Curso de preparación para entrevista laboral

Introduction

Este curso esta diseñado para candidatos a empleos con nivel principiante o básico de inglés (A1-
A2) y que requieren pasar una entrevista laboral con las preguntas típicas que realiza un reclutador o
entrevistador.

En este cursos, el candidato podrá:

1) Identificar las preguntas más frecuentes en una entrevista.

2) Hacer y contestar preguntas de información personal, académica y experiencia laboral, con el

vocabulario, estructura y pronunciación adecuados.

3) Describir una rutina diaria, con expresiones de frecuencia y secuencia

4) Dar o pedir indicaciones, instrucciones y ordenes.

5) 4fianzar conceptos y poder presentar una entrevista de una manera mas profesional.

Unidad 1. Entrevista inicial. Preguntas de informacion personal

En este video, observaremos a un candidato que responde algunas preguntas en una entrevista pero
que no tiene el nivel adecuado para pasar exitosamente.

En la parte inicial de la entrevista, las preguntas son de información personal y en ellas utilizamos
preguntas con estructuras gramaticales sencillas como presente, futuro y pasado simple.

Las preguntas pueden ser:

1. Preguntas Cerradas:

Are you American ? Yes, I am/No, I´m not. I´m Canadian.

Are you married? Yes, I am / No, I´m not.

Are you single? Yes, I am / No, I´m not.

2. Preguntas Abiertas:

What´s your full name? My full name is Pedro Pablo Perez Pineda

How old are you? I´m twenty five years old

Where are you from? I´m from Bogota, Colombia

Estas incluyen preguntas sobre nuestros hobbies, cosas que nos gustan y no nos gustan. Algunos
ejemplos de estas preguntas son:

Do you like sports? Yes, I do. I like soccer, swimming and cycling/ No, I don´t like sports.
What´s your favorite sport? My favorite sport is football.

Tip:

Actividad 1. Escribe tu información personal utilizando preguntas como:

Nombre .- What´s your name? First name? Last name?

De donde eres?

Cuantos años tienes?

Incluye cuales son tus preferencias, hobbies, comidas y deportes favoritos.

Quiz:

En una entrevista, las preguntas personales manejan estructuras de presente perfecto.

True - False

What is your name? Es una pregunta:

Vbierta

Cerrada

Are you married?

I´m married.

Yes, I am

Yes, I do

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Estructuras de presente simple

Frase afirmativa:

Frase negativa

Pregunta cerrada:

Respuesta corta

Respuesta larga

Pregunta abierta

Respuesta abierta
Unidad 2. Descripción de rutinas y responsabilidades

Las preguntas personales usan una combinación de presente simple, incluyendo rutinas y adverbios
de frecuencia como always, sometimes, never, once a week, twice a month, etc. También utilizamos
adverbios de secuencia como first, then, next, after y finally.

Ejemplo: I wake up at 5:00 a,m then I take a shower, after I get dressed, next I have a coffee and
then I go to work.

I go to the gym twice a week. I have meetings twice a month.

Ejemplo 1: I´m working as a security guard at Segurcol. My main responsibilities are to patrol the
facilities and check that the doors, windows and entrances are closed and secured. I have to take
care of the facilities during my shift. I have to give information and directions to visitors and
customers. I have to control the access of vehicles and people to the facilities. I have to report any
incidents in our logging book (minuta).

Ejemplo 2: I wake up at 5:00 a,m then I take a shower, after I get dressed, next I have a coffee and
then I go to work. I always get to work at 7 am, I usually check my e-mails, make phone calls and
receive calls in the morning. I sometimes have a coffee at 8 am. Then I have a meeting with my team
at 9 am. After I visit my customers and discuss important things with them. I always have lunch at
12:00. After lunch, I make and receive telephone calls until 4:00 pm. I prepare and send my daily
report at 5 pm. Finally, I finish working at 6 pm.

Tip: Puedes utilizar el traductor de google, pegas los textos y asi puedes utilizar la herramienta de
google en icono de audio (leyendo el texto) para que te familiarices con la pronunciación correcta.

Actividad - Escribe tu rutina diaria, tanto en casa como en el trabajo, grabala y escuchate en tu
móvil.

Quiz

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Unidad 3. Indicaciones, instrucciones y ordenes

Una habilidad muy importante es dar o leer indicaciones, órdenes o instrucciones en inglés. Para
ello, manejamos también el presente simple, en el modo imperativo.

Algunos ejemplos son:

Giving directions to find a bathroom:

Security guard: How may I help you?

Visitor: Excuse me, where can I find the washroom?

Security guard: Of course, you can go along/straight this hall, go past the café and you´ll find the
bathroom at the end of the corridor, on the left.

Visitor: Thanks a lot.

Security guar: Have a nice day.

Intructions to use a printer: Check that printer is plugged in. Turn the printer on. Click print and
wait for the paper to be printed. Remove the print out from the tray.

El modo imperativo suena como una orden, por lo que en ocasiones para reducir el tono, utilizamos
softeners (palabras amables) para convertirla en una solicitud amable.

Imperativo - Orden: Open the door. Close the door.

Imperativo amable: Open the door, please.

Solicitud amable: Could you open the door, please?

Cuando estamos aprendiendo inglés, tenemos tendencia a sonar un poco rudos y groseros porque
no solicitamos las cosas usando dichas palabras y nuestro interlocutor puede sentirse un poco
ofendido. Recomendamos mucho el uso de las palabras please y thank you.

Tip: Puedes utilizar un diccionario monolingüe Ingles-Ingles, para que mires la pronunciación
(fonética), la definición (para aprender mas vocabulario) y te acostumbres a evitar estar traduciendo
todo el tiempo.

4ctividad: Imagen Mapa - Dé las indicaciones en el mapa que solicite el instructor

Quiz

Go straight and turn left. You´ll see the bathroom on the left. Esto es:

Una rutina diaria

Una pregunta

Una indicación para llegar a un lugar.

Recursos:
Unidad 4. Preguntas de formación académica

En este tipo de preguntas, utilizamos estructuras de presente progresivo (en caso de que estemos
tomando una formación actualmente), pasado simple y presente perfecto, ya que hablamos de
situaciones que iniciaron y terminaron en el pasado o iniciaron en el pasado y continuan en el
presente.

Ej: When did you graduate from high school? I graduated in 2015.

Have you taken any technical courses? No, I haven´t. Yes, I took a systems course at 4BC academy.

En estas preguntas utilizamos expresiones de tiempo pasado como:

Last year – El año pasado

5 Years ago- Hace 5 años

Yesterday – ayer

In 2015 – En el 2015.

When I was in the army – Cuando estaba en el ejercito

I was born in Bogota – Naci en Bogota

I went to the mall last weekend – Fui al centro comercial el fin de semana.

Ejemplos de preguntas y respuestas de formación academica:

Where did you graduate from elementary/high school?

I studied at Tecnologico School from 1981 to 1990

I graduated from Instituto Pedagogico Nacional in 1993. After that, I went to Universidad XYZ

I took some courses at the Virtual Sena

Did you take any technical courses electrician/plumber/etc?

Yes, I took a course at the XYZ Institute. I´m a certified electrician.

What languages do you speak?

I speak spanish, English and a little french

Have you taken any languages courses?

Yes, I have. I took an English course at XYZ academy

I took an English course at the Colombo 4mericano Institute

What´s your academic military background? What military courses do you have?

I went to Inocencio Chinca Military academy from 1990 to 1994. I graduated as a petty officer. I had a
counterguerrila/sniper/comando/parachuter/etc course.

Tip: uso del pasado simple -

Actividad: Escribe tu formación academica (primaria, secundaria, universitaria, militar, etc)

utilizando el siguiente modelo:

I went to XYZ Elementary school and graduated in 1995.

I graduated from 4BC High School in 2000.

I went to Inocencio Chinca Military academy from 2001 to 2005 and graduated as a Petty Officer.

I studied Business Administration at Nueva Granada Military University from 2005 to 2009.

I took a systems course at Sena Electrical center from 2010 to 2012.

I´m a certified systems technician..

Quiz:

Recursos
Unidad 5. Preguntas de experiencia laboral

En este tipo de preguntas, también utilizamos estructuras de presente progresivo (en caso de que
estemos laborando en una compañía actualmente), pasado simple y presente perfecto, ya que
hablamos de situaciones que iniciaron y terminaron en el pasado o iniciaron en el pasado y
continuan en el presente.

Algunos ejemplos de preguntas de experiencia laboral son:

4re you working at the moment?

Yes, I´m working as a security guard at Segurcol / Yes, I work at G4S as a security supervisor

No, I´m not working at the moment

Where are you working now? What are your responsibilities?

I´m working as a security guard at Segurcol. My main responsibilities are to patrol the facilities and
check the doors, windows and entrances are closed and secured. I have to take care of the facilities
during my shift. I have to give information and directions to visitors and customers. I have to control
the access of vehicles and people to the facilities. I have to report any incidents in our logging book
(minuta)

I work at G4S as a security supervisor. I have to visit and supervise the different security guard
positions, driving a company car around the city. I have to communicate the instructions and make
sure guards are in their positions and following the safety rules and regulations.

Where have you worked in the last 3 years?

I have worked at Halcon Security as a security supervisor during the last X years.

I worked in XYZ security from 2016 to 2017. after that, I worked at 4BC Security for 1 year and now
I´m working at 123 Security.

I was a security guard at XYZ from 2016 to 2017. I finished my supervisor course and I was
promoted to supervisor in 2018. Now I´m working as a supervisor.

Have you been fired/dismissed from any previous job?

No, I haven´t. I quit my last job.

Yes, I had some difficulties in my previous job due to a personal problem with a supervisor so I was
asked to submit my resignation letter.

Are you willing to move to another country?

Yes, I don´t have any problem to move to another country.

Do you have a valid Passport? When does your passport expire?

Yes, I have my passport with an expiration date in September 2019.

Tip:

Quiz

Recursos:
Unidad 6. Preguntas de experiencia militar

En este tipo de preguntas, también utilizamos estructuras de pasado simple y presente perfecto, ya
que hablamos de situaciones que iniciaron y terminaron en el pasado o iniciaron en el pasado y
continuan en el presente.

Algunos ejemplos de preguntas de experiencia militar son:

Military experience

What´s your professional military experience?

I worked as a profesional soldier from 19-90 to 2010. I was assigned to the military batallion located
in Sumapaz from May 1990 to December 1992. After, I was assigned to the special forces team.

Do you have experience using or operating guns/weapons?

Yes, I know how to operate/use Pistols (Beretta) or assault rifles (M-4/M-16/R-15/M-60), revolver..

No, I don´t have experience operating guns.

Have you ever been in a combat?

Yes, I had a combat against the F4RC guerrilla in Puerto Rico Caquetá in 1992.

No, I never had any combat during my military experience.

Have you ever been wounded in a combat?

Yes, I got a bullet in my leg during a combat in Caloto Cauca.

No, I haven´t been wounded.

Tip: uso del pasado simple -

Actividad: Escribe tu experiencia militar, indicando tu especialidad (army, air force, etc) utilizando
el siguiente modelo:

I was a conscript/soldier in the army for 1 year / from 1995 to 1996. I was assigned to the Logistics
batallion in Ibague.

I went to Inocencio Chinca Military academy from 2001 to 2005 and graduated as a Petty Officer.

I took a counter-guerrilla course in Tolemaida.

Unidad 7. Repetición. Preguntas de confirmación/aclaración:

Es muy común que cuando nos están entrevistando, no entendamos una pregunta cuando nos la
hacen la primera vez. En estos casos, pedimos que si nos pueden repetir la pregunta o que nos
aclaren si la pregunta es lo que nosotros entendimos. Algunos ejemplos son:

Interviewer: What is your main responsibility in your current job?

Candidate: (No entiende la pregunta) WH4T? repeat.

En estos casos, esa expresión suena de muy mala educación y desconocimiento del idioma, por lo
que podemos utilizar expresiones para esos casos que son comunes en el idioma ingles:

Repetition:

Excuse me, could you repeat the question?

Could you say it again, please?

I´m sorry, I didn´t understand the question.

En otras ocasiones, tal vez no recordamos la palabra correcta, no es clara alguna palabra o
expresión, asi que podemos preguntar por una aclaración:

Situation 1

Interviewer: What is your main responsibility?

Candidate: I´m sorry, what is main?

Interviewer: Yes, main is the most important responsibility in your job.

Candidate: ahh, Ok. My main responsibility is to control the entrance of visitors to the building.

Situation 2

Interviewer: What is your main responsibility?

Candidate: I´m sorry, how do you say in english the área of the door, near the door?

Interviewer: The entrance/access?

Candidate: Yes, Entrance. Ok. My main responsibility is to control the entrance of visitors to the
building.

Tip:

Using polite expressions.

Unidad 8. Entrevista final. Recomendaciones

Vamos a ver el video 2, donde nuestro candidato tiene un mejor manejo y conocimiento de las
estructuras que acabamos de revisar.

Recomendaciones:

1. Preparación: El secreto para aprobar exitosamente su entrevista es la preparación. Responder

con seguridad y precisión dará una buena impresión al entrevistador. Mientras mas simulacros
realicemos, mejores resultados podremos obtener.
2. Nervios: Estos se generan por el desconocimiento de los temas (falta de formación o
capacitación), por falta de preparación y en ocasiones, porque somos personas que no
sabemos controlar nuestras emociones. A mayor nivel de preparación y conocimiento, menor
sensación de temor o nervios.
3. Preguntas: Conocer el tipo de preguntas (abiertas, cerradas, de información general) nos
permitirá dar respuestas adecuadas. Tambien debemos p
4. Tiempos: No podemos esperar aprender todo en un solo bocado (en horas, un dia o una
semana). Es mejor tomar nuestro tiempo e ir aprendiendo tema por tema, dejando espacios
para practica y desarrollo de ejercicios. De esta manera, le permitimos a nuestro cerebro
digerir la información y asimilarla de una manera natural, no forzada. Si el tiempo es limitado,
debemos realizar la mayor cantidad de ejercicios para afianzar los conocimientos.
Recursos
Banco de preguntas/Questionnaire

1. What´s your full name?

My full name is Pedro Pablo Perez Pineda

2. What´s your first name?

My first name is Pedro

3. What´s your middle name?

My middle name is Pablo

4. What´s your family/last name/ surname?

My family name is Perez.
My last name is Perez
My surname is Perez

5. What´s your ID number?

6. My ID number is 1020020155
7. How old are you?
I´m twenty five years old

8. Where are you from?

I´m from Bogota, Colombia

9. Where do you live?

I live in Ibagué

10. What´s your marital status?

I´m married / I´m single

11. Are you married?

Yes, I am / No, I´m not.

12. Are you single?

Yes, I am / No, I´m not.

13. Do you have children?

14. Yes, I have 2 children
15. No, I don´t have any children.

16. Who do you live with?

17.
I live with my mother
I live with my wife and my children
 18. How would you or your family be affected if you travel to another country?
I discussed this with my family and we decided that this is an opportunity for me and for
them.

19. Tell me about yourself

My full name is Pedro Pablo Perez Pineda
I´m twenty five years old
I´m from Bogota but I live in Ibague…

20. Tell me about your family

I´m single. I live with my mother, my father and my sister.
I´m married, I live with my wife and my two children.

Educational Background

21. Where did you graduate from elementary/high school?

I studied at Tecnologico School from 1981 to 1990
I graduated from Instituto Pedagogico Nacional in 1993. After that I went to Universidad
XYZ
I took some courses at the Virtual Sena
I took an English course at the Colombo 4mericano Institute

22. Do you have any technical courses electrician/plumber/etc?

Yes, I took a course at the XYZ Institute. I´m a certified electrician.

23. Do you have certificates or diplomas from your courses?

Yes, I have copies of all my courses /

24. What languages do you speak?

I speak Spanish and basic/intermediate English .
I speak Spanish, English and a little French.

25. What´s your academic military background? What military courses do you
have?
I went to Inocencio Chinca Military academy from 1990 to 1994. I graduated as a petty
officer. I had a counterguerrila/sniper/comando/parachuter/etc course.

Military experience

26. What´s your professional military experience?

 I worked as a profesional soldier from 1990 to 2000. I was assigned to the military
batallion located in Sumapaz from May 1990 to December 1992. After, I was assigned
to the special forces team.
27. Do you have experience using or operating guns?
Yes, I know how to operate/use Pistols (Beretta) or assault rifles (M-4/M-16/R-15/M-60)
28. Have you ever been in a combat?
Yes, I had a combat against the F4RC guerrila in Puerto Rico Caquetá in 1992.
No, I never had any combat during my military experience.
29. Have you ever been wounded in a combat?
Yes, I got a bullet in my leg during a combat in Caloto Cauca.

Work/Professional experience

30. 4re you working at the moment?

Yes, I´m working as a security guard at Segurcol
Yes, I work at G4S as a security supervisor
No, I´m not working at the moment

31. Where are you working now? What are your responsibilities?
I´m working as a security guard at Segurcol. My main responsibilities are to patrol the
facilities and check the doors, windows and entrances are closed and secured. I have
to take care of the facilities during my shift. I have to give information and directions to
visitors and customers. I have to control the access of vehicles and people to the
facilities. I have to report any incidents in our logging book (minuta).

I work at G4S as a security supervisor. I have to visit and supervise the different
security guard positions driving a company car around the city. I have to communicate
the instructions and make sure guards are in their positions and following the safety
rules and regulations.

32. Where have you worked in the last 3 years?

I have worked at Halcon Security as a security supervisor during the last X years.
I worked in XYZ security from 2016 to 2017. after that, I worked at 4BC Security for 1
year and now I´m working at 123 Security.
I was a security guard at XYZ from 2016 to 2017. I finished my supervisor course and I
was promoted to supervisor in 2018. Now I´m working as a supervisor.

33. Have you been fired/dismissed from any previous job?

No, I haven´t. I quit my last job.
Yes, I had some difficulties in my previous job due to a personal problem with a
supervisor so I was asked to submit my resignation letter.

34. Are you willing to move to another country?

Yes, I don´t have any problem to move to another country.

35. Do you have a valid Passport? When does your passport expire?
Yes, I have my passport with an expiration date in September 2019.

36. Have you ever used or being involved or convicted for any crime related to
drug trafficking?
No, I have never being involved with drugs. I was part of the armed forces destroying
drug processing labs.

37. Do you have any criminal record? Are you currently under any legal process
or investigation?
Yes, I had a human rights investigation during my time in the armed forces but the
process was cleared.
No, I have never had any legal problem.

38. Would you accept to have a full security check/screen? Can we call any of
your previous employeers, supervisors or references?
Yes, I don´t have any problem to have a security check. You can call any of my
previous employers.

39. Would you accept to have a polygraph test before we start the process?
Yes, I don´t have any problem to have a polygraph test.
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