The expression used in Job Interview

1. BASIC COMPETENCE
3.4 Menganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan
teks interaksi transaksional lisan yang melibatkan tindakan
memberi dan meminta informasi terkait jati diri dalam konteks
pekerjaan (wawancara pekerjaan).
4.4 Menyusun teks interaksi transaksional lisan yang melibatkan
tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait jati diri dalam
konteks pekerjaan (wawancara pekerjaan), dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks penggunaannya di
dunia kerja.

2. ANSWER THESE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS!
 WH-Questions
1. What are your goals for the future?
2. What do you consider as your strengths?
3. Why do you want this job?
4. How would you improve our company?
 Yes/No Questions
1. Do you work well in a team?
2. Can you start working immediately?
3. Do you have any questions?

3. EXPRESSION USED IN JOB INTERVIEW

4. NOW, LET’S WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANALYSE THE
EXPRESSION USED IN JOB INTERVIEW BASED ON THE VIDEO!

5. EXAMPLE OF JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Interviewer Interviewee
Can you work on Saturday? I’m proficient in English.
Please tell me about your working
experience.
Because I want to work as ….
Please tell me more about
yourself.
I am available to work
immediately.
Why do you want to work in our
company?
When will you be available to

6. 10 QUESTIONS RELATED TO JOB INTERVIEW
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What is your greatest strength?
3. What is your greatest weakness?
4. Why should we hire you?
5. What are your salary expectations?
6. Why are you leaving or why have you left your job?
7. Why do you want this job?
8. How do you handle stress and pressure?
9. Describe a difficult work situation or project and how you overcame it.
10.What are your goals for the future?

7. EXAMPLE OF JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
INTERVIEWER : “Okay, Please introduce yourself briefly?”
INTERVIEWEE : “My name is Rahman, I am twenty five years old. I have graduated from Gadjah
Mada University, majoring in Computer Science. My Activity right now is writing on
my Personal English Blog, I am also active in several communities that related to
my background.”
INTERVIEWER : “What department do you apply and why do you interested on it?”
INTERVIEWEE : “I want to apply for the System Analyst position, I am interested working on that
position because that is my passion and I am also love working with computers
since I was a kid.
INTERVIEWER : “Why did you leave your previous job?”
INTERVIEWEE : “I leave my previous job because I want more challenge and new experience.”

8. EXAMPLE OF JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
INTERVIEWER : “What if in this new place you feel the same as you did in your last work/office?”
INTERVIEWEE : “It is okay for me, because I think it will be different from my previous job, also as I mention
before, I love to gain new experience.”
INTERVIEWER : “When were you most satisfied in your work?”
INTERVIEWEE : “It’s When I completed my job properly and on time, also when I get a job that related to my
passion.”
INTERVIEWER : “What are your strengths, please specify each of three.”
INTERVIEWEE : “My strengths are I love to learn new things, I have a good analytical thinking, and I like to
pursue my target.”
INTERVIEWER : “What are your weaknesses, please specify each of three?”
INTERVIEWEE : “My weakness are, I often to lose focus when I have too many distractions. Next, I am a
perfectionist, so, sometimes it takes a long time to finish a job, because I want to finish it
perfectly, and the last is I am easily to get bored.”

9. EXAMPLE OF JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
INTERVIEWER : “Why should we hire you?”
INTERVIEWEE : “Because I have enough experience in this field and this field is my own passion,
so I have a very strong spirit for this field.
INTERVIEWER : “How much salary do you want in every month?”
INTERVIEWEE : “I am expecting my salary is two and half million rupiahs per month.”
INTERVIEWER : “Do you have any strategies to increase our business income?”
INTERVIEWEE : “Yes, I have some great ideas to increase the income, such as create a new flavor
for your product or by doing a new type of promotion.”
INTERVIEWER : “What course did you attend?”
INTERVIEWEE : “I have been Attended many courses of this field, one of them is the national
course about programming and programming analyze that held in Jakarta a month
ago.”

10. EXAMPLE OF JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
INTERVIEWER : “Could you mention any computer software that you expert in it?
INTERVIEWEE : “Besides of programming, I am also an expert of Microsoft Office dan also an expert for
design software, like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw.”
INTERVIEWER : “Can you work with a team and under pressure?”
INTERVIEWEE : “Yes, I can, I also don’t think it’s a pressure because it’s the responsibility of my work
and it’s also a great change to improve the quality of myself.”
INTERVIEWER : “What do you know about our company?”
INTERVIEWEE : “Yes, your company is a company that engaged in digital services.”
INTERVIEWER : “Why do you want to work in our company?”
INTERVIEWEE : “Because your company have a good reputation and of course to get the great
experience to work in here.”
INTERVIEWER : “What are your goals?”
INTERVIEWEE : “To become a better person and more professional.”

11. EXAMPLE OF JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
INTERVIEWER : “What can you do for us that other candidates cannot offer?”
INTERVIEWER : “What three positive things would your last boss say about you?”
INTERVIEWER : “Do you have any ambitions in your life that you want to achieve?
INTERVIEWER : “Do you have working experience in this position?”
INTERVIEWER : “Do you have questions about this job?”