EXPERIENCE & GRAMMAR
Choose the correct option:
"I ___ my first job in high school."
a) have had
b) had
b)
Choose the correct preposition:
"I’m applying ___ this position."
a) for
b) to
c) on
a) for
Choose the correct option:
"A company with few management levels has a ___ structure."
a) tall
b) flat
c) public
b) flat
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
"In December I spent money carelessly buying a lot of useless Christmas gifts. = I ____________ money."
waste
Choose the correct option:
"I heard about this position ___ LinkedIn."
a) at
b) on
c) from
b) on
Complete the sentence with ONE word:
"I’ve worked here ___ two years."
for
Complete the sentence with ONE word:
NVIDIA has ___ with many industry leaders.
partnered
Complete the sentence with ONE word:
“In a large corporation, decisions are often made by top ___.”
management/managers
What's the difference between borrow and lend?
Bonus points: what prepositions should we use after "borrow" and "lend"?
borrow from - take money from smb /sth
lend to - give money to smb
Complete with three words:
"I realised I wasn’t confident in my skills yet. ___ I started asking other team members questions."
Bonus points: find a mistake (100 points)
As a result
Bonus: missing comma (As a result, ...)
Choose the correct sentence and explain why:
a) I’ve finished the task.
b) I finished the task.
Bonus points: say a sentence about yourself using Present Perfect or Past Simple. (1 correct sentence = 100 points)
a)
no specific time → Present Perfect
Choose the incorrect sentence and explain the mistake:
1. The app has created by a small startup.
2. The app has been created by a small startup.
Incorrect sentence:
1. The app has created by a small startup.
(missing auxiliary been in Present Perfect Passive)
Correct the sentence:
❌ In many companies, employees are given more authority make decisions.
Bonus points: think about a company and create a sentence about it using Passive Voice. (1 correct sentence = 100 points)
In many companies, employees are given more authority to make decisions.
Correct the sentence:
"I can't afford buying a new car because it costs too much."
I can't afford to buy a new car because it costs too much.
Give three examples of common behavioral interview questions.
Possible asnwers:
1. Give me an example of a time you had a conflict with a team member. What did you do?
2. Tell me about a time when you made a mistake. What did you learn from it?
3. Describe a situation when you failed. What did you learn from it?
4. Give an example of a time when you had to make a difficult decision. What did you do?
Correct the sentences and explain the mistakes:
1. I worked here since 2020.
2. I've worked in this company during 2022.
1. I’ve worked here since 2020.
2. I worked in this company during 2022.
Name four verbs that you can use to talk about a company/companies or a product.
Think about what verb we can use to talk about what a company or a product did, or what can be done to them.
Bonus points: create a sentence using a verb correctly. (1 correctly used verb = 100 points)
Possible answers:
found/be founded
run/be run by
partner with
launch/be launched
produce/be produced
merge
release/be released
implement/be implemented
intorduce/be introduced
create/be created
store/be stored
Explain the words below:
1. CEO
2. CTO
3. Team lead
4. Headquarters
1. CEO (Chief Executive Officer) - The highest-ranking person in a company.
2. CTO (Chief Technology Officer) - A top manager responsible for development of products and managing tech teams.
3. A person who leads a project group.
4. The main office in the company.
Name four actions(verbs) that help people increase their budget.
Possible answers:
invest, save, earn, plan
Unjumble the sentence and correct one mistake:
for help. / have decided / started / first / When / I / my job / I to ask / my manager
When I first started my job, I decided to ask my manager for help.
You want to ask a person if they have experience working in a startup.
Say:
one question about experience
one follow-up question
Possible answers:
1. Have you ever worked in a startup?
2. What did you do there? / When did you work there?
You are at a job interview.
Say:
one sentence explaining why you want the job
one sentence about what you want to learn or develop
Student's own answers.
Compare two workplaces.
Say:
one advantage of working for a startup
one disadvantage of working for a big corporation
Student's own answers.
You friend asked you to give some budgeting tips and explain why they work.
Talk for 1 minute on this topic.
Student's own answers
Useful phrases:
be honest about your spendings
create spending rules
use a budget app
categorize your expenses
understand your spendings better
prioritize and cut wherever you can
avoid shopping around
You are at a job interview.
Say:
one sentence answering: "How did you hear about this position?"
one sentence answering: "What attracted you to our company?"
(Use natural interview language.)
Student's own answers