The topic, based on the FIRST question below, offered us many valuable lessons
What are you passionate about?
What are you motivated by?
What puts you at ease?
What moves you?
What drives you?
Your biggest passions
Your newest passions
Your fervent passions
Dancing was one of the passions that came up in the discussions.
We can even make a link between Learning to dance and Learning a language:
Both can be difficult at first, but you have to stick at them.
LANGUAGE NOTE: When we stick to something, we keep doing it until we improve, we persist to the very end to achieve our goal.
What I love most about dance classes is the atmosphere
Posh or high class restaurants are famous for their sophisticated ambiance (the atmosphere in a restaurant)
Many times we put off our passions or stop pursuing them because of professional and personal commitments and responsibilties,translated into ONE word, or the lack of it: TIME
So the question that we can ask ourselves is . . .
Why not take up classes again? = Why not resume classes?
Why not get back to doing what we really love?
LANGUAGE NOTE: The word RESUME looks just like a word in Portuguese, only with a DIFFERENT MEANING:
To resume = to start again
Resumir > To summarize
We can sometimes find new passions by experimenting something new:
I tried surfing once but my balance got the better of me. Even so, I am crazy about surfing now.
LANGUAGE NOTE: If something gets the better of you, then it dominates or puts you in a losing or inferior position.
There are some people who are still looking for true passion in life:
I haven’t found what I’m looking for (Thanks Bono Vox :-)O:-))
Then there those people who are Multi-passion:
I’m most passionate about . . .
So what does this whole thing about passion have to do with a job interview?
The worst thing about interviews is . . .
Being under observation consciously or unconsciously (knowingly or unknowingly)
Having to show your skills in a short space/period of time
A word to the wise:
Sometimes the answer is not important but how you react to certain situations.
Are you . . .
broad-minded or narrow-minded?
stubborn or flexible?
In interviews,
Are you always straightforward (frank)?
Do you tend to be more serious than usual?
Do you try to show off when there is a group activity
Do you take the lead when it comes to solving a problem?
Do you admit to being a perfectionist, even if it might be considered a sign of weakness?
If you were looking for another job and someone spilled the beans to your manager, what would you do to remedy the situation?
LANGUAGE NOTE: when you spill the beans, you reveal information before the appropriate time or you spoil a surprise.
Do the interviewer's comments leave a mark on you?
Do you try make a lasting impression on your assessor?
QUESTION: Which sounds more positive/negative: leave a mark or leave a lasting impression?
LANGUAGE NOTE:
an interviewer
an interviewee = a candidate = an applicant
PRONUNCIATION: Words that end in -ate usually pronounce this syllable like "it":
Who did it? CAN did it. /candidate/
considerate /con-si-drit/ or /con-si-da-rit/
literate /litrit/ or /li-ta-rit/
intermediate /in-ta-mee-jit/
moderate /maw-drit/
affectionate /a-fek-sha-nit/
Heineken launched a campaign for an opening for intern. The video proves some valuable things about the workplace and the job market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Ftu3NbivE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
What surprised you most?
Is this going to become a norm in recruitment processes?
