Hello everyone! Happy last day of June!
Even though we may feel as if we have been robbed of a couple of months this year, summer has finally arrived and we are ready for it! Continue reading “Syncopation for the nation part 2”
Hello everyone! Happy last day of June!
Even though we may feel as if we have been robbed of a couple of months this year, summer has finally arrived and we are ready for it! Continue reading “Syncopation for the nation part 2”
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As you may know, we’re back on our feet and feeling stronger than ever! At the beginning of the month we launched an online learning platform that has proven really successful and that we combine with our improved online classes.
With our mind towards the summer season, we encourage you to get information before we get all our spots filled up, both face to face and online! Continue reading “Syncopation for the nation (Part 1)”
Hello everyone and happy May 1st!
To celebrate international workers’ day we’re posting the long overdue final part of our job interview special. If you missed them here are the links for the first two parts:
Now we are ready to start. Scroll down for part 3!
Once you’re sitting down and the (hopefully great) initial impression has been made, now it’s time to answer some questions. We can divide these into 5 categories, depending on their nature:
In many interviews, the first question you’ll be asked is “Tell me about yourself”. This is a great opportunity to explain who you are and the value you would bring to the company, albeit you don’t start telling them about your memories of day care or your school friends. Talk about your skills and interests, your achievements and your professional projection being humble and honest.
Other basic interview questions are:
They are designed to learn about your professional life but also to analyse your personality. For example, if asked “What was the last project you headed up? What was the outcome?” the interviewers may be more interested in what image of yourself you’re portraying than in the project itself and if asked “can you describe a time when your work was criticised?” you are being assessed on your self-criticism, on how well you receive others’ opinion and whether you’re able to change your way when things are not going well.
Other behavioural questions are:
This is the time when you should bring up professional experience and achievements relevant for the position you’re applying for as well as your future projection and ambitions. Some of the questions you may be asked are:
This is a tricky area, should you be honest about how much you want to earn? Should you ask for a certain amount? Well, the answer depends on the job application and the description of it. If the salary was part of the job advert you already know what you are going to earn and, supposedly, you agree with that number or you wouldn’t be there. On the other hand, if the ad did not mention anything about salary, make sure you do your research and go to the interview with an estimate of how much people in your position earn. You may want to ask for more but you should offer a good reason for it.
Some questions you may be asked in this area are:
This is a miscellaneous category where the interviewers will find out additional information in any of the areas they feel thay need to and these are some questions to give you a general idea:
After this, all we can do is go home and wait for that phone call or email giving us the answer. Just remember, not all companies reply and if you do not receive any notification from them in 4 weeks, it is understood that you have not been selected. That’s ok, just keep up the good work and you’ll get there! 😉
What’s your opinion of our job hunting special? Have you found it useful? Let us know your opinion in the comments section below!
Have a great May!
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How’s the week going? This Friday we bring you a website that we really think you are going to love: the Cambridge blog on “Academic Perspectives”. Did you even know this exists? Continue reading “Academic English, what’s that?”
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Today we’re going to talk about typical mistakes made by Spanish students. Continue reading “Spanglish”
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March is here, spring is around the corner and you can feel summer aproaching, can’t you? In our last post Continue reading “Job hunting Part 2: “The First Five””
Happy 2020 everyone!
We really hope you’ve had a lovely winter break and that you’re starting this 2020 as energised and excited about what is to come as we are! We have a lot of different posts coming up, including some special collaborations, and we can’t wait for you to see them! Continue reading “The Sussexes are going solo”
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We’ve got a lot of news today! Continue reading “Merry Christmas!!!”
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I hope you’re having a great June! Continue reading “Idioms”
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I hope you’re having a great end of February.
Today I want to talk to you about the units we measure our weight and height in the UK and the US, have you ever thought about it? Continue reading “Metric vs Imperial”