CHECK YOUR INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE

Printable Self-test

Print out this test and choose which of the options below is most like you. Put a number in each box, and then check the table below. 

Why did you leave your last job?

a)  I wasn't learning enough and I needed a new challenge.

b)  I've never had a job before, unless you count tidying the toys at nursery school.

c)  Whatever they say, the money that went missing was nothing to do with me.

What would you say are your strengths?

a)  I'm a self-starting, self-motivating, innovator who can get the best out of everyone who works for me.

b)  I don't really know.

c)  I can do anything for anyone, no questions asked.

What would you say are your weaknesses?

a)  I'm a perfectionist.

b)  That I don't know what my strengths are?

c)  The opposite sex and alcohol!

Have you any questions for us?

a)  Why are you all so talented and good-looking?

b)  Why did you ask me for an interview?

c)  So which one is my office?

SCORING

mostly
A's

You have nearly perfect interview technique. However no one will hire you because you are too good to be true. No one likes a know-all which is obviously why you lost your last job. You'd be ideal as the new Chairman.

mostly
B's

Oh dear.You have low self-esteem. Be careful you don't get offered a job in the Accounts Department.

mostly
C's

You have an aggressive attitude. You are most likely a small-time criminal. Welcome to the Sales Department.

Source: New English Digest

GLOSSARY

self-starting: someone who can work by him or herself who does not need supervision (emprendedor/a)
strive: work hard for something, struggle (esforzarse)

re-evaluate: to measure and judge something again by careful appraisal (comparar, contrastar)
know-all: someone who thinks he or she knows everything (sabelotodo)
self-esteem: one’s sense of worth (autoestima)