Name: 8 Power Words for Your Job Interview in English
Uploaded: 2023-06-14T04:35:01.000Z
Duration: 10 min 58 s
Description: 八個影響力巨大的英文面試中用字 1- responsible and responsibility 2- collaborate and collaboration 3- initiative 4- lead = inspiring others 5- resolved 6- measure 7- result 8-...

Hey it's Annemarie with Speak Confident English and this is exactly where you

want to be every week to get the confidence you want for your life and work in

English. Today we are all about job interviews in English,

particularly power words you can use to effectively communicate that you are the

Right now you might be thinking that I'm going to share words like team player,

But no, none of those words are on my list. And here's why.

you're expected to only use positive words to describe yourself.

Everyone knows that. You've probably heard the expression in English,

you're supposed to 'sell yourself.' Honestly,

I hate that word and the whole idea of selling yourself.

The truth is the interviewer doesn't want to hear words that you think describe

you. The interviewer wants to know two things.

Can you do the job well and are you the right choice for the position?

And today we're going to focus on the kinds of power words you can use to say

And you're the right choice. Then at the end,

I'm going to share one word you should definitely avoid using in a job

Let's dive right into the eight power words you can use in a job interview in

I'm going to tell you why it's a good choice and I'll give you an example

sentence starter that you can use when you are answering an interview.

Question number one is the word responsible or responsibility.

every employer is looking for someone who is going to do their job and take

What that means is they can rely on you to do the job you're supposed to do.

They don't need to worry that you might try to avoid doing work or give other

When you're answering questions about your past experience using sentence

starters like it was my responsibility to or I was responsible for are great

ways to talk about what you've done in the past and that you took your job

Number two is the word to collaborate or collaboration.

If you want to highlight that you work well with others,

then the verb collaborate does that perfectly. In fact,

the precise definition of collaborate means to work with other people to achieve

And here's a simple sentence starter you can use when you want to highlight a

past experience of collaborating with others:

in my last job I collaborated with to accomplish.

And then just be sure to include the key details that you need from your past

experience. Power word number three is initiative.

you know that I've done many lessons in the past on collocations.

Collocations are groups of words that native speakers naturally use together.

If you want my past lessons on collocations,

I'll leave links to those below the video.

I say all of that because the word initiative is often used with take.

To take initiative and what this means is that you do what needs to be done

if your team shares the responsibility of keeping your coffee break room clean,

if you see that the trash is overflowing,

if you're the kind of person that takes initiative,

then you just take the trash out. Even if it's not your turn,

even if nobody asks you do it because it needs to be done.

if you know that a colleague is struggling to meet a deadline and they could use

it means that you take the steps needed to offer specific help to your colleague

before she needs to ask for help. Honestly,

employers love people who take initiative because it also shows self confidence

A great sentence starter to use with this word is I took the initiative to and

then share a specific example when you did something because you knew it needed

to be done. Power word number four is lead.

This is an obvious power word because it's the root of the word leader and

leadership and it means someone who inspires others to take action and here's

how you can use this in a sentence starter. In my previous job,

I led my team or I led my department on and then include the specific project.

it communicates that everyone who was part of the problem or disagreement was

satisfied in the end, and that is a very positive outcome.

Honestly, this is a powerful skill to have.

Not everyone is capable of finding a solution that makes everyone happy.

So if you have a specific story from your past,

here's how you can talk about it: when X happened.

So insert the specific problem or disagreement.

I resolved the situation by and then share the actions that you took.

Now before I get to power word number six,

I'm curious if you're starting to notice a theme with each word and sentence

starter? I'm asking you to highlight a specific story or example.

You can tell an interviewer that you're a great leader or you can show an

interviewer that you're a great leader by highlighting a specific experience in

your past. Which one do you think is more powerful?

And that leads me to the next three power words you can use in your job

interview in English and the one word you should avoid.

Word number six is measure or measurable.

This is about being as specific as possible with your stories.

If you want to tell your interviewer that you increased sales last year,

but if you can make it measurable by saying that you increased sales by 7.9%

It gives you more credibility and provides stronger proof to your interviewer.

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