Listening Questions

1. Why does Patrick talk about his work developing junior accountants?


2. What is Patrick’s suggestion about training and development?


3. What does Patrick want to know about the position?

Useful words and expressions:

The best course of action

To look for precedent ON … case/issue

To help to learn how to deal with problems on one’s own

Much like smth

Mentoring relationship

To be heavily involved In smth

To be extremely useful

Within a larger organization

To give some perspective

With a senior lead

Gain experience doing smth

To be effective in certain ways

To debrief smth

Semi-formal

To be assigned to smb/smth

It may be an idea worth pursuing

That’s an area of great interest to us!

To have hands-on experience with smth

To benefit a lot from smth/doing smth

To have a close look AT smth

To be clearly the most well-known …

Training and development are huge concerns FOR smb

To be TOO true

To put a lot of time and energy into smth

To remind smb of smth

To clarify smth

Expectations around smth

To run smb through smth

Imaginery/hypothetical situations

Say, …

To begin (doing smth) BY doing smth else

To consider approaching some problem in some certain way

To come up (about a problem, issue)

Appt = appropriate

To transfer your skills to another job

Organizational skills can help me in other ways, too

Supervising a large staff has prepared me for other leadership roles.

My experience on the production floor has given me a good understanding of workflow and processes.

What I learned in marketing really helps me in sales.

One way to do that – polite way to introduce ideas

Non-forceful

Indirect expressions and softening words

Have you ever considered outsourcing some of the mineau administrative work?

Engaging the public through social media is one way you might be able to enhance brand awareness.

I think it might be a good idea to focus on employee retention.

There appears to be some room for improvement in marketing

Direct experience

It’s absolutely essential to do some research before an interview.

I was interested to learn that you’re one of a top 10 (50) companies in the Mid-West.

I must say that I’m impressed with your recent success in South America.

I understand that 40% of your revenues come through government contracts.

Your 4^th quarter results showed to your shareholders surprise, didn’t they?

The subject of time reminds P. of smth he want to know

Billable hours – the amount of time that should be directly billed o the clients

P. approaches the issue with tact

Question-asking is not a one-way street in the interviews

How does your company like to reward its employees?

I’d be curious to know about your plans for expansion to the West Coast.

How would you describe the work place culture?

What do you enjoy most in working for this company?

- How would you improve our brand awareness?

- I would begin by redesigning the company logo.

- If you were put in charge of the company, what’s the first thing you’d do?

- I would do an employee survey to find out if they’re satisfied.

Date: 2016-03-03; view: 960