Here are some materials on conducting interviews and types of questions to ask. This can be useful for
our classes on:
Articles
All kinds of interviews
Job Interviews
Additional ways of assessing job candidates
Types of questions The different kinds of questions and their purposes, advantages and disadvantages. Open, closed, leading, hypothetical, funnel/filter etc. Useful for those who will give the interview or make the questionnaire.
Podcasts
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Here are some audio files (MP3s you can download or listen to online) from the BBC on job interviews: example interview questions, vocabulary, advice on handling questions and requests etc.
Update 2016-12-26: Changed ESL Pod links to Lizhi.fm. See this post for more info: ESLPod Links Broken.
Update 2016-03-11: Removed VideoJug links. Update 2015-10-26: Added ESLpod 1100.
Follow up is what we do after the job interview:
Here are some useful videos and ESL podcasts you can watch and listen to about these kinds of issues.
Podcasts
You can listen to these ESL podcasts (especially designed for learners of English) online on your computer, or you can download the MP3 and listen to them on your computer, MP3 player, smartphone etc.
The audio is free, but some other features ("premium features") require payment.
Videos
UPDATE: VideoJug used to have great job hunting videos on their own website and it was possible to watch them in China. But they made some changes to their website recently, and now their job hunting videos are only available on YouTube (which is blocked in China) at YouTube - VideoJug. For now I've removed the VideoJug links (if you have VPN, you can try searching their YouTube channel for "job hunting", "interview", "salary" etc). I'll see if I can find alternative links. Sorry.
Updates: 2017-03-22: Added China version for "You're Hired". 2017-02-13: Fixed Monkeysee link. 2016-06-20: Added ESL.About.com. 2016-03-11: Removed VideoJug links. 2015-06-04: Fixed "Howcast - Job Interview" link. 2013-12-24: Added British Council - You're Hired series.
In our course on Job Hunting, there are of course a couple of classes on job interviews, dealing with issues like:
Here are some links to many useful videos you can watch and listen to, with advice about job interviews and these issues.
VIDEOS
These links will take you to many short videos about job interviews, on video websites which are not blocked in China. These videos are not designed for ESL students (except for the British Council series & ESL.about.com) but they usually have transcripts (sometimes already shown on the same page as the video, or sometimes you have to press a button that says "Transcript") so that you can also read what is said.
As always, I hope you find these links useful. If you have any comments or suggestions, please comment below
UPDATE: VideoJug used to have great job hunting videos on their own website and it was possible to watch them in China. But they made some changes to their website recently, and now their job hunting videos are only available on YouTube (which is blocked in China) at YouTube - VideoJug. For now I've removed the VideoJug links (if you have VPN, you can try searching their YouTube channel for "job hunting", "interview", "salary" etc). I'll see if I can find alternative links. Sorry.
In my Hiknow class on "Jobs", we get some practice and advice on job interviews. I've gathered some links that you might find useful. Talking about yourself in general
Questions about Past Jobs & Employers Questions about management style / work style Researching a possible employer "Thank you" Letters after the Interview
I've made some posts on Tencent Weibo with links to articles with advice on job interviews. But I can't make one link to list all of them, so I'll list them here, so that I can just give students a link to this article.
Question from my Hiknow student Vicky: Dear Joe, Soon I'll have a telephone interview with a headhunter. I am a little nervous about it, so I want to know if I should do some preparation for the interview and which aspects I must be careful about. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks! Answer: Great to hear you've got an interview. I've posted some links to useful job interview tips on my blog. However those aren't specifically for phone interviews. Here are a few useful lists for preparing for phone interviews:
A question from Emily about a sentence in an exercise on job interviews. (I have edited the question & answer.) Dear Joe, I have a question about this sentence: As the minutes tick past, you feel a mounting sense of doom as you anticipate the questions that will cause a deafening silence during the interview! I don't know the exact meaning of the whole sentence. Also for the first clause, which is the verb? "tick" or "past"? Yours sincerely, Emily My answer:
Many of my students have had the experience of facing job interview in English, even if the job is not in an English-speaking country. So here are few helpful links.
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