E4IT STARTER - MODULE 16.pdf
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The document provides guidance on preparing for a job interview. It discusses answering common interview questions in 3 sentences or less, focusing on the key details. Sample answers are provided for questions like "Tell me about yourself" and "Tell me about a time you failed at work." Grammar mistakes to avoid, such as using incorrect prepositions, are highlighted. The importance of small talk with the interviewer to establish rapport is covered. Participants are instructed to practice mock interviews by roleplaying as the interviewer or interviewee.
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Suite [swiːt] Paradigm [ˈpærədʌɪm] Report [rɪˈpɔːt]
API Java [dʒɑːvə] OS Confirm [kənˈfɜː(r)m]
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E4IT STARTER - MODULE 16.pdf
- 2. What you will learn Vocabulary Cracking the job interview Grammar Pronunciation 1 3 4 Soft Skills Common mistakes Common mistakes Small talk with the interviewer 5 Speaking Group interview 2
- 3. WARMUP 1. You should write down your answers to interview questions and memorize them 2. You should show how your skills match the position you’re applying for 3. You should keep your answers structured 4. Keep your answers 1-3 minutes long 5. Tell the interviewer about your family 6. Mention your salary expectations Behavioral interview questions require preparation and practice. Today we will look at some common interview questions, sample answers and most importantly strategies you can use to build solid answers to those questions. First, let’s go over some interview question basics. Decide 3 pieces of advice which are good and 3 pieces of advice which are bad.
- 4. Vocabulary: Cracking the job interview. Part 1 You’re going to hear a developer answer the first common interview question: “Tell me about yourself” Hey! My name is Sam. I’m a software engineer and I enjoy solving ____ problems. I have experience as a full stack web app developer and I enjoy working with all layers of the stack and I enjoy ____ user friendly ____ websites. My passion for web app development started when I was doing my internship at AWS and I was given a solo project to work on for the entirety of the internship and this really gave me full ownership over everything from the ____ to the actual coding of it. And I was also ____ to gain a lot of experience and exposure to a lot of AWS cloud computing tools. After my internship I decided that this is what I wanted to do as a career. Since then, I’ve gained about 3 years of experience building out dozens of different applications. At my current company, I am helping out with the ____ of our existing ____ . This includes building out new microservices as well as updating existing ones. The technologies I have experience with include .NET for building out APIs, and our server-side code, SQL, MySQL and Oracle as well as experience with various different JavaScript frameworks including VueJS and Angular, I believe my experience and my ____ would make me a great asset for your company.
- 5. Vocabulary: Cracking the job interview. Part 1 You’re going to hear a developer answer the first common interview question: “Tell me about yourself” Hey! My name is Sam. I’m a software engineer and I enjoy solving complex problems. I have experience as a full stack web app developer and I enjoy working with all layers of the stack and I enjoy building out user friendly efficient websites. My passion for web app development started when I was doing my internship at AWS and I was given a solo project to work on for the entirety of the internship and this really gave me full ownership over everything from the design decisions to the actual coding of it. And I was also able to gain a lot of experience and exposure to a lot of AWS cloud computing tools. After my internship I decided that this is what I wanted to do as a career. Since then, I’ve gained about 3 years of experience building out dozens of different applications. At my current company, I am helping out with the modernization of our existing infrastructure. This includes building out new microservices as well as updating existing ones. The technologies I have experience with include .NET for building out APIs, and our server-side code, SQL, MySQL and Oracle as well as experience with various different JavaScript frameworks including VueJS and Angular, I believe my experience and my passion would make me a great asset for your company.
- 6. ‘Crack that job interview’ tip “Tell me about yourself” Structure: ★ Give a general overview of what you do (Present Simple: I am a software engineer) ★ Mention a few things you did in the past (Past Simple: I worked at Google for 2 years before switching to freelance) ★ Give an overview of something you are doing right now (Currently, I am working on a healthcare app project etc.)
- 7. Vocabulary: Cracking the job interview. Part 2 You’re going to hear a developer answer the first common interview question: “Tell me about a time you had to persuade someone at work. What did you do?” At my ____ company, our team supported 20-30 different web applications. There was really no uniformity in terms of what front-end JavaScript ____ we could or should use. So what ended up happening is that we would have some apps written in Angular, some apps written in React, some written in Vue. It was kind of all over the place. The problem with this was, say you were assigned to write a ____ in a certain app and you didn’t really know that framework, you would have to at least spend time getting the ____ of it before you can even start to implement that feature. This potentially increased the development time by a lot. So my ____ was just have our apps be written in Vue JS because it’s something that I had experience with, I thought it was fairly easy to pick up, it’s a lightweight app, and it’s pretty easy to inject into existing applications. What I did was I created a little mini ____ and I set up a meeting between my team and my manager and ____ the pros and cons of using that framework. The result of that was my manager was on board and we decided to use Vue JS for all our new development.
- 8. Vocabulary: Cracking the job interview. Part 2 You’re going to hear a developer answer the first common interview question: “Tell me about a time you had to persuade someone at work. What did you do?” At my previous company, our team supported 20-30 different web applications. There was really no uniformity in terms of what front-end JavaScript framework we could or should use. So what ended up happening is that we would have some apps written in Angular, some apps written in React, some written in Vue. It was kind of all over the place. The problem with this was, say you were assigned to write a feature in a certain app and you didn’t really know that framework, you would have to at least spend time getting the basic understanding of it before you can even start to implement that feature. This potentially increased the development time by a lot. So my proposal was just have our apps be written in Vue JS because it’s something that I had experience with, I thought it was fairly easy to pick up, it’s a lightweight app, and it’s pretty easy to inject into existing applications. What I did was I created a little mini demo presentation and I set up a meeting between my team and my manager and demonstrated the pros and cons of using that framework. The result of that was my manager was on board and we decided to use Vue JS for all our new development.
- 9. ‘Crack that job interview’ tip “Tell me about a time you had to persuade someone at work. What did you do?” Structure: ★ State the problem ★ Describe what steps you took to solve it ★ Describe what the result was ★ Don’t skip over important details and don’t use too many jargon words. Your interviewer needs to understand you very clearly or else your answer won’t make an impression.
- 10. Vocabulary: Cracking the job interview. Part 3 You’re going to hear a developer answer the first common interview question: “Tell me about a time you failed at work and what did you learn from it?” So this one time I was assigned the task of ____ a new feature into one of our applications. We used git as our ____ so as I was working on this feature, I was continuously pushing to our master branch which isn’t good practice because you always want to keep your ____ deployable as well as in sync with what’s in ____. Also if we deployed this app with this feature partially done, it would break the application. This was the app that barely got updated so I figured it would be alright. But of course, we had an ____ bug fix that had to be made. And I was like: “We actually can’t deploy it because the app is going to break.” Luckily, with the source control we were able to go back and we were able to add that change to where I started working on that feature. But in the future, I learn to first create a branch off of master and deploy to that branch, then ____ the changes back into master.
- 11. Vocabulary: Cracking the job interview. Part 3 You’re going to hear a developer answer the first common interview question: “Tell me about a time you failed at work and what did you learn from it?” So this one time I was assigned the task of implementing a new feature into one of our applications. We used git as our source control so as I was working on this feature, I was continuously pushing to our master branch which isn’t good practice because you always want to keep your master branch deployable as well as in sync with what’s in production. Also if we deployed this app with this feature partially done, it would break the application. This was the app that barely got updated so I figured it would be alright. But of course, we had an emergency bug fix that had to be made. And I was like: “We actually can’t deploy it because the app is going to break.” Luckily, with the source control we were able to go back and we were able to add that change to where I started working on that feature. But in the future, I learn to first create a branch off of master and deploy to that branch, then merge the changes back into master.
- 12. ‘Crack that job interview’ tip “Tell me about a time you failed at work and what did you learn from it?” Structure: ★ State clearly what happened ★ Choose a story with a “happy ending” (where your mistake didn’t cause too much damage) ★ Place your main focus on what you learned from that experience
- 13. Grammar. Common mistakes Discuss (not “discuss about”) Listen to (not “listen smth”) In English / in PHP (not “on”) I agree (not “I’m agree”) agree is a verb I am sure (not “I don’t sure”) I am trying to watch more movies in English (not “I trying”) I like to learn new things (not “I like learn”) I told him (not “I said him”)
- 14. Grammar. Common mistakes I am sure (not “I don’t sure”) I am trying to watch more movies in English (not “I trying”) I like to learn new things (not “I like learn”) I told him (not “I said him”)
- 15. Practice Come up with your own sentences using the “tricky” words from the grammar section
- 16. Pronunciation tip Suite [swiːt] Paradigm [ˈpærədʌɪm] Report [rɪˈpɔːt] API Java [dʒɑːvə] OS Confirm [kənˈfɜː(r)m] Archive [ˈɑːkʌɪv] Server [sɜː(r)və(r)]
- 17. Soft skills Small talk Small Talk is important in terms of establishing a positive connection with the person you are talking to. You want to come across as a person who is friendly and easy to work with and small talk can really help with that. Here’s what you can do: Ask the interviewer about their day “How is your day going?” “Are you having a good day?” Make a compliment “You have a lovely background” “I love the plant on your desk” Make a casual comment on your surroundings or something that happened to you today “I see you have a big bookcase. That’s cool.” “I am actually looking forward to going to this Marketing event I signed up for, It’s happening this weekend.”
- 18. Practice Pick a person. Start and keep up a casual conversation with them for at least 2 minutes
- 19. Speaking Interview role play If you’re an interviewer: Think of a question to ask Give feedback on the interviewees answer If you’re an interviewee: Answer the interviewer’s question to the best of your ability.
- 20. That’s a wrap! 🌯