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Hello everyone and welcome to English Pod. My name is Marco.

My name is Katherine. And as you've probably noticed on our website, this is one of many different parts of a series all about having an interview in English. This is a job interview. And at this point, we're at about part seven.

That's right. So today what we're going to talk about is uh the key question whenever uh you're having a job interview is they ask you to describe your key strengths and this is our word for vocabulary preview today. So let's take a look at it.

Vocabulary preview.

Okay, so you might have heard the word strength before. This is something that you're good at. And so key strength or key strengths plural would be things that you think are most important about you as far as the things that you do well.

That's right. So, as we mentioned, your boss or your potential boss might ask you to describe your key strength. So, you're going to mention a lot of adjectives, positive adjectives, saying how how good of a worker you are. So, why don't we uh listen to our dialogue? Let's see what Rebecca has to say about her key strengths. And uh we'll look at those in a little bit.

DialogueMr. Parsons: Okay, Rebecca, now you've given me a good idea of your work and academic background, but what about you as a person? How would you describe your key strengths?

Rebecca: Well, Mr. Parsons, as I mentioned before, I'm someone who needs new challenges. I'm really focused and hardworking. I think my academic results prove this.

Mr. Parsons: Yes, true. But how about other personal qualities?

Rebecca: Well, I believe I'm a good team player, but I can also work well independently. I'm very enthusiastic and well, I hope my colleagues would agree. I'm fun to work with.

Mr. Parsons: What would you say is your most positive quality?

Rebecca: Hm, that's a tough question, but I would have to say my passion. I'm really passionate about journalism and passionate about my career.

Language TakeawayAll right. So, she obviously has a lot of good key strengths. Why don't we analyze a couple of those on language takeaway?

Announcer: Language takeaway.

So, one of the first things that Rebecca mentions is that she's really focused. Okay. So, this this word focused, what does this mean?

All right. So, if a person is focused, uh, basically you're saying that you concentrate on your work.

That's right. And someone whose focus might be very good in a noisy office or in a place that is full of distractions like you said because they don't stop their work and think about the noise or move around or go talk to people. Someone who is focused just sits down and can do a lot of work all at once.

That's right. So she describes herself as focused and hardworking. So hardworking means basically what it sounds like that someone works very hard. That means they put in a lot of hours. They can um they get their work done. They're really really dependable.

That's right. So, as you as you can see, we use the word hardworking together. So, if you work hard, you don't say I I work hard. You can say that, but if you want to use it as an as an adjective, you say, "I am hardworking." The opposite, of course, would be lazy.

That's right. Okay. So, uh, we're focused, we're hardworking, and she also said that she is a good team player. Okay, this is a really key phrase here because it's something that employers, so people who are hiring new staff, like to look out for because most jobs, you don't work alone. You work with other people. And so, a team player is someone who works well in a group or works well with others.

That's right. So a team player, everyone wants to have a good team player working for their team, for their company. And apart from being a good team player, you also want to be enthusiastic.

That's right. So this means that you are interested in what you do. You are excited about it. It's not like, oh god, I have to do this report. It's like, oh wow, I get to do this report. I'm enthusiastic. I'm really interested. I'm going to put a lot of energy into it.

That's right. Okay. Okay. So, an enthusiastic person not only can be about working, you can be enthusiastic about anything. About uh I don't know, painting your house, about uh going on a trip.

Mhm. Exactly. Enthusiastic.

All right. And our last word for language takeaway is also a good quality to have if you are passionate about what you do or what you're doing.

So, someone who is passionate about something really really likes that thing. That means that they uh love to do it or love to see it. Um, passion is the opposite of not interested. Okay. So, you're really really emotional and excited and interested in something.

That's right. So, you are passionate about something. Uh, it comes from the noun passion. So, you have a passion for painting. Maybe you love to paint. So, you're very passionate about painting.

Mhm. So, a lot of great adjectives there to describe yourself in a good way. Why don't we listen to our dialogue again and we'll be back with Fluency Builder.

Dialogue RepetitionMr. Parsons: Okay, Rebecca, now you've given me a good idea of your work and academic background, but what about you as a person? How would you describe your key strengths?

Rebecca: Well, Mr. Parsons, as I mentioned before, I'm someone who needs new challenges. I'm really focused and hardworking. I think my academic results prove this.

Mr. Parsons: Yes, true. But how about other personal qualities?

Rebecca: Well, I believe I'm a good team player, but I can also work well independently. I'm very enthusiastic and well, I hope my colleagues would agree. I'm fun to work with.

Mr. Parsons: What would you say is your most positive quality?

Rebecca: Hm, that's a tough question, but I would have to say my passion. I'm really passionate about journalism and passionate about my career.

Fluency BuilderAll right. So, on Fluency Builder today, we've picked out three key phrases. Let's take a look at the first one when uh Rebecca said, "I'm someone who needs new challenges." Okay, so this structure, "I'm someone who..." is something that you hear a lot of and you can actually fill in the end of that sentence with a number of different phrases. So, in here, we heard I'm someone who needs new challenges. We could also say, "I'm someone who needs structure."

All right. So, we can also change the verb, right, from needs to "I'm someone who likes a challenge."

Mhm.