{"id":1095,"date":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:46:18","slug":"how-to-improve-your-english-for-job-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/how-to-improve-your-english-for-job-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Improve Your English for Job Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1095\" class=\"elementor elementor-1095\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJob interviews in English can feel tense, even when you know the work well. Lindiwe Dlamini, our English Language Lecturer, suggests practising out loud for ten minutes every day.\n\nStart with the questions you always get: tell us about yourself, and why do you want this job. Record your answers on your phone and listen back. You will hear where you rush or lose your words.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Speak slowly, speak simply and let the interviewer hear that you understand the question.\n\n<cite>Lindiwe Dlamini<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nOur free Everyday English Speaking and Grammar course has short lessons built around work conversations. Take one lesson a day and repeat it with a friend.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-a-south-african-woman-lecturer-in-her-thirties-sta-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A South African woman lecturer in her thirties standing beside a home-studio desk, smiling at camera while holding a not\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-a-south-african-woman-lecturer-in-her-thirties-sta-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-a-south-african-woman-lecturer-in-her-thirties-sta-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-a-south-african-woman-lecturer-in-her-thirties-sta-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-a-south-african-woman-lecturer-in-her-thirties-sta-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-a-south-african-woman-lecturer-in-her-thirties-sta-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-close-up-of-an-online-lecturer-s-stellenbosch-desk-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of an online lecturer&apos;s Stellenbosch desk: smartphone propped on a stand, headphones, handwritten study notes,\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-close-up-of-an-online-lecturer-s-stellenbosch-desk-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-close-up-of-an-online-lecturer-s-stellenbosch-desk-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-close-up-of-an-online-lecturer-s-stellenbosch-desk-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-close-up-of-an-online-lecturer-s-stellenbosch-desk-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/boekrak-learning-close-up-of-an-online-lecturer-s-stellenbosch-desk-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build your interview vocabulary<\/h4>\n\n<p>Keep a small notebook of words from job adverts in your field. Write each word with one sentence of your own. Review the list on the taxi, bus or train, and try three of the words in your next practice answer.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practise with a real person<\/h4>\n\n<p>Ask a friend, cousin or classmate to play the interviewer. Let them interrupt and ask follow-up questions. This builds confidence faster than reading alone, and it prepares you for the surprises that always come on the day.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job interviews in English can feel tense, even when you know the work well. Lindiwe Dlamini, our English Language Lecturer, suggests practising out loud for ten minutes every day. Start with the questions you always get: tell us about yourself, and why do you want this job. Record your answers on your phone and listen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_advanced_robots":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rank_math_pillar_content":"","rank_math_og_title":"","rank_math_og_description":"","rank_math_og_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_twitter_card_type":"","rank_math_breadcrumb_title":"","rank_math_snippet_name":"","rank_math_snippet_desc":"","rank_math_snippet_type":"","rank_math_schema_Article":"","rank_math_schema_Product":"","rank_math_schema_LocalBusiness":"","rank_math_schema_FAQPage":"","rank_math_schema_HowTo":"","rank_math_gtin_code":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[27,21,23,22,30],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online-learning","tag-course-platform","tag-nsfas","tag-short-courses","tag-tvet-colleges","tag-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20176,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/20176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/classic-lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}