Interview Questions: The Future

• What are you looking for in your next job? What is important to you?

• What are your goals for the next five years / ten years?

• How do you plan to achieve those goals?

• Questions about your career goals.

• What will you do if you don't get this position?

Listening

1. A) Read the job advert and cv below. Why do you think Sara applied for the job?

Multinational food packaging equipment manufacturer seeks International Sales Manager to call on Europe and Latin America. Base $80K and commission, full benefits and expenses. Prefers: fluency in one or more foreign languages. Send resume with cover letter indicating citizenship and salary requirements.

	Sara Verkade
	58, Stoppard Drive, London SW16
	Tel: 353 865 344872 E-mail: sara.verkade@gmz.net
Date & place of birth	23.7.78, Maassluis, The Netherlands
Marital status	Single
Nationality	Dutch
Qualifications	September 1996 - July 1999 BComm, Marketing Management, Haagse Hogeschool, The Hague
Employment history	June 2000 - present
	Management Team Co-ordinator, Helena Rubinstein, L'Oreal
	Organising meetings, events and conferences. Analysing sales
	figures and producing relevant reports and charts.
	Customer relations and responding to complaints and queries.
	June 1999 - June 2000
	SPC Professional, Sales Productivity Centre, IBM
	Sales team support. Research, pricing and proposal-writing on
	million dollar bids.
Languages	Dutch, English, German, Spanish
IT Skills	Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite

B) Sara was interviewed for the job. Listen to the interview. Do you think they employed her?

C) Listen again and complete the phrases below.

a Now, this is just a preliminary interview to _____ details.

b Do your present _____ you are?

c What don't you ______ position?

d Well, Sara, can I ask you a ______ your CV?

e Do you, in fact, have any ______ experience?

f ... an 'SPC professional'. What ______ mean?

g Yes, we provided ____________ twenty salesmen from different sectors of the company.

h ... it was a position that required a lot of time_____ and prioritising of tasks.

i I'd like more responsibility and to be able to _____ and my languages.

D) Do you think the interviewer was fair in the interview?