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Making a poor first impression

Good morning Daniel! Dan, please... I’m Marcia Boardman – we spoke on the phone – and this is Philip Hart, our CEO. Hello! Nice to meet you both. So it says here on your CV that...

Course: Work conversations and interviewsSection: Job interview mistakesSubtitles: en

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0:08

Good morning Daniel!

0:09

Dan, please...

0:10

I’m Marcia Boardman – we spoke on the phone – and this is Philip Hart, our CEO.

0:15

Hello!

0:16

Nice to meet you both.

0:18

So it says here on your CV that you’re interested in rock climbing...

0:21

Yeah... love it!

0:23

Great – so do I!

0:24

When did you last go climbing?

0:25

Oh, err, well, it was a while ago now...

0:28

Anywhere interesting?

0:29

Yeah.

0:30

I walked up the hill behind my house.

0:31

Took me about thirty minutes!

0:33

Oh.

0:34

OK, erm, Daniel, can you tell us a little bit about your current position?

0:40

Certainly – as it says in the CV, I’m part of the European Sales team at Networld.

0:44

We’re the world’s leading supplier of IT hardware.

0:47

Why do you want to move on?

0:49

Well, they’re too small for me.

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