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Job Interview English – Vocabulary & Phrases

Everything you need to talk about your work in an English job interview: answering behavioural (STAR) questions, describing your strengths and work style, teamwork and leadership, problem-solving, achievements and impact, handling conflict, failure and pressure, explaining your motivation and career goals, negotiating salary, and the workplace terms you are expected to already know. Single words plus the idioms, phrasal verbs, collocations and set phrases that interviewers actually use.

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#1B2noun
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workload
/ˈwɜːrkloʊd/
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#2B2noun
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setback
/ˈsɛtˌbæk/
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#3B2noun
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backlog
/ˈbæk.lɒɡ/
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#4C1noun
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bottleneck
/ˈbɑːtəlˌnɛk/
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#5C1noun
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morale
/məˈræl/
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#6C1noun
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workaround
/ˈwɜːrkəˌraʊnd/
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#7C1noun
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trade-off
/ˈtreɪd ɔːf/
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#8C1verb
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streamline
/ˈstriːmlaɪn/
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#9B2verb
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troubleshoot
/ˈtrʌb.əlˌʃuːt/
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#10C1ADJ
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resourceful
/rɪˈsɔːrsfəl/
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#11B2ADJ
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collaborative
/kəˈlæb.ər.ə.tɪv/
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#12B2ADJ
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detail-oriented
/ˈdiːteɪl ˈɔːrientɪd/
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#13B2adjective
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demanding
/dɪˈmændɪŋ/
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#14B2ADJ
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constructive
/kənˈstrʌktɪv/
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#15C1adjective
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understaffed
/ˌʌndərˈstæft/
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#16C1ADJ
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cross-functional
/ˌkrɔːs ˈfʌŋkʃənəl/
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#17B2adj
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hands-on
/ˌhændzˈɑːn/
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#18C1ADJ
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methodical
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#19C1ADV
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proactively
/proʊˈæktɪvli/
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#20B2PHRASE
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walk me through
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#21B1PHRASE
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tell me about a time when
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#22B1PHRASE
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in my previous role
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#23A2PHRASE
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at the time
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#24B1PHRASE
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looking back
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#25B2PHRASE
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to give you some context
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#26B2PHRASE
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the biggest takeaway
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#27B1PHRASE
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in that role
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#28C1PHRASE
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to the best of my knowledge
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#29B2PHRASE
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long story short
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#30A2CONNECTOR
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after that
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#31B2CONNECTOR
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in the meantime
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#32A2CONNECTOR
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as soon as
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#33B1CONNECTOR
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once that was done
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#34B2CONNECTOR
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on top of that
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#35A2CONNECTOR
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at first
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#36A2CONNECTOR
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in the end
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#37B2CONNECTOR
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which meant that
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#38C1CONNECTOR
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needless to say
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#39B2PHRASAL_VERB
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step up
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#40B2PHRASAL_VERB
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reach out to
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#41C1PHRASAL_VERB
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sign off on
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#42C1PHRASAL_VERB
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touch base with
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#43C1PHRASAL_VERB
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push back on
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#44B2PHRASAL_VERB
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map out
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#45B2PHRASAL_VERB
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pitch in
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#46B1COLLOCATION
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miss a deadline
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#47C1COLLOCATION
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find common ground
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#48C1IDIOM
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a steep learning curve
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