Shadowing Practice: Mock Call Sample Recording With Call Flow Guide: PART 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi guys, welcome back to my channel.
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I'm Sheena and in today's video, I'm super excited because I'm going to do a mock call or a call simulation.
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And that means that I'm going to act as the call center agent
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and somebody on the other end of the line is going to act as my customer.
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And by the end of this mock call, I'm also going to be discussing the call flow
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and the seven steps that you need to do when you're assisting customers over the phone. So let's begin.
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Okay, so I already have my headset on, although I'm going to be using this microphone because it will cancel out the noise from my neighborhood,
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the cats and the dogs and my neighbor singing.
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but I'm gonna wear this headset just to feel the call
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center agent vibe thing going on okay let's begin hi thank
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you for calling power up company this is Candice how may I help you
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hi Candice so I'm calling because you guys overcharged me um my subscription to you guys
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is supposed to be a flat rate $30 per month.
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But for some reason, I am seeing $33 on my paper bill for the month of July.
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So I don't know what's going on.
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I would really appreciate an explanation on this.
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Sure, I'll be happy to pull up your account now and check the billing details for you.
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Can I have your account number together with your first and last name?
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Sure.
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It's 12345.
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And my full name is Joan Williams.
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Thank you, Joan.
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Just give me a few seconds to pull up your account.
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It was for the month of July this year, right?
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July 2020?
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That's right.
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okay let me see that okay i have your account pulled up now
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and i'm only seeing a 30 charge for the month of july this year could you recheck your bill
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and review the amount no
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that can't be right i am literally holding my bail right now and it says july and it says
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$33 in big bold letters.
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So maybe the charge was moved to June or August?
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I don't know.
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All I know is that you're overcharging me and it's written on my paper bill.
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Yes, Joan.
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I also checked your other month's charges this year from January to July 2020
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and all of these months you were only charged $30.
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Let me just
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check further though your last year oh although i i am seeing a 33 charge here
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but this was way back last year on july 2019 would
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you mind checking the year of the billing paper you're holding right now oh oh my god candace i am
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so so sorry to have wasted your time i really thought this was a recent bill.
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No, don't worry about it, Joan.
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You're fine.
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This bill was literally on my table this morning.
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I must have dropped it when I was throwing garbage this morning. So embarrassing.
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My bad.
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Oh, no problem.
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It happens.
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I mean, it happens to all of us, you know.
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I know, right?
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Anyway, Candice, I won't waste any more of your time and thank you so much for your patients.
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You're welcome, Joan.
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Is there anything else that I can help you with today, maybe?
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No, that's all, Candice.
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I won't waste any more of your time.
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Have a good one.
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Have a good one, Joan.
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Thank you for calling Power Up.
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Bye.
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Bye, Candice.
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Okay, that was done.
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Alright guys, so that was the mock call.
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As you probably noticed, that was very short and simple.
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And I did that on purpose
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because in this video I am going to discuss the call flow
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or the seven steps that you need to do when you're answering or assisting customers over the phone.
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Okay so basically there are like five sequence in a call flow.
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There's the opening, there is the probing or asking questions
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and there's the research and And then there's the resolution and then closing the call.
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That's number five.
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But instead of discussing those five,
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I am going to discuss the seven steps that you need to do when assisting customers over the phone.
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I think this is easier to understand because these are verbs.
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So these are instructions.
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So let's say, for example, that you're lost.
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you're just you feel lost
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and you don't know what to do during a call you just refer back to this guide
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and the guide will tell you where you are during your call
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and what to do next so think of this as your map
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when you're in a mock call or when you're talking to a real customer for that matter
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yeah so let's begin
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so the first step is open the call how do you properly open a call
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so first you have to state a greeting you just have to say hi hello
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or good morning and then thank you for calling the company's brand name
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and then you have to state your first name so that the customer
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can address you properly and then how may I help you
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so in this call it was hi thank you for calling
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power up company this is Candice how may I help you
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that's all you have to do now depending on the company
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the how may I help you could vary sometimes it could be hi thank you for calling
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this company this is candace how can i make your day better
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and it really depends on the company maybe they want to customize their opening call
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and that's fine too
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but how may help you is pretty much the standard you can never go wrong with it
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so you're fine okay so that is the opening now
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let's go to empathize or assure
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or both I just said sure I'll be happy to pull up your account now
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and check the billing details for you so
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that is like one sentence assurance
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that I will I am going to help her did I
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have to empathize no let me just insert this here and explain the difference between empathy, apology, and assurance.
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So when do you empathize?
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You empathize when you're saying sorry for the customer, but it's not necessarily your company's fault.
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For example, you're saying, oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
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That must be really hard for you.
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That is empathy.
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But what if it is your company's fault that the customer is experiencing an issue?
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In that case, you need to apologize to the customer.
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You just have to say, I apologize for this inconvenience.
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That is apology that is owning up to your mistakes.
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Obviously you don't want to apologize when it's not clear or you're not sure, or it's just plainly not your company's fault.
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That would be owning up to a mistake that you didn't commit.
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That would be bad because the customer would think that it is your duty to fix that, even if it's not your company's fault.
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And then we have assurance.
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This is applicable when the customer is only asking for an information.
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She just wants an answer, not much emotion involved from the customer.
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And this is the case in this mock call the customer was just asking a question
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and she just wanted her question answered.
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If there's any emotion, it was a little bit of confusion, but in the end, it was her fault.
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So in this call, assurance was enough.
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I did not have to empathize and certainly not apologize.
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Next, number three.
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Number three is confirm the account.
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Confirming the account of a customer is very important.
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you don't want to miss this you don't want to forget this
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if you don't want your grade your mock call score to be deducted this is very important for security purposes
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because you really want to make sure
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that the person you're talking to is the owner of the account
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and so you should never never forget this now obviously there are situations
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when you don't have to confirm the customer's account and
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that is if the customer doesn't have an account with the company
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but in this call the company the customer actually had an account with the company
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so in this case i ask the customer to confirm her account
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and so i ask her about her account number her first and last name.
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Step number four is probe or ask relevant questions if applicable.
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Probing guys is when you ask a customer a question in order to gain clarity of her situation, of her question, of her concern.
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And in this call, I asked her, it was in the month of July this year, right?
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July 2020.
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and that in itself is an example of a probing question
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because when she said July at the start of the call she didn't really say 2020
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and me I didn't want to assume I really need to make sure
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that she's talking about the correct year
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and correct month then I ask her whether
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or not she's talking about July 2020 and so she said yes
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so that was probing also guys I also want to remind you
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that probing in some situation is not necessary
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because probe you only probe you only ask questions
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when you don't fully understand what the customer is asking when you don't fully understand her concern when you need more information.
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That is a time when you need to probe.
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But there are situations when the customer's concern is really just one simple sentence and you can just answer it right away.
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Then you don't have to ask questions.
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You only need to ask questions when you don't understand fully the customer's question or situation or you need more information.
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but if you already understand what the customer is asking 100 you don't need to ask those questions usually
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when I when I call some call centers
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and I ask them a really simple question like okay how much is the cost for this
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and then the agents ask a probing question
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and ask me back okay just to clarify ma'am you want to know the price of this package
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but in that case you don't really need to ask a question.
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You don't really need to ask the customer the question because you already know it's very simple.
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You just have to answer right away.
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And yeah, and this is one of those cases when you don't really need to probe all the time.
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Probing, you only need to do probing.
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You only need to ask questions when you don't know all the information.
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That's it.
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OK, so step number five is solve the problem
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or answer the question self-explanatory this is where you answer the
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customer's question after gathering all the information this is where you give her the answer
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or if the customer has a problem this is where you give her the solution
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or if the solution she is asking for is not possible then you can just give her an alternative resolution.
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So the resolution part during the call was when I told the customer
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that there was no $33 charge on the month of July 2020.
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This is the part where I informed the customer and I was able to answer her question.
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So this is the resolution part.
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And then the step Number six is offer additional assistance.
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This is very easy.
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This is just a one simple sentence.
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But if you miss this, you will miss points as well.
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I was a QA before for two years.
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And every time an agent forgets to offer additional assistance, then it's a minus 10.
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That's big.
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That's a substantial deduction.
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So you don't want to forget this.
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It's very simple.
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You just have to say, is there anything else that I can help you with today?
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And there it is.
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You earn 10 points.
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The importance of offering additional assistance is that you're basically telling the customer that,
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hey, I am here and I'm willing to help you if you have any other concern.
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It makes the customer feel heard and feel that she matters to the company.
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And that's only one sentence, but it's very important in customer service.
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Is there anything else that I can help you with today?
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Very good.
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Very important.
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Don't forget it.
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And the number seven and the last part of the call is to close the call.
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To close the call, you just have to say, thank you for calling, company name, and have a good day.
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That's it.
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Done.
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Okay, guys.
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So I am done with a mock call.
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I am done with the call flow.
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In my next video of mock calls, I am going to make the customers a little bit more difficult,
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their situations and problems a little bit more complicated
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and the call a little bit longer
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because my goal for making these videos of mock calls is
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to expose you to different scenarios to different personalities of customers
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so you will basically have a realistic experience of how it
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is really to answer calls over the phone you probably also noticed
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that i did a little bit of edit with my voice um the customer
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that was actually my voice the customer's voice was actually mine
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i just edited a bit to make it sound more different from my voice i also edited
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and i also edited it to make sure
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that it sounds like the customer is talking through the telephone
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because it will help you guys it will help you once you're on the floor
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and you're handling a mock call
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or an actual call from a customer you're gonna get used to it
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and you're not gonna be as anxious as you would be then
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when it's your first time hearing that kind of setting and
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if you just got hired or you have no call center experience
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and you want to pass your call center training maybe you already passed your call center interview
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and you just really want to improve your call call handling skills
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subscribe to my channel
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because I am going to be uploading around maybe 10 to
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15 videos of mock calls different situations different scenarios different customers different complexities of problems
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so pretty much by the end of these videos you should
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you should have a good foundation of call handling skills
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so make sure to subscribe to my channel click the subscribe button below
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and don't forget to like this video and subscribe that's all guys okay bye i'm hungry
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Mock Call Sample Recording With Call Flow Guide: PART 1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: customer, account, july, mock. This video has 229 sentences and 2437 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:28. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| probe noun | /pɹoʊb/ | Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. |
| mock verb | /mɑk/ | To mimic, to simulate. |
| empathize verb | /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/ | to feel empathy for another person |
| assurance noun | /əˈʃʊɹəns/ | The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| apologize verb | /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ | To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends |
| edit verb | /ˈɛdɪt/ | To change a text, or a document. |
| candace noun | Title of any Nubian (Kush) queen or queen mother. | |
| overcharge verb | To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill. | |
| headset noun | /ˈhɛdsɛt/ | A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone. |
| empathy noun | /ˈɛmpəθi/ | Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person. |
| apology noun | /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). |
| applicable adjective | /əˈplɪk.ə.bəl/ | Suitable for application; relevant. |
| scenario noun | /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ | An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pull up verb | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | To lift upwards or vertically. |
| call over verb | To ask (someone) to come to one's location, especially when raising one's voice towards someone within earshot. | |
| talk through verb | To tell (someone) step by step how to do something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Is there anything else that I can help you with today, maybe?
- I won't waste any more of your time.
- Then you don't have to ask questions.
- Is there anything else that I can help you with today?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was moved · were only charged · was done |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was throwing · was just asking · was probing |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should never never forget · should have |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're assisting · I'm calling · am seeing |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 65 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: empathize /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/, empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: assurance /əˈʃʊɹəns/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, deduction /dɪˈdʌkʃən/, simulation /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, applicable /əˈplɪk.ə.bəl/, explanatory /ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/, inconvenience /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like probe, mock, empathize.
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.