The Office - Interview Skills Part 2 - Discussing Your Background (C0238)

Mr. Parsons:

Now, Miss Childs passed on your resume to me and I've had the chance to look it over and I must say I'm quite impressed.

Rebecca:

Thank you very much. I've tried to keep it short and clear. If there's any questions please feel free to ask me.

Mr. Parsons:

Well yes, I do have a number of questions, but perhaps first you could give me a brief overview I'd like to get a little bit of an idea of your background.

Rebecca:

yes of course. Well as you can see from the resume I'm up and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, although our family moved to London when I was quite young, at around rook.

Mr. Parsons:

Ah I see, so you were actually educated in Europe?

Rebecca:

yes precisely. Although I was born in the US, I would definitely call London home. But as you see I've actually spent a lot of my life moving from country to country. My Father was inthe oil business before he retired so we also spent a number of years in Saudi Arabia too.

Mr. Parsons:

Very interesting. So it seems you had quite an adventurous childhood.

Rebecca:

Absolutely! We were never still for too long. But now I'm really looking to settle down.

Mr. Parsons:

I see. Okay, well let's move on to discuss your education shall we?

Rebecca:

Sure.

Key Vocabulary

impress

cause someone to feel admiration

a brief overview

a general description

settle down

to calm down

pass on

hand in

feel free

feel relaxed

Supplementary Vocabulary

concise

to be short and clear

world traveller

a person who has traveled to many different countries

cover page

a page briefly describing the interviewee

qualities

certain positive characteristics a person has

expatriate

a person who leaves their home country to work in another country

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