{"id":255,"date":"2008-06-28T21:56:32","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T05:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2023-01-15T20:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T04:27:52","slug":"bep-110-adv-job-interviews-stress-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/28\/bep-110-adv-job-interviews-stress-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 110 &#8211; Job Interview English: Stress Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-255-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP110-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP110-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP110-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 110 - Job Interview English: Stress Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP110POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 110 - Job Interview English: Stress Questions\" width=\"1642\" height=\"706\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON.jpg 1642w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON-600x258.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON-400x172.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON-800x344.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-110-English-for-Interview-LESSON-1200x516.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1642px) 100vw, 1642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve discussed in other episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/job-interviews\/\" title=\"English job interviews\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English job interviews<\/a>, one goal of the person conducting the interview is to get you to &#8220;let your guard down.&#8221; Often, after a series of &#8220;warm-up questions,&#8221; the interviewer will give you a tough question. This will likely come &#8220;out of the blue,&#8221; that is, unexpectedly. We call these types of questions &#8220;stress questions&#8221; because part of the intention is to see how you react under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Common types of stress questions range from problems, such as how to solve a business case study or even a mathematics question, to &#8220;behavioral questions,&#8221; such as how to deal with imaginary work situation involving conflict or communication.<\/p>\n<p>The key with this type of question is \u201cDon&#8217;t panic!\u201d which is the theme of this episode. We&#8217;ll be looking at strategies and language that will help you deal with this type of query coolly and calmly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions (Good Example):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What is the interviewer&#8217;s &#8220;stress question?&#8221;<br \/>\n2. What does Yala do to give herself some thinking time?<br \/>\n3. 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