Spotlight - 14.2019

Spotlight PLUS

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14/2019

Giving an
interview
involves more
than just
answering
questions —
as we also
find out in
this issue.
In exercise
4, you can
review Ken’s
helpful tips.
So, for your
next interview,
remember Ken’s
advice:

• don’t forget to
  breathe


• pauses are OK
  and


• smile!
  4. Complete the tips

How well do you remember the advice Ken gave to Wolfgang? Fill the gaps

with the correct words to complete Ken’s tips on how to give interviews.

A. Think of three or four key points that you want to get a.

B. Put yourself in the interviewer’s s.

C. Keep your answers short and to the p.

D. Use examples and analogies with obvious r to the questions.

E. Be positive and be yourself — don’t put on an a.

F. If you are promoting an idea — be e about it.

G. If you don’t understand a question, ask the interviewer to r it.

H. If the interviewer gets the f wrong, politely correct them.

I. If you dry up — stop and t.

J. Watch and listen for “w up” signals from the interviewer.

K. Remind the audience of your key points and end on a “h ”.

3. It’s all the same

Choose the options that can replace the phrases marked in bold without

changing the meaning of the sentences.

A. I can’t believe you spent 1,000 pounds on a new smartphone.

1. a grand 2. a jolly
   B. Our house is always in need of repair; it’s over 100 years old.


2. a millennium 2. a century
   C. Can you get me 12 eggs while you’re at the store?


3. a dozen 2. a bushel of
   D. The number of e-mails waiting for me after my holiday was over 100.


4. a century 2. in triple figures
   E. I heard he earns a salary of over 100,000 pounds.


5. a six-figure salary 2. a six-number salary
   F. Next year is the start of another 10-year period.


6. decade 2. generation

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