4 READING & VOCABULARY LP Guessing the meaning of new words and phrases , aa \When you are reading and find a word or phrase you don't know: Lao coe een ict the artiste: W hakda) 1 Try tn guiacs the meaning from the context (ie. the ather words you thinkis happening? Vo you think the around it), Think also about what part of speech the unknown word question is onc which somcone might really ‘5 (ex. a verb, ot aujective, etc), wines Iuis sini Wo aot ask in this situation? Why (not)? English word you know, or whether its similar to a word in your language. b Read the article once and find out. [low 2 If you still can't work out what the word or phrase means, either would you answer the question? Ignore it and carry on reading or use a cictionary (or glossary if there is one) to help you. HOME / NEWS / UK NEWS/ SOCIETY Extreme interviews WHAT sort of dinosaur are you? If you answered Tyrannosaurus rex, then the bad news is that you probably won't get the job you're applying for. WE Comment im Print Welcome to the strange world of ‘extreme inverviewing the ltet trend fm Amoriea in whic interviewers drow bigfese questions at candidates tae haw they react FFs. snatsortot ‘dinosaur would « Itmay teem like a game, but extreme interviewing is deadly serious. The idea is to see how quickly job-seekers and, ata time when 25% of recent graduates are unemployed, it offers employers a new way 1» of separating the brilliant caneliddawes from the merely very good This new to selecting candidates ‘comes from Silicon Valley in California where else? as interview process, asked a recent candidate: "You are stranded on a desert island. You have 60 secondls w choose people of 10 professions to come with you. Who da you choose? Go!” ogle, famous fr One of the early pioneers of extreme interviewing was Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, who could 2 be famously cruel with jobseekers. Faced once with a candidate he considered boring, Jobs suddenly Silicon Valley the pretended to he a chicken, Raping hie arms and making clicking naies round the unfortunate applicant, | iformalmamefor the ‘waiting to see what he would do. Infact, the seeret to extreane interviewing is neither in te question nor | RNIN DOE the answer. Iis in the candidate's reaction. ofthe world argent tcchoology corporations are based dof interviewing is used by us to | headhunter person ; i whosejob isto. Find people with the necessary sil to work Gaconspny (ftenin nective pont) andto persuade them join Cee David Moyle, a headhunter with the imius Group in London, who admits to using 2 the dinosaur question when selecting candidates, said: “Essentially, that «give someone an opportunity to show they are smart and not easily “Most candi tes actually get something out of it, it’s not about trying to 6k them. We are trying to give them an opportunity to show their personality, RRM just showing how they perform in an interview: Of conrse, getting the job is ust the start. In the modern business world, survival will depend on what sort » of dinosaur you really are. Eg pte tented Tre© Read the article again carefully. 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What kind of companies first started using them? 3 Why do some people think that they are better than normal interviews? g Doyou think extreme interviews area good way of choosing candidates? Which of the questions below (used in real interviews) do you think would work well? Why? Room, Onascale of desk, orcar- 1410,how weird) rich ty which do you ‘areyou? | character are) Ulean first? you most ke? eo Can you Does life name three fascinate / youwerea \ Ledy Gags val” (Szeeets \ “el would you be? 5 LISTENING a lave you ever been for ajob interview? What kind of questions did they ask you? Did you get the job? b @9)) Listen to five people talking about a strange question they were asked in job interviews. Complete the questions in the first column, ‘What happened in the end? he gor id ‘What strange question | How did they answer? wora thay asked? pale, Tioatne 2 What wouldmakeyou| yy # & gyomar ot ee 7 Hoa elie lu 8 deg? you? 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