Hey, it's Annemarie with Speak Confident English.
You and I both know that for a successful job interview in English,
it's essential to clearly demonstrate your expertise.
One way you can do that is by using the right phrasal verbs in English,
phal verbs add depth and precision to your statements. As a result,
you're able to better convey ideas, past actions,
and your overall experience. Moreover,
phrasal verbs offer versatility so you can communicate concisely.
All of this allows you to better communicate in a job
interview and stand out with recruiters to help you
communicate your skills and experience with confidence. In this lesson today,
you're going to learn 10 common phrasal verbs for job interviews in English.
But first, if you don't already know, I'm Annemarie,
an English confidence and fluency coach.
Everything I do is designed to help you get the confidence you want for your
life and work in English. That, of course includes job interviews.
So while you're here,
make sure you subscribe to my Speak Confident English Channel so you never miss
one of my Confident English lessons.
Let's get started right away with our list of 10 common phrasal verbs for job
interviews. With each one,
you'll learn its meaning and I'll share a real-life measurable
example sentence that will resonate with recruiters and help you stand out
in the interview process. Now,
if you want to take your English job interview skills to the next level,
I recommend you get my free masterclass training on how to respond
to tell me about yourself.
This is the most common way for interviewers to start the interview process.
In that free masterclass, here's what you'll learn. First,
why do interviewers begin with tell me about yourself and what are
some alternatives that you're likely to hear. Second,
you'll learn a simple formula you can follow to quickly develop
your response and demonstrate your professionalism and experience.
Lastly,
you'll learn three fail-proof strategies so you can prepare your response
from start to finish.
I'll leave a link to that free masterclass training on how to respond to tell me
about yourself in the notes below the video With this lesson,
I want you to stick with me to the end because I do have some questions for you
to practice these phrasal verbs,
and I'm going to share with you some tips to help you remember them so that you
can use them in the moment of speaking.
Phrasal verb number one is to carry out this means to complete
or perform a task or a responsibility,
and here's an example sentence. In my previous role,
I carried out market research to better understand customer preferences in order
to improve our social media outreach.
The second phrasal verb on our list to take on,
to take on means to accept or assume responsibility for
something. For example,
I took on a leadership role in managing five of our team and employees for
our largest ad campaign. Now, before I go on to phrasal verb number three,
I am sharing with you one example sentence for each phrasal verb.
If you'd like to see more examples of how to use these phrasal verbs
in measurable real-life examples,
be sure to visit this lesson at my Speak Confident English website where I've
added additional example sentences you can follow,
and now phrasal verb number three to bring about,
to bring about means to cause or initiate a change
or result. For example,
I brought about a cost-saving measure that reduced
operating expenses by 12%. Number four,
to follow up to follow up means to communicate or
pursue further action after an initial contact. In other words,
you've already met someone either via email or in person,
and you're taking another step to initiate some action or an
opportunity to meet again in the future. For example,
I followed up with potential clients for market research,
and the result of that research led to improvements on our user platform.
Rael Verb number five.
To set up this means to establish or organize
something, for example,
I took the initiative to set up and manage an efficient
filing system,
allowing us to improve our file organization and retrieval.
Number six, to carry through,
to carry through means to complete a task or a project successfully.
For example,
I carried through a complex project from conception to
implementation,
meeting all the necessary deadlines and number seven on our list
to work out this means to resolve or find a solution to
some problem or challenge you're experiencing. For example,
I led my team through working out led logistical issues to
ensure our event went smoothly. As a quick reminder,
if you want more examples of how to use these phrasal verbs in real life
sentences, be sure to check out this lesson at my website. And with that,
let's go on to phrasal verb number eight. To bring in,
to bring in means to introduce or implement something.
For example,
I brought in innovative ideas to streamline our process,
and as a result, we improved productivity in our data call center.
Number nine is to step up.
This means to increase your level of effort or
responsibility. For example,
I stepped up as a team leader during a colleague's absence to
ensure we completed our project on time, and now number 10,
to look into this means to examine or
investigate something. For example, as part of my role,
I looked into customer complaints to identify opportunities
for improvement. Now,
with these 10 phrasal verbs you can use to precisely communicate your
expertise in a job interview in English.
I have two tips for you and some recommendations for how to remember what
you've learned. First, it's important that in any job interview,
it's important to provide statements that are tangible or measurable.
Not only does this help you showcase your abilities,
skills and know-how. It also makes your statements more compelling,
helping you stand out among your competitors, and as you may have noticed,
many of the examples I shared with you today included measurable details.
For example,
increasing profits by 12% or reducing operating expenses
by 20% leading a team of five.
My second tip,
remember to adapt these phrasal verbs to your specific areas of expertise
and your accomplishments.
One way you can do that is by sharing your own example sentences,
and that leads me directly into how to remember these new
phrasal verbs.
I know it's difficult to learn and remember
new vocabulary. There are two keys to helping you do that successfully.
Number one, when you learn new phrasal verbs, learn them in context,
and that's exactly what you've done here in this lesson.
What that means is rather than just learn a specific phrasal verb and its
definition,
it's important to see how that phrasal verb is used in a real life example
sentence or a real life scenario.
Here we have focused on how to use all 10 of these phal verbs in
statements that might be used in a job interview in English, and again,
if you want more examples,
you can visit this lesson at my Speak Confident English website.
The second key to remembering new vocabulary is to
practice actively use these phrasal verbs in your own speaking
and your own writing.
That means going beyond watching this lesson.
So here's what I want you to do.
I want you to choose two or three of these phrasal verbs that apply to
your area of expertise and adapt the sentences
to your background.
I want you to try using those phrasal verbs in your own example sentences.
You can always share those sentences with me and the comment section below.
While you do that, I recommend you also review examples from other students.
Doing so will broaden your understanding of how these phrasal verbs are used
and give you new ideas for how you might use each of these
phrasal verbs to talk about your know-how, your skill,
your abilities, and your accomplishments. With that,
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Thank you so much for joining me, and I look forward to seeing you next time.