Раз уж мы заговорили о собеседованиях, делимся целой историей с фразовыми глаголами и идиомами:
After the IT school, I was turned down by lots of companies before I was finally taken on by a VR startup. I thought it was a nine-to-five job but I was wrong. I had to work all hours, and our CEO was constantly checking up on me to make sure I was hard at it. To make matters worse, we were dealing with some financial difficulties. Once I realized that I wasn’t cut out for the job, I decided to hand in my notice. But before I had a chance, they gave me the sack – they realized I was hopeless!
📌to turn sb. down – to say “no” to sb. when they apply for sth.
📌to take sb. on – to employ sb.
📌to check up on sb. – to watch sb. to make sure they are doing their job
📌to be hard at it. – to be working hard
📌to be cut out for sth. / to do sth. – to have the necessary qualities and ability for sth. / to do sth.
📌to hand in your notice – to formally tell your employer that you are leaving your job
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After the IT school, I was turned down by lots of companies before I was finally taken on by a VR startup. I thought it was a nine-to-five job but I was wrong. I had to work all hours, and our CEO was constantly checking up on me to make sure I was hard at it. To make matters worse, we were dealing with some financial difficulties. Once I realized that I wasn’t cut out for the job, I decided to hand in my notice. But before I had a chance, they gave me the sack – they realized I was hopeless!
📌to turn sb. down – to say “no” to sb. when they apply for sth.
📌to take sb. on – to employ sb.
📌to check up on sb. – to watch sb. to make sure they are doing their job
📌to be hard at it. – to be working hard
📌to be cut out for sth. / to do sth. – to have the necessary qualities and ability for sth. / to do sth.
📌to hand in your notice – to formally tell your employer that you are leaving your job
#interview_winner
Мы много собеседуем... и вот одна мелочь (точнее, предлог), в которой часто делают ошибки:
WORK IN, AT, FOR or ON
📌TO WORK + IN
✔️You work in a field:
I hope to work in marketing when I’m older
✔️You also work in some environment or a part of a company:
You should work in our Berlin headquarters.
📌TO WORK + FOR
✔️You work for a specific employer (a person or a company):
I understand you work for Adam Black.
She works for a big outsourcing company.
I am self-employed, so I work for myself.
✔️A person or a thing can work for a reason or purpose:
I am happy to work for the success of the company.
Продолжение завтра. Stay tuned! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
WORK IN, AT, FOR or ON
📌TO WORK + IN
✔️You work in a field:
I hope to work in marketing when I’m older
✔️You also work in some environment or a part of a company:
You should work in our Berlin headquarters.
📌TO WORK + FOR
✔️You work for a specific employer (a person or a company):
I understand you work for Adam Black.
She works for a big outsourcing company.
I am self-employed, so I work for myself.
✔️A person or a thing can work for a reason or purpose:
I am happy to work for the success of the company.
Продолжение завтра. Stay tuned! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
Продолжаем?
📌TO WORK + AT
✔️You work at a specific location:
I work at Genesis
He was working at his desk
✔️We can also say that something works at some level:
The same formula works at the project level as well as the organizational level.
✔️If you work at something, you try hard to develop or improve it:
I’ve spent three hours working at this problem.
❗️Note that you can also work on something (= to spend time producing or improving something):
Jason and Mike decided to work on refactoring recent solutions.
#interview_winner
📌TO WORK + AT
✔️You work at a specific location:
I work at Genesis
He was working at his desk
✔️We can also say that something works at some level:
The same formula works at the project level as well as the organizational level.
✔️If you work at something, you try hard to develop or improve it:
I’ve spent three hours working at this problem.
❗️Note that you can also work on something (= to spend time producing or improving something):
Jason and Mike decided to work on refactoring recent solutions.
#interview_winner
💪Простые слова, которые можно использовать, говоря об опыте:
📌considerable
✔️You need to gain/get considerable experience to work as a Solution architect.
📌long
✔️We have long experience of dealing with such problems.
📌wide
✔️She has wide experience in teaching Front-end.
📌valuable (= useful)
✔️That was a tough project, but I got valuable experience for my next job
📌invaluable (= extremely useful)
✔️Working here gives these interns invaluable experience.
Продолжение в следующем посте⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
📌considerable
✔️You need to gain/get considerable experience to work as a Solution architect.
📌long
✔️We have long experience of dealing with such problems.
📌wide
✔️She has wide experience in teaching Front-end.
📌valuable (= useful)
✔️That was a tough project, but I got valuable experience for my next job
📌invaluable (= extremely useful)
✔️Working here gives these interns invaluable experience.
Продолжение в следующем посте⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
И ещё немного об опыте
📌relevant
✔️Both candidates for the director of engineering position were short of relevant experience.
📌first-hand (= gained by doing something yourself)
✔️Our PM has first-hand experience of Python programming.
📌hands-on (=practical)
✔️Don’t underestimate the importance of hands-on experience.
#interview_winner
📌relevant
✔️Both candidates for the director of engineering position were short of relevant experience.
📌first-hand (= gained by doing something yourself)
✔️Our PM has first-hand experience of Python programming.
📌hands-on (=practical)
✔️Don’t underestimate the importance of hands-on experience.
#interview_winner
📌You can prepare for your next situational interview by coming up with a few examples of:
✔️challenges
✔️mistakes/failures
✔️conclusions (what you’ve done differently)
✔️accomplishments
✔️conflicts
✔️drive
✔️leadership
using STAR technique
📌You can also check a job description and come up with a story for when you’ve previously performed each skill listed in your job ad
#interview_winner
✔️challenges
✔️mistakes/failures
✔️conclusions (what you’ve done differently)
✔️accomplishments
✔️conflicts
✔️drive
✔️leadership
using STAR technique
📌You can also check a job description and come up with a story for when you’ve previously performed each skill listed in your job ad
#interview_winner
И снова pitch
You can’t know what exact questions they’ll ask you during the interview. Good news, there is one that you’ll be definitely asked, and that is ‘tell me about yourself’:
📌Your job title
📌Years in IT and industries you’ve worked in.
📌Your greatest accomplishments and how they benefited the company (-ies) you worked with
📌Your primary focus - what you’re the best at and what tech stack you’d like to continue to grow and develop in.
📌Why you want to work this them.
Writing the script would structure your thoughts, and you’ll deliver your main points in a best way😉
#interview_winner
You can’t know what exact questions they’ll ask you during the interview. Good news, there is one that you’ll be definitely asked, and that is ‘tell me about yourself’:
📌Your job title
📌Years in IT and industries you’ve worked in.
📌Your greatest accomplishments and how they benefited the company (-ies) you worked with
📌Your primary focus - what you’re the best at and what tech stack you’d like to continue to grow and develop in.
📌Why you want to work this them.
Writing the script would structure your thoughts, and you’ll deliver your main points in a best way😉
#interview_winner