Practice Listening Business English Exercises for A2 – Jobs

5 упражнений

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A. Listen to Dan’s conversation with Elsa. Who is going to interview the candidates?
B. Listen again and complete the profile for each candidate.

	Vicki Grant
Impression of candidate	Very friendly, good (1) skills.
Essential	(2) years’ experience in sales, manages a team of twelve staff.
Useful	Works in pharmaceutical industry, degree in chemistry, speaks (3) .

	Sam Gowan
Impression of candidate	Knows a lot about our company, good (4) skills.
Essential	Three years’ experience in sales, manages a team of (5) staff.
Useful	Works for a (6) chemical company, has business degree, has worked in Germany, excellent German

	Issac Lange
Impression of candidate	Good team worker, has a (7) personality.
Essential	(8) years’ experience in sales, manages a team of twenty staff.
Useful	Works for paint manufacturer, has travelled for work, (9) German.

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A. Listen to the conversation between Maria and Ernesto and complete the sentences with Miranda, Luca or Agnes.
1)
is the oldest candidate, has the most experience and is happy to learn a language.
2)
is the youngest candidate, has a degree in marketing and works in the cosmetics industry.
3)
manages the biggest team and has the best language skills.
B. Complete the notes on each candidate. Then listen again and check.
Miranda Dunn
– Motivated, organised, good (1) )
– Two years’ management experience
– Manages a team of (2) ) staff
– Works for Planet Health (a vegan cosmetics company)
– Degree in (3) )
– Speaks (4) ) well
Luca Baldini
– Friendly personality, good team worker, great (5) ) skills
– Fluent Italian and English and good French
– Has (6) ) degree
– (7) ) years’ experience in marketing
– Manages a team of (8) ) staff
– Works for a pharmaceutical company
Agnes Becker
– Very (9) )
– Very friendly
– Knows a lot about our company
– Works for a (10) ) manufacturer
– Has a degree in fashion
– (11) ) years’ experience in marketing
– Manages a team of nine staff
– (12) ) level French
– Has travelled for work

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A. Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1)
tell / qualifications / about / can / me / your / you / ?
2)
are / strengths / what / main / your / ?
3)
team spirit / to create / how / you / helped / have / a good / ?
4)
ever / have / conference / you / organised / a / ?
5)
difficult team members / with / had / have / you / problems / ever / ?
B. Complete the sentences. Then match the questions in A (1-5) with the answers (a-e). Listen and check.
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A. Complete the interview with the phrases in the box. Then listen and check.
Interviewer: What are your main strengths?
Candidate: I have (1) )I’m (2) ) with my team and motivating them to do a good job.
Interviewer: How have you helped to motivate your staff?
Candidate: I’ve (3) ) when they’ve done a good job.
Interviewer: Have you ever organised training sessions?
Candidate: Yes, I have. I’ve (4) ) .
Interviewer: Have you ever had problems with difficult people?
Candidate: Yes, I have. I’ve had problems with difficult clients and (5) ) between team members. But (6) ) a lot about managing people.

always said ‘Well done!’ done a lot of staff trainingexcellent communication skills good at communicatingI’ve learnt there has been conflict

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1)
Donna and Nick have interviewed three people for a job. Listen to the conversation. Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
0)
Carly knows a lot about the company. T
1)
Carly has good communication skills.
2)
Carly has only three years’ experience in international sales.
3)
Lee is very friendly.
4)
Lee has managed teams before.
5)
Lee works for a much bigger company.
6)
Lee hasn’t got any qualifications.
7)
Dan has work experience.
8)
Dan hasn’t worked internationally.
9)
Dan has good language skills.
10)
Dan has strong analytical skills.

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