Second-language interview training / 4impact.be Information

Second-language interview training / 4impact.be Trainer: Philip Wells Career event analysis - Interview strategy analysis - Question targeting and rehearsals - Linguistic autotraining Videoconferenced training sessions In second-language interview preparation, the most common problems arise from the candidate's lack of perspective. People change jobs for all kinds of reasons, and sometimes without being able to put their finger on the most important ones. So that going through a client’s career events rarely comes without some big discoveries, usually in the form of unappreciated strengths. We use these to shape the interview strategy, which is basically the candidate's sales pitch. I work in either English and French as target languages, and help the client formulate clear and credible answers to identified questions. We also work out a linguistic strategy, which is an important part of the game-plan, and one of the most frequently neglected. This involves assessing the client’s linguistic level and establishing how he or she can make the most effective use of the target language they already possess. Most of my clients are short-term, with an interview planned within the month, so there’s no time for language courses. The time I spend with clients can be anything from two sessions, which will provide the most basic interview strategy planning, to anything up to eight or more sessions for complete review of past experience, working on the client’s profile, target questions, and rehearsals in the target language.