, and you provide only seven, right?
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That would be a negative guess.
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Tell me about end -to -end testing.
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So what is end -to -end testing, right?
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End -to -end testing evaluates the entire system
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or application by focusing on user scenarios to ensure all integrated components work together seamlessly.
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For example, buying products on Amazon.
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That would include login, product search, adding it to the card, successful checkout, and order confirmation.
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Tell me about regression testing.
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Regression testing involves retesting the existing functionality to ensure recent changes haven't introduced any new defects or affected existing features.
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normally qa would be expected to build a comprehensive regression test suite
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that would run on new deployments so something
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that you go over to make sure
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that all your critical functionality is still in place everything working as expected
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and the last one that we're going to cover in the video tell me about your team
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so you can say i have had privilege of working with diverse teams
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and a value effective communication collaboration
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and knowledge sharing to achieve common goals you can talk about your team composition
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so how many qa engineers are there how many developers what
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is your management like is there a qa lead is a
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qa manager what is do you work with like product manager
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or business analyst uh
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if you're doing like qa freelance stuff you can say i'm the whole team is kind of on the freelance
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and we're managed through this application and uh you know we get assigned tasks
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and test cases we're looking for bugs
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and test scenarios you have to run through
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and you can mention like sort of products that you actually worked on
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so it's just kind of general discussion of your experience in team composition to kind of see
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if you know you you know what you're talking about all right
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so this is the questions we covered in the video uh the rest 40 questions
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so total 50 questions is going to be available in my
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patreon the link in the description it's the same name as the channel
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so alexusa days now let's go to the summary here
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so for the summary I just wanted to note something
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so one thing that I want you to remember is to be friendly
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and smile during interview so go ahead and prepare yourself for the interview like
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if you know that you get nervous if you feel
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that okay you know I'm stressed out a little bit just go
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and stay in front of a mirror
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and say hi you know smile to yourself a little bit just feel kind of feel the positivity um
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so it's going to help it's definitely going to help so
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normally it's expected
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that you know qa person is going to be a long
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-term addition to the team to the culture to the process
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so they want someone who will be a good fit uh who would be a positive if it contributed to the team, will be working well as a team.
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So smiling definitely helps.
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Now, you can practice in front of a mirror prior to the interview.
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So no joke, just go ahead and practice.
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Another thing that is important, if you do stress out a lot, like preparing to the interview process and you get worried during the interview,
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try to somehow work that out.
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I suggest just do meditation.
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Spend 15 minutes before the actual interview, kind of meditate, relax, or do something that you find relaxing, kind of ease your mind.
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It's going to help you with your communication.
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It's going to help you with your soft skills.
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It's going to help you to focus answering the questions.
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And if you're going to be overly too nervous during the interview process, it's just going to might kill the vibe.
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And team is not going to proceed with you just because you were just too stressed out during the interview.
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So just take some time to actually ease and relax a little bit.
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and the last thing but it's I think it's very important
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because it can be like a determining question during the interview process.
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You might get asked about the company.
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So they're kind of deciding, okay, you look good.
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Even if you go through the whole interview process and you answered everything good and technical side of all the terminologies, they'll ask you, so what do you think about our company?
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What do you think about the product?
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Do you like our mission?
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Do you like our values? and if they'll see that you never actually went to their webpage, you didn't take time to read about the company,
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you didn't take time to read about the product, you didn't spend time learning the values, the culture, just that might be like a big no because you didn't spend time.
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The team will feel that you didn't spend enough effort figuring out what you're going to work on.
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You didn't prepare yourself enough for the interview.
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so make sure
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when you go on an interview check the company's web page
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read about the company what they do what their core values
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if there's like a a special statement that they have out something
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that they feel that's important so uh just be aware of it okay
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so hopefully it is helpful this was alex you say days thanks for watching and bye bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Manual Testing: QA Interview Preparation Questions and Answers”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: interview, product, testing, answer. This video has 154 sentences and 1913 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:16. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| debug verb | /diːˈbʌɡ/ | To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery. |
| regression noun | /ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ | An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. |
| freelance adjective | /ˈfɹiˌlæns/ | Of or relating to a freelance; without a long-term employment contract. |
| password noun | /ˈpæs.wɜɹd/ | A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information. |
| cadet noun | /kəˈdɛt/ | A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. |
| sanity noun | /ˈsæn.əˌti/ | The condition of being sane. |
| functionality noun | The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform. | |
| downloadable adjective | /ˌdaʊnˈloʊd.ə.bl̩/ | Capable of being downloaded. |
| envision verb | /ɪnˈvɪʒn̩/ | To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine. |
| freelancer noun | /ˈfɹiˌlæn.səɹ/ | Someone who freelances. |
| meditate verb | /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/ | To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study. |
| positivity noun | /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ | The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism; optimism. |
| retest noun | /ˈɹiːtɛst/ | A repeat test. |
| seamlessly adverb | In a seamless manner. | |
| summarize verb | /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/ | To prepare a summary of (something). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| stress out verb | To become stressed. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| go ahead with verb | To resume something previously cancelled or delayed; to continue something despite known concerns. | |
| have out verb | To argue to a conclusion or resolution. | |
| run through verb | To summarise briefly. | |
| work together verb | To be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Then one of the questions they might ask why us?
- It's going to help you with your communication.
- What do you think about the product?
- Do you like our mission?
- Do you like our values?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are asked · is expired · is normally asked |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've worked · have thoroughly researched · haven't introduced |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 50 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: regression /ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/, envision /ɪnˈvɪʒn̩/, assurance /əˈʃʊɹəns/, meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: positivity /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, terminology /ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, analytical /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/, complexity /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like debug, regression, freelance.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.