Job Interview Vocabulary & Collocations
Exercise 1 — Match the terms
Something important that you achieve.
An area where you need to improve.
A situation or environment where something happens.
Go into a place or situation.
Change to a different topic or activity.
Continue discussing or checking something.
An employee you directly supervise.
Learn through a difficult experience.
Support that gives someone confidence.
Begin or accept a task, project, or training.
Exercise 2 — Choose the correct term
1. Increasing sales by 25% was one of my greatest ________ in my previous role.
2. Public speaking used to be a ________ of mine, so I took a presentation course.
3. I communicate well in both formal and informal ________.
4. Before I ________ to an important meeting, I review the agenda and prepare my main points.
5. After discussing my experience, the interviewer ________ and asked about my career goals.
6. The recruiter called to ________ our conversation from last week.
7. In my last management position, I had six ________.
8. Early in my career, I ________ that clear communication prevents many problems.
9. I received a lot of ________ from my mentor when I applied for a leadership role.
10. Last year, I ________ additional training in conflict resolution.
Exercise 3 — Complete the sentences
1. When the project fell behind schedule, I ________ of the problem and coordinated a recovery plan.
2. Although my presentation skills are much stronger now, I still ________ when it comes to answering unexpected questions.
3. Last year, I ________ in conflict resolution so I could handle difficult conversations more effectively.
4. Working in customer service helped me ________ that I can now apply to management roles.
5. In my previous position, I ________ to reduce customer response times across the department.
6. I may not have used this software before, but I ________ and confident that I can learn it quickly.
7. My colleagues would say that I ________ because I consider long-term goals before making major decisions.
8. At the moment, I ________ becoming more confident when speaking to large groups.
9. After receiving feedback from my manager, I ________ my delegation skills by asking for regular feedback from my team.
10. When no one had volunteered to organize the client presentation, I ________ and offered to coordinate it.