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Accept any criticism with tact and grace

Answer most questions with simple “yes” and “…” answers

Anticipate the …: write a general script with answers to questions you might be asked

Appear desperate for a … – any job

Arrive … for the interview

Ask if you can telephone in a few days to check on the … of your application

Avoid salary issues: if you are asked how much money you would expect, try to avoid the … by using a delaying statement or give a broad range with a $15,000 spread. At this point, you do not know how much the job is worth

Be positive and try to make others … comfortable

Be positive; turn a weakness … a strength

Be prepared to think on your …: if you are asked to participate in a role-playing situation, give short but concise answers

Brag about how great you are, but neglect to … evidence of your accomplishments

Briefly … your qualifications for the job and the contributions you could make to the organization

By rehearsing interview questions, you’ll become more … with your own qualifications and will be well prepared to demonstrate how you can benefit an employer

Call the interviewer by his or her first …., or use the wrong name

Choose the right preposition: . Instruction is given ... the shop floor, often supplemented by the worker’s attendance at a technical college

Choose the right preposition: Apprenticeships have to be provided … the employer, and both employer and employee are bound by the apprenticeship indentures

Choose the right preposition: Companies can profitably manage the ebb and flow of demand over the business cycle if they reduce their core staff … a minimum and hire additional workers on contracts which will allow them to be shed quickly if times get rough

Choose the right preposition: If they allow their wage costs to rise … the industry average, they face loss of market share and financial distress

Choose the right preposition: In the latter case many of the qualifications are, in Britain, degrees rather than qualifications from professional bodies, such degrees being awarded by the universities or colleges … the auspices of the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA)

Choose the right preposition: Indeed, in Britain … recent legislation polytechnics have been elevated to university status, though their courses remain in the main, vocational rather than academic as is the tradition of the older universities

Choose the right preposition: Many employers, however, do expect some skill to be present … other recruits and attendance at college is encouraged for the improvement of these skills

Choose the right preposition: Many office jobs fall under this category including shorthand-typing, typewriting, word-processing and office practice, especially where recruitment is straight … school

Choose the right preposition: Market testing, contracting-out, downsizing and delayering are steadily transferring workers into much less secure work patterns. … the year 2000, full-time tenured employment, around which stable family life has been constructed along with the capacity to service 25 year mortgages, will be a minority form of work.

Choose the right preposition: More and more risk has accrued on workforces as successive Employment Acts have reduced employee protection and as companies have come under intense and growing pressure … pension funds and insurance company shareholders to deliver the highest financial returns in the industrialized world

Choose the right preposition: National newspapers such as “The Guardian” focus … different areas of employment such as media, education, social work and information technology on different days

Choose the right preposition: Some of the areas involved are mechanical engineering, accountancy, statistics, computer science, production engineering and so on

Choose the right preposition: Such degrees rank equally . status with those awarded by the older universities

Choose the right preposition: The famous example is of Burger King, where young workers clocked on when customers appeared; this reduced their wages to a derisory level but ensured that they were only paid … the minutes they were needed

Choose the right preposition: The new universities and colleges of higher education provide most of the training and education for such areas, either on the basis of day-release or on a ‘sandwich course’ basis where the worker spends a period, say a term, in college followed by a period … the employer, again followed by another period in university or college

Choose the right preposition: The rapid growth … the number of part-timers without any formal job security, contract workers, workers sacked and then rehired as self-employed, temporary, part-time self-employed and agency workers is the true indicator that employment conditions have changed

Choose the right preposition: The risk is borne … their fluctuating labour force

Choose the right preposition: There has been a marked growth in forms … work that are not ‘tenured’

Choose the right preposition: They can be laid off within two years as easily …they were hired

Choose the right preposition: They too can be left partially or completely excluded … their social networks

Choose the right preposition: This covers both technical and commercial training and normally involves ultimately qualifying . professional or national examination

Choose the right preposition: This is … less skilled workers and for those trades where no formal apprenticeship schemes exist

Choose the right preposition: Unemployment and low pay are no longer the sole measures of inequality and lack of social well-being; with the rise of new forms of casualized, temporary and contract forms of employment, even those on average incomes and above can become victims of pressures … their control

Choose the right preposition: Where the latter occurs the worker is normally given a day off each week to attend college... what is termed a ‘day-release course’

Choose the right preposition: With full-time workers only qualifying … tenure after two years, the recent pick-up in full-time work means little

Choose two possible answers: Also, avoid … questions about compensation (pay, vacations, etc.) or tuition reimbursements.

Choose two possible answers: Also, the interviewer might simply be curious as to … you have a life outside of work

Choose two possible answers: Applicants should be fluent in at least one foreign language. Experience in marketing would be an … but not essential

Choose two possible answers: Asking someone re-explain an entire subject gives the impression that you have problems listening or …

Choose two possible answers: Asking someone to clarify a … point makes sense

Choose two possible answers: At most interviews, you … be invited to ask questions of your interviewer

Choose two possible answers: Clarify. It’s OK to ask a question to … something the interviewer said. Just make sure you are listening

Choose two possible answers: Don’t ask questions about …one topic.

Choose two possible answers: Don’t ask questions that raise warning flags. For example, asking “Would I really have to work weekends?” … that you are not available for weekend assignments

Choose two possible answers: Employees … have creative or athletic outlets for their stress are often healthier, happier and more productive

Choose two possible answers: For example, you … start, “I read in Business Week that ... I wonder if that factor is going to have an impact on your business.”

Choose two possible answers: For …, hobbies such as chess or bridge demonstrate analytical skills

Choose two possible answers: Here are some … for asking questions

Choose two possible answers: If you are available, … your question

Choose two possible answers: Individual sports show determination and …, while group sport activities may indicate you are comfortable working as part of a team

Choose two possible answers: Let him … that you are ambitious enough to plan ahead

Choose two possible answers: People … ask about only one topic are often perceived as one dimensional and not good candidates

Choose two possible answers: Prepare five good questions. Understand that you may not have time to … them all. Ask questions concerning the job, the company, and the industry or profession

Choose two possible answers: Reading, music, and painting are creative …

Choose two possible answers: Talk about your … to learn more and improve your performance, and be specific as possible about how you will meet the goals you have set for yourself

Choose two possible answers: The interviewer may be looking for evidence of your … skills outside of your professional experience

Choose two possible answers: The interviewer … to know if your plans and the company’s goals are compatible

Choose two possible answers: The work will … working in our London office, telephoning and corresponding with our overseas clients and agents, and some travel, mainly to European countries

Choose two possible answers: This is an important … for you to learn more about the employer, and for the interviewer to further evaluate you as a job candidate

Choose two possible answers: We are a well-known international manufacturer, … in the UK, and we are expanding our export marketing activities in our European headquarters in London

Choose two possible answers: We are looking for a lively and intelligent person to join our team as … as possible

Choose two possible answers: You might … more interested in paychecks or time-off than the actual job

Choose two possible answers: Your questions should … your interest in these subjects and that you have read and thought about them

Choose two possible answers: …examples describing how you have worked in both situations

Chose three possible answers: . She’s only 20 but she has really good …

Chose three possible answers: ... I think she’d be a real find and you should get in touch with her right …

Chose three possible answers: But if you want to … him, his address is 145 Pentland (I’ll spell that, that’s P-E-N-T-L-A-N-D) Pentland Gardens, Glasgow, and the postcode is G5 8TG, and his phone number is 041 667 8092

Chose three possible answers: Do you know, he claimed to speak German, but when I … talking to him in German, he couldn’t understand

Chose three possible answers: Good afternoon. This is Gus Morrison … from Glasgow

Chose three possible answers: He speaks fluent French and his German is … good too

Chose three possible answers: Hello, this is Terry Williams … from Cardiff

Chose three possible answers: Her address is 214 Gower Road (that’s G-O-W-E-R), Swansea (S-W-A-N-S-E-A), SA2 4PJ. Her … number is 0792 98762

Chose three possible answers: Her qualifications on paper are not all that good, she left school at 16 to do a secretarial course, but she’s a very … young woman – she impressed me very much

Chose three possible answers: He’s a very pleasant lad, he seems a bit shy when you first talk to him, but when you get to know him he’s got a lovely sense of humour, and I think he’s very …, he’s very eager and I think he’d fit in well with your people down in London

Chose three possible answers: He’s got an MA and it’s in … languages

Chose three possible answers: He’s … young, he’s only 21 and he’s a graduate of Edinburgh...Edinburgh University

Chose three possible answers: I’ve just finished a very … day interviewing people for you

Chose three possible answers: I’ve spent this morning interviewing four candidates and the best one is a Mrs. Sylvia Sabbatini (that’s S-Y-L-V-I-A S-A-B-B-A-T-I-N-I)

Chose three possible answers: Now, he’s been working for the publicity department of Glasgow City Council for … a year

Chose three possible answers: Now, she’s 25, she’s married and has been working for Johnson Brothers, in Marketing since … school

Chose three possible answers: Now, …of the people I’ve talked to today have been pretty hopeless

Chose three possible answers: She had all the … exam results to get into university when she left school, but decided to go into industry

Chose three possible answers: She has a lovely … – very cheerful and bright

Chose three possible answers: She has no … here, and she could start next week if you wanted

Chose three possible answers: She is full of …, makes friends easily and she would work well in a team

Chose three possible answers: She speaks Italian … (her father is Italian, her mother is English)

Chose three possible answers: She speaks Spanish and French, though she’s not exactly fluent in either, but she’s so … I don’t think that matters

Chose three possible answers: She’s been married for two years, no children, and her husband has just got a job in London, so she’d be able to … work in London more or less right away

Chose three possible answers: She’s been working in marketing for a small light engineering … and she had just become their Export Marketing Manager when the firm was taken over and she was made redundant because they decided to close her department

Chose three possible answers: So the only … I have to tell you about is Miss Emma Harris (that’s E-M-M-A H-A-R-R-I-S)

Chose three possible answers: The firm was taken over and she was made redundant … they decided to close her department

Chose three possible answers: There were … only two applicants that you should have invited for interview and I discovered after half an hour that one of them isn’t available

Chose three possible answers: …, this is Laura Steele, I’m calling from Sheffield

Correspond the left and right parts

Demonstrate … it was a learning experience that will not affect your future work

Do not ask questions that raise red flags. Ask, “Is relocation a requirement?”, and the interviewer may assume that you do not want to … at all

Don’t maintain good eye-…. with the interviewer

Don’t make a connection between your skills and the … of the employer

Don’t make negative comments about current or former employers

End the interview with a handshake and … the interviewer for his or her time

Few questions are more important than these, so it is important to answer them . and with enthusiasm

Focus on skills, experiences, and accomplishments. Practice until you are comfortable. Then replace the … with cue cards that you keep by the telephone

Follow up with a phone … if you are not contacted within a week of when the interviewer indicated you would be

Give memorized .., forgetting parts in the process

If the job contact was made through the Internet or e-mail, send an e-mail thank-you note immediately after the interview, then … a second letter by post timed to arrive the week before the hiring decision will be made

If they offer to contact you, politely ask when you should expect the …

If you are talking too much, you will probably miss cues concerning what the interviewer … is important

If you are … how to answer a question, you might reply with another question

If you did not have any problems, simply … a reason, such as: relocated away from job; company went out of business; laid off; temporary job; no possibility of advancement; wanted a job better suited to your skills

If you have sufficiently researched the organization, you should … able to imagine what skills the company values

If you were … unexpectedly, try to set an appointment to call back by saying something like: “I have a scheduling conflict at this time.”

If you … have problems, be honest

Indicate you are late because the directions you were given were not …

It will serve as a reminder to the interviewer concerning your appropriateness for the position, so feel ... to mention any topics discussed during your interview

Keep your notes handy: have any key information, including your resume, notes about the company, and any . ..cards you have prepared, next to the phone

Look disheveled and inappropriately ….

Make .. you also have a notepad and pen so you can jot down notes and any questions you would like to ask at the end of the interview

Make a short, organized … of your education and professional achievements and professional goals

Make eye contact with the interviewer and answer his questions in a … voice

Make sure the interviewer understands why you are … these questions

Push for a face-to-… meeting: sell yourself by closing with something like: “I am very interested in exploring the possibility of working in your company. I would appreciate an opportunity to meet with you in person so we can both better evaluate each other. I am free either Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning.”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: . I am currently (to analyze) the survey data from parents of GATE children, regarding the need for support services to parents

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: ACME Atlantic are a well-known and (to respect) trading company

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Ageism is everywhere. It’s much more prevalent than sexism in the job market, or that’s how it (to seem) from where I’m standing

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Ageism is lagging behind sexism, racism, and handicappism because even the oppressed (to seem) to accept the discrimination

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Applicants must (to be) able to speak and write at least one foreign language fluently and can be nationals of any country

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: As you will (to see) in my vita, my continuing interest in the education of gifted students is reflected not only in my dissertation and current research on GATE issues, but also in my earlier grant-funded project on motivational field trips for GATE students

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Because of my strong research background and my experience in supervision and instruction, I believe that I can (to make) a meaningful contribution to the SRIU Department of Education.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: But there (to be) another wildly exciting job in the paper today, “salary Ј12,500–16,250 according to age and experience”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: During the past summers I (to have) taught Education 116, “The Exceptional Child,” our state-required survey of special education

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Electronic resumes to (be) used by Resume Banks to match applicant qualifications with employer needs

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Even the BBC is a culprit. Their appointments brochure says: “The BBC’s personnel policies are based on equal opportunities for all ... This (to apply) to ... opportunity for training and promotion, irrespective of sex, marital status, creed, colour, race or ethnic origin, and the BBC is committed to the development and promotion of such equality of opportunity. Traineeships ... are available to suitably qualified candidates under the age of 25.”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Experience in Import/export will be an advantage, but as special training will be available, this (to be) not essential

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: For the past two years I have (to serve) as Supervisor of Student-Teachers in both the Multiple-Subjects Credential program and the Special Education Specialist program

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I (to have) also served for the past year as Chair of the University Relations Committee of the Society for Gifted and Talented Children

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am (to will), qualified, and experienced in these areas

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am also favorably (to impress) with your department’s emphasis on synthesizing faculty research efforts with course content in the graduate seminars

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am aware that Southern Rhode Island University (to take) pride in its fine teaching, as well as its reputation as a research institution

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am currently (to teach) one section of Education 336B, “Elementary Teaching Methods,” and I previously served as a teaching assistant at Claremont Graduate School

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I am particularly (to interest)in your announced position because of your stated desire for “a researcher-teacher with a strong background in the area of education for gifted students.”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I enjoy student-teacher supervision very much, and I consider such “applied” responsibilities to (be) among the most important contributions I can make toward the education of children

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I have (to complete) all requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Education at the University of California, Riverside, with a major concentration in Special Education and Educational Psychology

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I have also (to teach) in the Long Beach public schools at the elementary level and in a middle school special day class setting

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I have arranged to have my file of references (to mail) from the Career Services Center at the University of California, Riverside

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I have enjoyed my university students immensely, and their high regard for my teaching abilities is (to reflect) in my enclosed student evaluations

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I may be (to reach) at my home (909–788–9999) until October 5, and then at my office (909–787–5228) during the remainder of the year

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: In fact, when I (to reach) the fiftieth without success I decided to abandon job-hunting and got out my pen to scratch a living instead

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: It’s been a long time since I (to waste) stamp money this way

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: It’s not that I have more age than experience – I’ve (to leed) an incident-packed existence

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I’m a victim of the sliding pay-scale. Employers can (to obtain) a fresh 22-year-old graduate to train a lot cheaper than me

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I’m contemplating (to apply) for my fifty-first job

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Journalist, temp, company director, wife and mother, market researcher, and now, at thirty-something, I’m (to try) to use my Cambridge degree in criminology

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Let me (to mention) as well my experiences as a university instructor

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: My plans for future research will, of course, be (to influence) by the ideas and opportunities which present themselves at my future university, but my intention is to continue exploring the effects of media influences and home environment in the education of gifted students

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: My research interests have ranged across the field of special education, (to focus) primarily upon student motivation, testing, and the role of the home environment in learning

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: On top of the long-standing concerns about the growing gap between rich and poor, there is an increasing awareness of a new range of risks that are (to bring) fresh patterns of social distress and exclusion

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Please (to consider) my enclosed curriculum vitae and supporting materials in application for the position of Assistant Professor in Special Education, as announced in July 10, 2000 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Please (to inform) me if you would like to see other documents or supporting materials. I will be available for interviews at any time after August 19

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Please apply in your own handwriting, (to enclose) your resume, to Charles Fox, European Sales Office, ACME Atlantic Ltd, 45 Pentonville Road, London EC2 4AC

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Thank you for (to consider) my application. I look forward to meeting you in Beachpoint at your convenience

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The British (to be) increasingly at risk

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The administrative grade of the Civil Service (to assume) the rot sets in at 32

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The armed services and police, perhaps, could (to think) about strenuous aptitude and fitness tests rather than imposing a blanket upper limit on entrants which is arbitrarily and variously fixed between 28 and 33

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The chances of their jobs disappearing, of their incomes falling, of their homes (to be) repossessed or being impossible to sell, of their families breaking up, of their networks of friendships disintegrating, have not been higher since the war

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The good news is the pay, the bad news is that damning little phrase “according to age and experience” which (to mean) I won’t get the job

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The main requirements are a willingness to work as a member of a team, to cope with pressure, to use the telephone in a foreign language and in English and to be prepared occasionally to (work) long hours when necessary

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The public and private sectors are obsessed with (to attract) young high-flyers

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The salary we will offer (to be) excellent. We will pay for your return air fare and provide adequate accommodation at a nominal rent

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There are several posts available and long-term prospects are good, though initially all successful applicants will be (to contract) for a maximum of 9 months

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: This is recognized by the Probation Service, for example, who welcome experienced adults (to look) for a second career

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Unfortunately it’s not all (to relate) to a single-strand career structure

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: We are (to look) for enthusiastic people to work in our office in Bermuda on temporary 3-, 6- and 9-month contracts

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: We handle imports directly from manufacturers in 35 different countries, often to our own specifications, and (to export) to 46 different countries worldwide

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Yet I’m the ideal employee: stable, good-humoured, child-bearing behind me, (to look) for 25-plus years of steady pensionable employment

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Yet there are many professions that would (to benefit) from the maturity and stability the older entrant can bring

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Your announcement also (to call) for a colleague who is “willing to assume various teacher-training and field supervision responsibilities.”

Reflect before answering a … question

Reiterate your interest in the … and your qualifications

Relax. Think of the interview as a conversation, not an interrogation. And remember, the interviewer is …as nervous about making a good impression on you

Remain low-… and display no enthusiasm for the job

Remember to listen. Communication is a …-way street

Respond in an unfocused, disorganized, and … manner

Send a “Thanks for the Interview” note. After the interview, send a brief thank-you …

Show openness by leaning into a greeting with a firm … and smile

Show self-…

Show you want the job. … your initiative by talking about what functions you could perform that would benefit the organization, and by giving specific details of how you have helped past employers

Show … you can accept responsibility and learn from your mistakes

Slouch in your …

Talk about .. your professional skills will benefit the company

The interviewer will … if you really care about the job

These should cover any information about the company and … position you could not find in your own research

Too many questions about …. may cause the interviewer to think you are more interested in taking time off than helping the company

Try to reschedule surprise interviews: you will not be your .. with a surprise interview

Try to time it so it arrives before the … decision will be made

When it is your …, ask the questions you have prepared in advance