Maria Jose
Extrem interviews Today we've been talking about extrem interviews in English class. I've never heard about this. I've made several job interviews but they have been always traditional interviews, where interviewers have made questions about my skills, qualifications or some things about my personality. In extrem interviews the questions are bizarre and they are about things that don't seem relevant information. For example questions about which animal would you be if you were one, or what kind of fruit would you like to be, things like that. This technique was originated in Silicon Valley and his idea is to see how job seekers react. In my opinion, this kind of interviews are eccentric, and they don't indicate necessarily how people would react in the real situation.
Oct 23, 2014 9:44 PM
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Extreme interviews

Today we've been talking about discussed "extreme interviews'' in my English class.
I've never heard about this I hadn't heard of this before. I've made had several job interviews, but they have always been been always traditional interviews, where interviewers have made asked questions about my skills, qualifications or some things about my personality.
In extreme interviews, the questions are bizarre and they are about things that don't seem relevant information. For example, questions about which animal would you be if you were one, or what kind of fruit would you like to be, things like that.
This technique was originated in Silicon Valley and his the idea is to see how job-seekers react.
In my opinion, this these kind of interviews are eccentric, and they don't indicate necessarily how people would react in the a real-life situation.

 

<em>[Sentence 1:]  Since you're writing this after the discussion, not during it, I would change the tense from past progressive ("we've been talking") to simple past ("we talked"). Also, because it's not just a chat with friends, I might say "discussed" instead of "talked about". I added the scare quotes ("extreme interviews") because it's a term you're going to explain, not necessarily a common phrase everyone knows. </em>

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<em>[Sentence 2:] There's something slightly off about saying "I've never heard about this". I think that phrase is usually used sort of defensively, to indicate some surprise. Example: </em>

<em>Person A: That new training we're required to do is terrible -- don't you agree? </em>

<em>Person B: I never heard about this. </em>

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<em>I would instead say "I hadn't heard of this before". </em>

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<em>[Sentence 3:] One doesn't "make" job interviews. I think "has/had" is usually what's used.  Similarly, one "asks" instead of "makes" questions (unless it's your job to come up with questions for a survey, but even there I'd say "make up" not "make"). </em>

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<em>Word order "have always been" not "have been always". </em>

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<em>I crossed through "some things" -- it's very informal/casual, and very far from the verb (asked), so it feels a bit out of place. </em>

 

<em>[Sentence 4:] "things like that" is how you would say it, but not how you would write it. I would just leave it off. </em>

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<em>[Last sentence:]  "these kind of interviews"    </em>or "<em>this kind of interview"</em>

<em>There is no "real situation" corresponding to what kind of fruit one might be. So, it should be "a real-life situation" instead. </em>

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<em>Outside of the use of "make" (and the spelling erro), the errors were subtle. Keep up the good work. </em>

 

October 27, 2014
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ExtremE interviews

Today WE TALKED about extremE interviews in English class.
I've never heard about this. I've GONE TO several job interviews but they have been always traditional interviews, where interviewers have ASKED questions about my skills, qualifications or THINGS REGARDING MY PERSONALITY.
In extremE interviews, the questions are bizarre and they are about things that don't seem RELEVANT For example, questions about which animal YOU WOULD BE IF GIVEN THE CHOICE, or what kind of fruit would you like to be, things like that.
This technique was originated in Silicon Valley and his idea WAS to see how job seekers react.
In my opinion, this kind of INTERVIEW IS eccentric, and IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INDICATE how people would react in the real situation.

October 28, 2014
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"extrem" -> "extreme"

"I've made several job interviews" -> "I've had several job interviews."
Saying "made" means you created job interviews, but I don't think that's what you mean.

"interviewers have made questions about my skills" -> "interviewers have asked questions"
Even though the interviewers create the questions, the point of the interview is that they are <em>asking</em> you the questions. 

 

"which animal would you be if you were one, or what kind of fruit would you like to be"

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"which animal you would be if you were one, or what kind of fruit you would like to be"

"Would you" is for direct questions only, for example "Which animal would you be?" and "Would you close the door?". When you are talking <em>about</em> a question (not asking the question directly), you switch the words around: "you would".


"This technique was originated in Silicon Valley and his idea is to see how job seekers react."

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"This technique originated in Silicon Valley. His idea was to see how job seekers react."

You can say "the technique originated in" or "the technique was created in"

Since originated is in the past, you can't say "is". you must switch to was.

 

"this kind of interviews" -> "this kind of interview"

 

October 27, 2014
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