To reach a decision, an advert, to be in touch with, a degree, promotion, to resign, challenging, relevant experience, to start straight away, to be quite flexible

Mr. Yamago sacked Mr. Nishiura because Mr. Nishiura dyed his hair brown.

3. For each direct question below, tick the wrong indirect question and correct them.

1 What are your strengths?

a)Could you tell me what your strengths are?

b)Could you tell me what are your strengths?

2 What would your colleagues say about you?

a)I'd like to know what would your colleagues say about you.

b)I'd like to know what your colleagues would say about you.

3 How have you changed in the last five years?

a)Could you tell me how you have changed in the last five years?

b)Could you tell me how have you changed in the last five years?

4. Requests. Complete the interviewer’s questions with the words given:

Contact let moving send sharing start working

1 Would you mind … at weekends?

2Could you … us have your previous employer’s details?

1 Would you mind … our appointment to Monday?

2 Could you … in two weeks’ time?

3 Could you … us as soon as possible?

4 Would you mind … an office with three other people?

5 Could you … us a copy of your certificates?

5. Match the interviewee’s responses to the interviewer’s questions in exercise above.

a) Not at all, as long as it’s in the morning.

b) B) Certainly. I’m free to start as soon as you like.

c) Yes. I’ll let you know my decision by Friday, if that’s alright.

d) Sure. I’ll put copies in the post straightway.

e) That’s fine, as long as it’s a non-smoking area.

f) How often would that be?

g) Well, in fact they’re all included in my CV.

6. You are interviewing someone for a job. How would you find out politely the following information?

1. Their age 4. Their strengths 7.Their hobbies

2. Reasons for applying. 5.Their weaknesses

3. The reasons for leaving their last job 6. Their qualifications

Conditionals are introduced by the conjunctions: if, in case, provided, unless, suppose, but for.

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

‘If you don’t work harder at school, you 1)’ll never get (never/get) a good job.’ I remember my parents saying these words to me when I was at school. If I had listened to them then, I 2)....(not/become) what I am now. I 3)....(be) so much more if I had tried harder, I haven’t always been a tramp actually; when I left school I had a job as a milkman and if the hours had been easier, I 4)....(do) it for much longer, but I hated getting up so early in the morning. When I lost my job, I 5)....(cannot/pay) the rent, so my landlord said that if I 6)....(not/get) another job, I would be on the streets, and before I knew it, I was. I could have got another job if I 7)...(want) to, but at first I quite enjoyed the freedom of the outdoor life. If you sleep out in summer, it 8)....(not/be)too bad, but in winter it’s awful. If I 9).....(can/change) anything about my life now, I would get in touch with my family again, even though I know they would only say, ’If you ‘d worked harder at school, you 10)........ (not/get) yourself in this situation.’

8. Work with your partner. Complete the sentences below.

1.If my boss retired,........

2.I’ll get a promotion,.....

3.I would probably earn more money if...

4.If I had more time at work,.....

5.The company would have been more successful, if....

9. Translate into Russian.

1. If anyone objects to doing what he has been told, then he can get out of it - at once.

2. If you had come for talks, I would have explained everything in more details.

3. If she'd had any sense she would go back to continue the communication.

4. If I saw this applicant today, I would ask him about it.

5. Had you studied the rules of behaviour, you would have acted in another way.

6. If the manager had not been confused, I wouldn't have understood that I said something wrong.

7. If she hadn't had such a bad taste, she would have dressed more properly for a business tour.

8. If he had taken my advice, he would be a prosperous manager now.

9. If he had prepared his curriculum vitae more thoroughly, he might have looked more self-confident,

10. We would have given the vacancy to that applicant if he had more experience.

10. Open the brackets and use the correct form of Conditionals.

1. If the employer (want) to know more about you, he (contact) you.

2. If you (concentrate) on job hunting, you (find) a vacancy soon enough.

3. If you (be able) to market all of your strengths, the interviewer (appreciate) your skills and professional experience.

4. If the applicant (consult) the expert before the interview, he (produce) a better impression on the interviewer.

5. If I (prepare) for the interview better, it (not be) such a failure.

6. Mary (be) more successful if she (not be) so shy and nervous during the conversation.

7. She (get promoted) last year if she (not argue) with the boss.

8. If the boss (invite) me for the discussion, I (go) to his office at once.

9. If you (not decide) what sort of job you would like to do it (be) difficult to make a good choice.

10. If you (control) your manners and (choose) the proper clothes, you (feel) more confident. I'm sure.

11. Connect sentences using Conditionals.

Model: You want to find a job. You look through ads in the newspapers.

- If you want to find a job you will look thorugh ads in the newspapers.

I did not get the job. I did not prepare all necessary documents.

- If I had prepared all necessary documents I would have gotten the job.

1. He will be able to settle the matter with the boss. He will return from his business trip today.

2. I did not have curriculum vitae with me. I could not remember the dates I was asked about.

3. John does not have a lot of life experience. He has to present the employer his potential abilities.

4. I did not stress my achievements. The head of the company did not appreciate my skills.

5. I decided to change my job. I have to read the business pages of professional journals.

6. I have good working knowledge of Microsoft Word. I'll mention it in my resume.

7. Some people think that clothes do not matter at the interview. They understand the importance of clothes when they don't get the job.

8. The vacancies are published. You can find sometimes very interesting proposals.

9. I did not follow the advice of my friend and did not practice the interview at home. I felt shy and confused when talking to the president of the company.

10. I know I must be organized, logical and concise. My documents are always in disorder.

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