interview test

I had an interview test in the speaking class. So I practiced speaking and thought answers for it.

1.Tell me about your self.
I am Saori Nitta. I live in Kumamoto, but I lived in Hokkaido when I was an elementary school student. I graduated from kusunoki junior high school and kumamoto kita high school. I am in Kumamoto Gakuen University. My major is English. I have a part-time job at a cake shop.
2.What are your greatest strengths?
I am good at listening, so I like to guide my friends. Also I can keep smile, if I am in bad condition and I can keep promise.
3.What are your greatest weaknesses?
I am an indecisive and shy person. Also I am not good at getting up early, so I am careful to go to bed early.
4.Why do you want to leave your present position?
I learned English, and the other subject in KGU. Also I got some qualifications. So I want to put my knowledge of them to job.
5.Why should I hire you?
If you hire me, I am sure that I do my best for the company.
6.Where do you see yourself five years from now?
I will work in this company, and I will get some qualifications.
7.Describe your ideal company, location and job.
My ideal company is not so big with homey atmosphere. I want to work near my house. My ideal job is service occupation that I can use my English skills.
8.Why do you want to work at our company?
Because I have a part-time job at a cake shop, so I like service and I have experience in it.
9. Why don’t you have a job now?
Because I am learning many things in my university. I want to get knowledge and skills before I get a job.
10. What good books have you read lately?
I read ‘Ryuseinokuzuna’. Keigo Higashino wrote it. I like his novels. It was a mystery novel. I was moved it.
11.Tell me about a situation when your work was criticized.
First, I reflect that my bad points. Next, I think how to improve it. I am careful that I do not make the same mistake again.
12.What are your outside interests?
I like to watch movie, watch sports and hang out with my friends.
13.How do you feel about reporting to a younger person or a woman?
I do not mind, because I work with younger people and women in my part-time job.
14.Whould you lie for the company?
It is a difficult question, but may be, I do not lie for the company, because I think it is bad to lay whatever situation.
15.Can you work under pressure?
Yes, because I can accomplish my job if there are many things to do.
16.What makes you angry?
I do not like a person who does not keep promise, and selfish.
17.What was the toughest decision you ever had to make?
My toughest decision was which university I entered, because there were some choices.
18.Tell me about the most boring job you ever had.
My most boring job was to sort post cards in post office, but I tried to do it faster.
19.I’m concerned that you don’t have as much experience as we’d like in English.
I think my English experience is not enough, but I am going to study English through work.

I was little nervous in the interview test, but I tried to speak a lot of things about me.

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winter vacation

I am going to write about my winter vacation. I took winter vacation about two weeks. I did not have all classes while the winter vacation, so I was very happy. However, I was very busy because of my part-time job. I have a part-time job at a cake shop. Cake shops are very, very busy while Christmas season. Of course, I could not take off. I had to work hard. In December 23 and 24, I worked about 13 hours a day. I kept standing while my part-time job. I was very tired, but I like to service for customers. I felt a sense of achievement after my part-time job finished. By the way, I hung out with my friends when I had no part-time job. One day, I went to hotel Nikko to eat lunch with my best friends. We ate Chinese food for example, fukahire, ebichiri, Chinese fried rice and so on. These were all delicious. We enjoyed eating and talking. Also I hung out with other my friends and went to many places. I was busy in this winter vacation, because I had a lot of things to do that I wanted. However, I felt a sense of fulfillment in the winter vacation. I really enjoyed this winter vacation!

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BR 2-08: The Go-kart Race

I read ‘The Go-kart Race’. Roderick Hunt wrote it. I chose this book, because pictures of this book were very cute. It was about two girls that wanted to take part in the go-kart race. I am going to introduce this story roughly.

The main characters of this story were Wilma and Biff. They wanted to take part in the go-kart race. Then, Wilma had a good idea. They made their original go-kart, and they took part in the go-kart race. Their go-kart’s name was Silver Bullet. In the race, their go-kart did not win, the go-kart took the third place. However, Silver Bullet won a prize. It was the best-looking go-kart. They were very happy because of the prize.

I enjoyed reading this book, because it was an interesting story. I liked the go-karts when I was a child too. I sometimes rode the go-karts in the theme park.

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BR 2-07: Mum to the Rescue

I read ‘Mum to the Rescue’. Roderick Hunt wrote it. I chose this book, because I was interested in the title of this book. It was about a family that went to picnic. I am going to introduce this story roughly.

The main character of this story was a mother of the family. There were four people in the family, father, mother and two brothers. One day, they went to a car boot sale. Mother found a dinghy and she was interested in it. They decided to buy the dinghy. After they went back home, father pumped it up and the children helped their father. They went to river, but the weir was dangerous. So they went to other good spot. They enjoyed picnic there. Then, a woman’s boat was drifted. Mother helped the woman. The woman borrowed the boat for the family as a token of her gratitude.

It was a interesting story. So I enjoyed reading this book. I used to go picnic with my family when I was a child. I remembered it when I read this book.

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BR 2-06: The Bully

I read ‘The Bully’. Roderick Hunt wrote it. I chose this book, because I was interested in the title. It was about a new girl who came to school. She was bully, so everyone did not like her at first. I am going to introduce this story roughly.

The main character of this story was Rosie. She changed her school and she was in Biff and Chip’s class. At first, she was not friendly and bully, so everyone did not like her. However, Chip and other friends went to adventure with Rosie with his magic key. After that, they became good friends, because Rosie apologized to her friends. Now, she was not a bully girl. However, A new boy came to school. He was in Biff and Chip’s class too. Also he was bully. Biff and the other classmates were in trouble about him.

I enjoyed reading this book. I like this ‘magic key’ series, because they are all interesting stories. I want to read other ‘magic key’ stories.

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BR 2-05: Don't Be Silly

I read ‘Don’t Be Silly’. Roderick Hunt wrote it. I chose this book, because I was interested in the title ‘Don’t Be Silly’. This story was about children who played a joke. I am going to introduce this story roughly.

The main characters of this story were some children. They were Anneena, Nadim, Biff, Wilf and so on. One day, Nadim bought a plastic snake and he brought it to school. He showed it everyone. Then, Anneena fell on an idea. She wanted to deceive Mrs. May who was their teacher. However, their plans fell through. Mrs. May was not deceived. After that, some animals were in the play ground.

I enjoyed reading this book. It was a funny story. There were a lot of children in this story, so it was difficult for me to memorize their names. Also there were some animals in this story, so I enjoyed reading this story.

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winter vacation

Winter Vacation was finished today. How fast the time passes during winter vacation! I had my part-time job, and a lot of things to do. So I was very, very busy. However, my winter vacation was full and I could enjoy my winter vacation. I will have finals in the end of the month. So I am going to study hard for the finals. I do not want to fail my all finals. I will do my best.

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shopping

I went to shopping to buy clothes with my friend. We went to Hikari no Mori. We wanted to buy dresses for alumni association. There were a lot of cute dresses, so I was puzzled which to choose. Also my friend was puzzled too. We took a lot of time to decide what to buy. Finally, I bought a white one-piece dress. It looked very cute. I liked it very much. After that, we ate lunch together. We talked about a lot of things. I am looking forward to alumni association.

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