{"id":9143,"date":"2016-07-02T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=9143"},"modified":"2022-12-22T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T16:10:58","slug":"business-english-pod-290-advanced-english-skills-2-dealing-with-difficult-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/02\/business-english-pod-290-advanced-english-skills-2-dealing-with-difficult-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 290 &#8211; English Interview Skills 2: Handling Difficult Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9143-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP290-Interview-Skills2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP290-Interview-Skills2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP290-Interview-Skills2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 290 - Interviews in English 2: Dealing with Difficult Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP290POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-290-Lesson-Job-Interviews-English-2-Difficult-Questions-600x258.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 290 - English for Job Interviews: Dealing with Difficult Questions\" width=\"600\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-290-Lesson-Job-Interviews-English-2-Difficult-Questions-600x258.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-290-Lesson-Job-Interviews-English-2-Difficult-Questions-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-290-Lesson-Job-Interviews-English-2-Difficult-Questions-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-290-Lesson-Job-Interviews-English-2-Difficult-Questions.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome back to Business English Pod. My name&#8217;s Edwin, and I&#8217;ll be your host for today&#8217;s lesson on dealing with difficult questions in a job interview.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/job-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English interview<\/a>, even simple questions about your experience and background can be difficult to answer well. Even though you&#8217;ve done your preparation, you might feel nervous or uncomfortable. And then, to make it even more challenging, the interviewer asks you a difficult question.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, everyone expects the question about a personal weakness. That&#8217;s one that you need to have a good answer for. But you might also get a range of other difficult questions that you can&#8217;t prepare for. And so you need to think on your feet and give the best answer you can.<\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;ll look at some of the techniques and language for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/job-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview English<\/a> you can use when faced with these difficult questions. We&#8217;ll learn how to answer hypothetical questions and leading questions. We&#8217;ll also cover softening language for talking about a weakness and stalling for time with a difficult question. And finally, we&#8217;ll look at how to explain how you&#8217;re different from other candidates and how to connect an idea back to an earlier idea.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll rejoin Ryan, Sandra, and Victor. Ryan is interviewing for a job at a software company, while Sandra and Victor are giving him some difficult questions to deal with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. How does Ryan answer the question about what he \u201cwould\u201d do in a certain situation?<br \/>\n2. How does Ryan describe his weakness?<br \/>\n3. What does Ryan think makes him different from other people?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP290SN-Interviews-Skills2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Study Notes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP290QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP290PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP290POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a 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