Self-study activity:
Discuss these questions with an English-speaking friend or relative:
Which factors are important to get a job? Choose the seven most important ones from the list below:
age/sex - appearance - astrological sign - contacts & connections - experience - family background - handwriting - hobbies - intelligence - marital status - personality - qualifications - references - sickness record - blood group
Have you ever done a job interview?
What was it like?
What questions were you asked?
Watch this clip from the film The Devil Wears Prada. Anne Hathaway's being interviewed for a job as the editor's assistant of Runway, in the film one of the leading fashion magazines in the world, with Glenn Close playing the role of the powerful and intimidating editor.
On the interview, Glenn Close gets straight to the point from the very beginning. Note down the four questions she asks Anne Hathaway.
You can self-correct the activity and read a full transcript of the clip here.
