Speed learning English. Your cost for not perfect, but maybe professional English minus then and with me as rigid had already cut one question before we start talking about how to survive an interview situation. If you are applying for a new job as one. One word that is used a lot at the moment is coronavirus and something I find when I'm talking to different nationalities is then not saying coronavirus they say COBIT. 19. What is your impression. Do people say coronavirus do they say: 19 for if there even another wording. Well, if you are starting a trumpet. There are several weddings, yet it also strikes me a bit that wonder why people tend to use Corona virus. All COBIT 19 I think of the 90s party official way and depends on think on the information distribution in your countries from you. I think media networks. If your media networks use the word coronavirus often, you are likely to use coronavirus loftily so. And if you're in a country where the white culvert 19 is often used by other networks, you're more likely to use Kukla 19 we could also use it. We could also name is George because you know that George is a synonym for the subconscious mind and something that that is out of your control. Did you know that I know apparently in Hawaii people call the subconscious mind and everything that is out of their control. George there is a problem, they always say letter to George softness problem and the holy George in Orthodox religion is the one who is sitting on a horse and killing the Dragon W you've seen this this type: once so it also gives hope that talking about George. We know that it's okay to have dragons like COBIT 19 is a big Dragon in this. In these times, but you can also defeat the Dragon like in the fairytale source when I think MT point with George and not in the European context, and is I think Friday the likely for people to accept to lose control of the things I think if you look at the people were against the Corona rules and regulations. In Germany they call themselves crediting Those people are motivated by I believe motivated the feeling of losing control, not having control of a subject. That's why am I think they are more susceptible to these things and I think here in Illinois. Next topic the job interview. You also have you people. Applicants also want to voice it was of the time. Take control of the situations to be more relaxed solved the more comfortable by think we will elaborate on Letterman and the next questions I totally agree and I think if you were to tensed while having a job interview. This might be a negative point and one of the last of his, also described the game and I'm sometimes plagued him applying for jobs. I do not really want to do, but I just want to see if they invite before interview so I'm completely relaxed. I don't have the need to to have a job because I'm self-employed and everything is fine, but if I really know I need this job because I have a family. I have a house I have. I have depth maybe and I need a job and now you to COBIT 19 and all the lockdowns by my company had problems and they had to give notice to people and one of those people would be me then that would be a lot of pressure in my neck so it's somehow a little bit and how how do you call it's the cycle. This this Devils cycle how you call this double cycle in English. There is another expression, everything is I think this is where the plaintiff if you're in a job interview anyone to your German. I want to say something in English and you don't find the word directly you can describe the wedding with different words. Most of the times. There is no direct direct translation to another language. So if you just described what you want to say and often times will lead you to a quicker success in trying to find the word. So what I will wrist with a website like this is like a typhus class at St. Germany or analysis able to buy the fish at the same German and I even implemented once when I when I did some training in island and I gave courses to people. I said don't be a while be a Hauer and nobody understood what I was talking about. Method look most people are always asking why I caught them while why do I have to do this. Why do I have this problem and the other save. How can I solve this problem. How can I find a solution I called on Howard's so maybe you know somebody who is named Howard he might be a typical Hauer and the so I think this is also a kind of showing self-confidence. If you just keep control about your own talking maybe it's okay now we will not talk about appearance like dress code or how to how to present your your posture and your voice and everything and I contact because I think these things are other same in any culture. It's always about respect and it's always about self-confidence. If you really want to have a job. I would like to talk about to two parts in an interview that might've pure and to give some let's say script to our listeners and if somebody wants to go deeper into that interview topic and maybe prepare him or herself to interview he or she can contact us anytime and we can have a one-to-one training with them on Landon so the first question that might be asked in an interview with tell me something or tell us something about yourself and if somebody is asking this question. Applicant what would you recommend how to react. First of all threes and don't be stressed scheduled to as the sun set into a vicious cycle system be tried to be confident in yourself so to the question please tell me something about yourself and so they can elaborate because most of the time in English job interviews people start with casual in a casual context so they use more talk why the HR personnel is used in two job interviews is not the first job interview. Maybe for the applicant is the first job interview at the Balfour big corporation for big international operation by the HR person is is doing it every day so they start with casual contact Smalltalk and then for example 1st question would also be small talk, they can say where you were born you can talk about your parents. Maybe her parents are from another country than you can say that time that you learned that that that can adapt countries language so your buy link lingual and that you understand foreign cultures can work with people from foreign contacts. Then you talk about, but you studied at University. Would you like at University languages side with your working experience after the University and then you kind of go into a bit. Your your your your joy, your peak skills and then you say something like a very ambitious and motivated. Then you also expresses you kind of want to work in a team contacts. Let me just say some some you some adjectives that describe you are described in more you can also shorten up but I think in most of the time. This interpersonal style with small talk, so just show by elaborating in your answers that you are confident, I think, is something that people do not stress often enough. Just show that you are confident and then by elaborating and feeling comfortable in your answers, you will show that you are confident if you just shorten up your answers. People in the HR personnel would quickly see that you are stressed they got comfortable and perhaps perceive he is not confident okay so again it's all about confidence and maybe if if you're talking about yourself. It should be related to what you are applying for. So if you are applying for an IT position. It's probably not that interesting that you love cats, but if you are applying for their whiskers. For example for key account manager position at risk because then I'm not sure how that the company is corporate you know this cat food, and it might be very helpful if you love cats because if you don't, you might probably not be the right person to sell cat food products that select the other question that that people might be asked is, do you have any questions for us. So in the end of an interview, how would you react to that question Richard, I would say you should always prepare for the situation and I would also ask them how the company was doing and in the larger context during the covered 19 pandemic think that's a good general question to you to show that you are interested in in the company that you want to know the organization may well and that I would ask how you will start in the company. So who would show you things in the company and I would ask what projects will come up in the next time and I would also ask about the working atmosphere. Worklife balance worked questions about the team and there may be. I think it and now it is with the covered 19 pandemic and where large corporations using the home office and in the future will abandon large beer settings you could ask about your workplace. I would look like in the future. Would you ask to to have a look at the, the company may be kind of small, sightseeing tour etc. then really and this kind of questions you could you could get information via the Internet before. For example, if it's a company that has broken blaze that is quite special. Often times they have discussed, as you call them sightseeing tours, but it depends really maybe there HR personnel is the time constraint and the other applicants. After you so they can't just take 30 minutes out of their working time to show you around, but it depends really on the company and the company culture and in times of online interviews and I think we don't have to mention that the background of your scenario if you're that say yet that the area behind you should not be an artificial Skype screen that you can select it should be your your normal living room or office that you have at home and it should be tidy and maybe some symbolic things like books or related technical devices in the background. First, by accident, somehow, should be nicely decorated actual and in the back when you can position some books and some important books. Some some job-related book job related products. Forget good lighting saves the day and that the final that's a good final phrase for this podcast today. Thank you very much Richard for these insights into interviews in modern covert, 19 new normal situations and yeah so next time I'd like to talk with you about conversation in business meetings like international meetings, either online or off-line until then I wish you a great time and if you dear listener have any questions or if you want to be prepared for your personal interview because you are applying for new job. Don't hesitate to contact us because Richard and I are happy to help you and we can give your personal one to one training okay Richard, thank you very much. Have a great time and looking forward to talking to you next time. Thanks and have a nice weekend