Unit 17b: Applying for a job Listening
So,Ms Ribera,I'd like to ask you a few questions about your professional experience and qualifications,if I may?
Sure. Now your CV says that you've experience of dealing with clients from different countries.
Could you tell me which countries you've dealt with?
My department publishes translations of foreign books.
Most of them are English language books
so I deal with America a lot and Britain.
And sometimes Italy,too. So,America,Britain and Italy.
So your English is obviously very good and you speak Italian too.
Could you tell me how good our French is?
It's OK.I did French as part of my degree
but it isn't as good as my English or Italian.
So,that's reasonable French.
Now,on your CV you say you have good keyboard skills.
Could you tell me how many words a minute you can type?
About 50.I learned to type as part of my studies
but I need to practise a bit more.You're not the only one.
I still use two fingers!And what about computers?
Could you tell me a bit about which programs you use?
At the moment I use microsoft Word
as I only need the computer for correspondence.
In my last job I also used Powerpoint for our presentations.You used Powerpoint?
Did you design the presentations yourself?
The Training Director planned them
but I had to do the actual computer work
and make sure it worked properly during the presentations.
So that was at informatica.
But it says here in your CV that you left in 1996.
Could you tell me why you left?
I think the main reason was languages.
I liked my job at informatica but all our clients were Spanish
so I never got to use my languages.
Then one day I saw the advertisement for the job at Ediciones Gomez
and I'd always been interested in publishing,so I applied.
So why do you want to change jobs now?
Well,I still feel that I don't get enough practice wiht my languages...