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ada latihan wawancara menggunakan Bahasa Inggris kali ini kita akan mencoba menganalisa pertanyaan-pertanyaan
yang kemungkinan besar muncul terkait pengetahuan kamu tentang perusahaan dan deskripsi jabatan. Mohon
diingat kembali untuk tidak terlalu menghafalkan pertanyaan dan jawaban latihan wawancara Bahasa Inggris di
bawah ini namun dipahami dan usahakan menggunakan gaya bahasa kamu sendiri supaya Bahasa Inggris kamu
semakin lancar.
Tell me about yourself, please! Jika kamu sudah pernah bekerja sebelumnya mungkin jawaban kamu bisa
seperti ini ―Well, my name is Ayu Dewi and I am from Surabaya. After I graduated from Brawijaya
University majoring in Secretary I started my career as an administration staff in a public hospital. I worked
there for about 2 years and then started a new career as a secretary in a logistic company for about one and
a half year. My job experience and academic background have contributed significant improvement to my
ability and skill in doing administration and secretary job such as how to organize a `documents, typing and
writing fast, arranging meeting, serving the customers and many others. That is all I can say about myself.
Thank you‖. Jika kamu tidak memiliki pengalaman kerja kamu bisa menjawabnya seperti ini ―Well, my
th
name is Ayu Dewi. I was born in Surabaya on March 4 , 1990. My hobbies are reading novel and
sometime writing articles. My last education level is a Diploma/bacellor degree. I graduated from LP3I
Academy majoring in Secretary in 2010. During my study there I also took some short course in Computer
and English to improve my skill and knowledge. Now that I have already graduated I would like to start my
career as a secretary based on my academic background and skill that I have. That is all I can say about
myself. Thank you‖. Untuk pertanyaan seperti ini usahakan presentasikan jawaban kamu sekitar 2 menit
dan fokuskan pada pendidikan atau keahlian atau pengalaman kerja yang kamu miliki.
How do you get information about vacancy in our company? ―I get the information from the
internet/newspaper‖.
Why are you applying for this job? "I am applying this job because I have the qualifications, skills and
academic background that your company needs and I am sure I can contribute something for this job".
Have you ever worked before? "Yes, I have worked as a secretary for two years". Atau jika kamu belum
pernah bekerja bisa dijawab "No, I haven‘t worked before".
Why do you leave your previous job? Meskipun alasan kamu sebenarnya keluar karena gaji yang kecil,
tidak suka dengan bos kamu atau konflik dengan rekan kerja usahakan tidak mengatakan hal itu karena
akan memberikan kesan tidak bagus. Cobalah untuk menjawab seperti ini ―I really want to improve my
skill and ability but I could not get this in my previous company.‖ Atau ―I would like to seek better
opportunities elsewhere‖.
Why are you interested in joining our company? "I would like to join your company because I know
your company is the big one and that your company is offering a great opportunity for advancing my
career. I have also good experience regarding to this position".
What do you consider your strengths? "I have a positive attitude and I am a team player".
What do you consider your weaknesses? "My weakness is that I can not work alone so I will need to
build a solid team. Atau "I feel less confident in front of many people but right now I am still in process to
handle it and I am sure I can overcome this".
Itu tadi beberapa contoh untuk latihan wawancara menggunakan Bahasa Inggris yang bisa kamu praktekkan dan
kembangkan sesuai kemampuan atau pekerjaan yang kamu minati.
sample 2
Kelly Services wants to help you successfully advance your career objectives. We've spent more
than 60 years interviewing and being interviewed and have compiled a list of the top 18 most
common job interview questions and effective, appropriate responses. Be prepared, be yourself
and make sure you're ready to answer some tough questions.
Be prepared to talk for two minutes about yourself. Be logical. Start anywhere, such as high
school, college or your first professional position. The interviewer is trying to evaluate your
communication skills and linear thinking. You may try to score a point or two by describing a
major personal attribute.
This is a very critical question. Don't bad mouth your previous employer or co-workers or sound
too opportunistic. It's fine to mention major problems, a buy-out or a shutdown. You may want
to state that after long personal consideration, your chance to make a contribution is very low
due to extensive company-wide changes.
A good answer to this question can get you the job. Prepare extensively—discuss hard work,
long hours, pressure and important company issues at stake. You may want to tell a two minute
detailed story, discussing personal involvement.
"Have you ever accomplished something you didn't think you could?"
The interviewer is trying to determine your goal orientation, work ethic, personal commitment
and integrity. Prepare a good example where you overcame difficulties and succeeded. Prove
that you're not a quitter.
The interviewer is trying to determine compatibility with the open position. Be careful; don't say
you dislike overtime, like management, or get too detailed. It's safe to say that you like
challenges, pressure situations, opportunities to grow, or that you dislike bureaucracy and
frustrating situations.
High achievers tend to perform well in high-pressure situations. Conversely, these questions
could imply that the open position is pressure-packed and out of control. Know what you're
getting into. If you do perform well under stress, provide a good, detailed example. Be
descriptive.
"The sign of a good employee is the ability to take initiative. Can you describe a situation
where you did this?"
The proactive, results-oriented person doesn't have to be told what to do. To convince the
interviewer you possess this trait, give a series of short examples describing your self-
motivation. Discuss one example in-depth, describing the extra effort, your strong work ethic and
your creative, resourceful side.
Job Interview Questions 9
"What was the worst/most embarrassing situation of your career? How would you have
done things differently with 20/20 hindsight?"
Your interviewer wants to know how introspective you are, and to see if you can learn from your
mistakes. Don't be afraid to talk candidly about your failures, especially if you learned something
significant from them.
"How have you grown or changed over the past few years?"
Maturation, increased technical skills and increased self-confidence are important developmental
aspects. To discuss these effectively is indicative of a well-balanced, intelligent individual.
Overcoming personal obstacles or recognising manageable weaknesses can help identify you as
an approachable and desirable employee.
Know your key five or six strengths—the ones most compatible with the job opening. Discuss
each with specific examples. Don't include your management or interpersonal skills unless you
can describe specific examples of good management, or how your relationship skills have been
critical to your success.
"Deadlines, frustrations, difficult people and silly rules can make a job difficult. How do
you handle these types of situations?"
Most companies, unfortunately, face these problems daily. If you can't deal with petty problems,
you'll be seen as uncooperative. How you overcome these are important. Diplomacy,
perseverance and common sense will prevail in difficult circumstances.
"One of our biggest problems is… What has been your experience with this? How would
you deal with it?"
Think on your feet. Ask questions to get more details and break the problem into subsections. It
is highly likely that you will have had some experience dealing with the subsections. Answer
these and summarise the total. If you can't answer directly, state how you would go about solving
the problem. Be specific and show your organisational and analytical skills.
A potential employee needs a strong level of technical competence. Most strong managers have
good technical backgrounds. Describe specific examples of your technical abilities, and how you
resolved a technical issue.
"How would you handle a situation with tight deadlines, low employee morale and
inadequate resources?"
Your interviewer is looking for strong management skills. You need to be creative and describe
your toughest management task, even if it doesn't meet all the criteria. Most situations don't.
Organisational and interpersonal skills, handling pressure and good handling of this question are
indicative of effective management skills.
"Are you satisfied with your career to date? What would you change if you could?"
Be honest. The interviewer wants to know if you'll be happy. Are you willing to make some
sacrifices to get your career on the right track? Your degree of motivation is an important
selection factor.
"What are your career goals? Where do you see yourself five or ten years from now?"
Be realistic! Pie-in-the-sky goals label you as immature. One or two management jumps in 3-5
years is a reasonable goal. If your track record indicates you're in line for senior management in
10 years, then mention it. If you've had a rocky road, be introspective.
Job Interview Questions 18
"Why should we hire you for this position? What kinds of contributions would you make?"
This is a good chance to summarise. By now, you should know the key problems. Restate and
show how you would address them. Don't be arrogant—instead demonstrate a thoughtful,
organised and strong attitude.
Name of company, position title and description, dates of employment. - Best Answers
What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were they met? - Best
Answers
What were your starting and final levels of compensation? - Best Answers
What were your responsibilities? - Best Answers
What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them? - Best
Answers
What have you learned from your mistakes? - Best Answers
What did you like or dislike about your previous job? - Best Answers
Which was most / least rewarding? - Best Answers
What was the biggest accomplishment / failure in this position? - Best Answers
Questions about your supervisors and co-workers. - Best Answers
What was it like working for your supervisor? - Best Answers
What do you expect from a supervisor? - Best Answers
What problems have you encountered at work? - Best Answers
Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager? - Best Answers
Who was your best boss and who was the worst? - Best Answers
Why are you leaving your job? - Best Answers
Why did you resign? - Best Answers
Why did you quit your job? - Best Answers
What have you been doing since your last job? - Best Answers
Why were you fired? - Best Answers
sampel 5**
Note: The applicant has been able to communicate his strengths and expertise (Personal &
Professional) in an informal and succinct yet informative line of communication. Further, he had
prodded the interviewer to ask about his professional involvement.
Interviewer: ―Can you briefly explain what role you played in Customer Relationship
Management process for Sales Force?‖
Interviewee: ―Yes, sure. I was a team lead while designing the Customer Relationship
Management software for Sales Force. The project was regarding an international retail chain.
With a team of 15 members I was able to successfully pin –point and utilize the factors affecting
the footfall at the store and thus, helped the client achieve a growth of 30% in sales.‖
Note: The interviewee has successfully talked about his work deliverables, his management
abilities and the results achieved.
Interviewer: ―Great! So, how do you thing you fit in our organization?‖
Interviewee: ―I wish to make a career in IT industry and keeping in mind my long term goals, I
believe that associating with this organization will be the most prudent step. In here, I would
surely be able to further utilize my skills in the most effective manner and also, obtain a chance
of acquiring newer skills and honing the same.‖
Note: The interviewee has put forward a logical reason for associating with the organization and
has also touch-based on his future plans.
This above dialogue is a typical interview dialogue between interviewers and interviewees.
job interview simple
Benz: Mr. Aben, we have your application for Financial Managers. Can you tell us something
about yourself?
Mr Aben: I‘m twenty-three years. I graduated from one of Private Universities in Jakarta
Mr Aben: This is the first job for me but I have little experience in the Finance Manager.
Mr Aben: I think the job of Finance Manager is one of the interesting and attractive. It is a
challenge and one would feel great satisfaction in achieving this.
Benz: Well, it was nice meeting you Mr. Aben. We will write to you shortly to let them know the
results of your interview. Thank you Mr. Aben have come here.
sampel dialoge looking for job:
Fay: Hi Jerry. I'm thinking of applying for a job with a multinational company, but I'm worried
about having an interview in English. Can you give me any good tips?
Jerry: Hmmm. That's a tough one. I guess the first thing is to try to make a good impression. We
often say, "you never get a second chance to make a first impression". You really need to get off
to a good start.
Fay: That sounds like good advice. Maybe I could sing and dance for them, ha ha ha! Then
they'd really be impressed! But seriously, how do I make a good first impression?
Jerry: To begin with, you should firmly shake the interviewer's hand while greeting him or her
with a smile. Be sure to keep eye contact, especially when listening to the interviewer.
Jerry: Yes, it is. The second thing is to have confidence. You get confidence from being
prepared. You should learn a little bit about the company before the interview. Find out what
they do, how long they've been in business, what their business motto is, that kind of thing. You
should also anticipate possible questions, and think about how you will answer.
Jerry: No! Definitely not! That sounds very mechanical. You should be natural when you speak.
Just think about how you want to answer, and choose the right words at the time of the interview.
That way, you can use the interviewer's own words in your answer, which shows you've been
listening. Then you're sure to make a good impression.
Fay: I never thought about that before. You're really smart, Jerry! But what should I do if I can't
remember an English word when I'm answering a question?
Jerry: In that case, you have to paraphrase. In other words, you have to explain what you want to
say. For example, if you forget the word "manufacturing", you can say "making a product"
instead. Or instead of "statistics" you could say "using many big numbers to describe
something".
Fay: That's very helpful, Jerry. Thanks so much. Ah, one more thing. Should I ask about the
salary during the interview?
Jerry: No, either let them bring up the topic of money, or else wait for a second interview. If you
prepare well, make a good first impression, have confidence, and use English naturally, you're
almost certain to be interviewed again. Good luck!
sample 7* job interview transcript
John: Oh, I'm John Reeves. I manage the sales department here at Rosco International. You can
call me John.
Pia: Ok John.
Pia: Yes, I got here at 9am and Suzy gave me a tour of the place.
John: Yes, a lot of people say that. Now we have over fifty people working for us here. Did you
bring your resume?
John: Oh yes, of course. I was reading it only yesterday. Now, where is it....ah, here it is, here
we are. Pia Grandez, 26 years old, born in Rome...hmmm...ok, let's see. Where did you hear
about Rosco International?
Pia: My brother worked for you a couple of years ago and has always spoken well of you.
John: Mikael Gomez, yes I remember him. How long did he work here for?
Pia: I think it was about 10 months. Now he's living in the UK. He's been working for a
magazine in London for around a year.
Pia: Well, I worked in the offices of my mother's company when I left university.
Pia: It's a caterers. She does the catering for weddings, graduations, funerals, that type of thing.
John: And how long did you work there for?
Pia: About a year or so. They put me on the phones and I was also responsible for all the
advertising and our leaflets, business cards and the website.
Pia: Well, I traveled for a little while, mostly in Europe and a little in South America.
Pia: Oh, it wasn't too long. Maybe about six months. I had a job that was going to start at the end
of the year so I had about six months free, so I though "why not?".
John: Did you have any problems with the languages where you went?
John: Oh yes, it's written here on your resume, isn't it? How long have you been studying those
languages?
Pia: Well, my father is Italian so I am fluent in Italian. I have studied Spanish for about seven
years so I can get by pretty well in that too.
John: Actually, we do have a lot of business with Sicily so your Italian could be really
important.
Pia: I would really like the chance to use my Italian for work.
John: What did you do when you came back from your travels?
Pia: Well, as I said before, I already had another job lined up and that was in a small shoe
company just outside town.
John: Ah yes, here it is. It says here you worked in their sales department. How long did you do
that for?
Pia: I was there for three years and I worked in the sales department for two of those three years.
John: Did you enjoy the work?
Pia: Well, it was fun at the beginning, but it's not a very large company and they only have a few
customers in the region, so it got pretty repetitive after a while. That's why working for an
international company like yourselves would really interest me.
John: OK, let's go and get a cup of coffee and we can continue this conversation afterwards.