{"id":141,"date":"2007-03-31T23:18:58","date_gmt":"2007-04-01T07:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/03\/31\/bep-41-adv-%e2%80%93-job-interviews-%e2%80%93-first-round-part-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T22:36:26","slug":"bep-41-adv-job-interviews-first-round-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2007\/03\/31\/bep-41-adv-job-interviews-first-round-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 41 &#8211; Job Interview English: First Round Interview (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-141-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP041ADV-Interviews2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP041ADV-Interviews2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP041ADV-Interviews2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod lesson on first round job interviews. learn how to answer common interview questions and useful phrases and vocabulary for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/job-interviews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English job interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;ll remember from the first episode, Mike Barnes is interviewing William Chow for a job at the Hong Kong head office of First Mercantile International, a global bank. William had just finished telling Mike about his work history, management style and personal characteristics. Our HR manager, Mike, continues the interview with another very common first round question. Lets see what it is and think about how you would answer the question?<\/p>\n<p>Download a PDF list of useful interview phrases to describe your personal characteristics <a href=\"http:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/Enclosures\/Transcripts\/BEP040V-Interview1vocab.pdf\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/job-interviews\/\">More ESL job interview lessons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/StudyNotes\/BEP041SN-Interview2.pdf\">BEP 41: Study Notes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP041ADV-Interviews2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast MP3<\/a><\/strong>[\/tp]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod lesson on first round job interviews. 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