“Tell me about yourself” Interview Samples

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Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct article: A, AN, THE or - (no article).

Interviewer: So, tell me about yourself.

Model 1: Activity-geared answer

Well, just to start off generally, I’m (1) ___ senior at (2) ___ Somewhere High School, and in addition to academics, throughout (3) ___ high school I was really involved in three (or two) activities that I really enjoy and spend (4) ___ lot of time on. First, I am really involved in (5) ___ music. I played (6) ___ tuba in our high school band, and by senior year, now I’m drum major. Second, I’m really active with (7) ___ local politics. I interned for our state’s senator whose offices are located in my city, and I learned so much researching (8) ___ issues for (9) ___ campaign. Also, I’m (10) ___ avid soccer player. I’ve been playing since I was five, and I was really excited when I was voted (11) ___ team captain of our club team last year.

Model 2: Personal traits answer

Sure. Well, I’m now (12) ___ senior at (13) ___ Somewhere High School. I’m (14) ___ really energetic person who’s (15) ___ real self-starter. What I mean by self-starter is that in (16) ___ past couple of years I’ve loved being independent and taking on (17) ___ new projects and developing my fresh ideas. For example, (18) ___ last year I started (19) ___ Internet-based company that sells (20) ___ cookie recipes and (21) ___ site has increased in (22) ___ traffic by 20% since three months ago. But, sometimes I’m also more introverted too, and enjoy just (23) ___ reading and writing, and painting as well.

Model 3: Background information answer

I just started my senior year at (24) ___ Somewhere High School. Actually though, I wasn’t always in (25) ___ standard schools. When I was younger, my mom was in (26) ___ military so I spent most of my childhood on (27) ___ military bases going to school with other military kids. It was (28) ___ really interesting way to grow up because we were moving around (29) ___ lot, so it was (30) ___ really new and exciting for me to start (31) ___ school at sort of (32) ___ standard, American high school. My mom was actually inspired to join (33) ___ military because of her father, who was (34) ___ general. And, by seeing my mom work in so many different countries, she’s really inspired me in what I want to study in (35) ___ college too.

További ötleteket itt találhatsz.


MEGOLDÁSOK

1.    A
2.    –
3.    –
4.    A
5.    –
6.    THE
7.    –
8.    –
9.    THE
10.    AN
11.    –
12.    A
13.    –
14.    A
15.    A
16.    THE
17.    –
18.    –
19.    AN
20.    –
21.    THE
22.    –
23.    –
24.    –
25.    –
26.    THE
27.    –
28.    A
29.    A
30.    –
31.    –
32.    A
33.    THE
34.    A
35.    –