I said too much
Well, a hop and jump later, here I am, wondering.
Once again, I was a stammering fool (or half) when I was asked the same two questions I should have anticipated in the speaking test and been able to prepare better for: 'what do you do?' and 'is it easy to find a job in you country?'.
And as for my two-minute 'something that broke or stopped working and what you did', I had no idea of how much time had elapsed so I was left wandering and digressing scared I wouldn't be able to take up all of my two minutes like last time and only got so far. I left out all the juicy funny parts and wasn't able to keep purely to the topic.
However, my responses in the last part were so interesting for the interviewer that she even continued the conversation long after she stopped recording.
Unlike the dimly lit sleepy hotel room in my last interview, this was in a classroom right past the dungeon keeper and barricaded locker rooms. Also, the interviewer was lively and responsive, simulating a real conversation, rather than a human recording machine.
So all in all, God's good grace will get me at least the 7 band and/ or pretty much what I got last time.
God forbid I have to go through the motions again, just a little practice in introducing myself and talking shop or about the economy as well as talking about a topic with specific objectives for exactly two minutes, ensuring there are a bunch of heavy words and idiomatic phrases and expressions thrown in should be in order, after refreshing a word list and list of idioms. And just one practice interview, with my mother or wife or even my son's toy cars to open myself up for the larger cut should be the right formula for preparation, no more, no less.
Once again, I was a stammering fool (or half) when I was asked the same two questions I should have anticipated in the speaking test and been able to prepare better for: 'what do you do?' and 'is it easy to find a job in you country?'.
And as for my two-minute 'something that broke or stopped working and what you did', I had no idea of how much time had elapsed so I was left wandering and digressing scared I wouldn't be able to take up all of my two minutes like last time and only got so far. I left out all the juicy funny parts and wasn't able to keep purely to the topic.
However, my responses in the last part were so interesting for the interviewer that she even continued the conversation long after she stopped recording.
Unlike the dimly lit sleepy hotel room in my last interview, this was in a classroom right past the dungeon keeper and barricaded locker rooms. Also, the interviewer was lively and responsive, simulating a real conversation, rather than a human recording machine.
So all in all, God's good grace will get me at least the 7 band and/ or pretty much what I got last time.
God forbid I have to go through the motions again, just a little practice in introducing myself and talking shop or about the economy as well as talking about a topic with specific objectives for exactly two minutes, ensuring there are a bunch of heavy words and idiomatic phrases and expressions thrown in should be in order, after refreshing a word list and list of idioms. And just one practice interview, with my mother or wife or even my son's toy cars to open myself up for the larger cut should be the right formula for preparation, no more, no less.
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