Course English @ Work: Basic Job Interview Skills

By Mohamed Last updated Feb 2, 2020

This course will help you build a solid foundation to succeed in job interviews and get that ultimate call.

Information about the course:

Length: 3 Weeks
Effort: 1–3 hours per week
Price: FREE
Institution: HKPolyUx

Provider	Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Course teacher	Jessica Xia & Bee Dy
certificate	YES with fees

Based on advice from accomplished professionals in the business, HR and academic field, we have created a course that helps you build a solid foundation to succeed in job interviews and get that ultimate call.

This course will change the way you prepare for and perform in job interviews.

What you’ll learn :

Skip What you’ll learn By the end of this course, Audit track learnerswill have learned how to:

achieve interview success in six steps
stand out from the crowd using four strategies
avoid common mistakes
highlight soft and hard skills using appropriate vocabulary and expressions
structure impressive answers using four steps
express opinions and delaying answers effectively

Learners on the Verified track will be able to:

identify effective and ineffective answers
access instructor feedback and comments
evaluate their own answers
watch full length interview videos with industry professionals

Syllabus

English@Work: Basic Job Interview Skills Course Syllabus

General information
This two-part job interviews course guides you on the path to success. Based on interviews with industry professionals and experienced recruiters, Part 1 focuses on Basic Job Interview Skills and Part 2 focuses on Advanced Job Interview Skills.

The course will run self-paced and will end on the 2nd December, 2019.

Goals and outcomes:
This job interviews course is for both native and non-native speakers of English. Native speakers will learn from industry professionals and recruiters about how to effectively answer interview questions. Non-native speakers will also benefit from the English language input.

Once you have your professional knowledge and gained your experience, how you persuade others to believe that you are as good as you say you are is the challenge. Our instructors have had a 100% success rate in getting interviews and landing a job and we hope to share that experience with you. The course materials are designed based on our expertise as well as advice from accomplished professionals in the business, HR and academic field.

Taking this course will bring you closer to getting that job. There is no prerequisite requirement for this course. You just need to be interested in improving your job interview skills and helping your fellow students’ in their learning journey. In every section, the length of the teaching videos will not exceed 30 minutes. In addition there are some simple online games, quizzes and assignments. You are expected to spend about 2 hours in each section.

Key words: job search, job seekers, common interview questions, researching the company, firm handshake, copies of your resume, body language, interview tips, preparing your answer, interview skills, arrive early, and eye contact

Learning objectives:
By the end of the course, you‘ll have learned how to: