Interview skills in English

For whom?

For academic staff, with English as their second or third language, who would like to improve their language skills for job seeking purposes.

Dates 2012

New dates to be announced.

Course fee

This course is free of charge for UT-personnel.

Trainer

A qualified English language teacher from TCP Language Centre.

Information

Marjolein Rietman

Career Development Centre HR

Telephone: 053-489 8010

E-mail: m.j.h.rietman@utwente.nl

Application

Application form

Result

The course comprises three workshops of two hours each. The workshops include speaking and writing activities for job interviews and job offer negotiations. At completion you will demonstrate increased self-confidence when using English in job interviews. Classes will include different work forms such as pair work, group work and role plays and will primarily focus on developing speaking skills.

Subjects

You will explore the English language tools and vocabulary that are necessary for a self-confident and successful job interview performance. You will study various ways in which they can use English to maximize your chances of securing a job interview and succeeding in the interview, i.e. how to present yourselve in English with both confidence and persuasiveness.

Key components of the workshops are:

Interview Practice

·	Short individual interviews

·	Delivery of “tell me about yourself’ question and response to critical incident questions

·	Tutor and group feedback

·	Understanding and responding to different question forms

Sell yourself successfully

·	English phrase bank for analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats

·	Presenting yourself as the ideal interview candidate

·	If appropriate, short demonstration presentations

·	Interview follow up

Negotiation process

·	Negotiating terms and conditions

·	Dealing with job offers

English Q&A Bank

·	Structuring clear and effective responses to typical interview questions

·	How to prepare for difficult interview questions

·	Interviewing the interviewers - asking your own questions

Duration and time investment

Attendance at every workshop is essential. The workshops are held over three weeks, with one workshop per week, each workshop lasting three hours. Homework is expected to take approximately two hours each week.