| A: | Very good. Now, I have a couple of final questions. |
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| B: | I hope they're not too hard! |
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| A: | Well, why should we hire you? |
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| B: | I think that I would be a perfect fit in this company. I have a unique combination of strong technical acumen, and outstanding soft skills; you know, I excel at building strong, long-term customer relationships. For example, when I headed the customer support department in my previous company, our team solved about seventy percent of our customers' problems. I decided that we needed better information and technical preparation on our products, so after I implemented a series of training sessions in coordination with our technical department, we were able to solve ninety percent of our customers' issues. Given the opportunity, I could bring this kind of success to this company. |
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| A: | Impressive! So, what would you consider to be your greatest weakness? |
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| B: | To be honest, I struggle with organization and time management. Punctuality has never been a strength of mine. I find it hard to organize my time efficiently. I have actually addressed this weakness recently, by attending a workshop on efficient time management. It helped me a lot, by providing me with great insights on how to get organized and use my time efficiently, so I think I'm getting better now. |
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| A: | Great... Well, let me tell you that I am very pleased with this interview. We are short-listing our candidates this week, and next week we will inform our short listed candidates of the day and time for a second interview with our CEO. |
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| B: | Great, thanks a lot! I hope to hear from you! Good bye. |
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| a perfect fit | phrase | the right person for the job |
| acumen | common noun, singular | the ability to think clearly and make good decisions |
| excel | verb | be superior to, among the best |
| head | verb | to be the leader of something |
| implement | verb | to make something active or effective |
| training session | phrase | a meeting where people acquire skills and knowledge about a subject |
| struggle | verb | have a difficult time |
| punctuality | Adjective | arriving or doing something at the expected or planned time |
| address | verb | to deal with (a matter, issue, problem, etc.) |
| short list | verb | to select a few candidates in order to make a final selection or decision |