How to get an interview in English

1. Prepare a story about yourself
Look on the Internet for the wording that your position and specialty in education is called in English; pay attention to those phrases that are in the text of the vacancy itself - it’s nice to use them to show that you correspond to the position. Formulate your core competencies, strengths and weaknesses, find their names and synonyms in English. Also formulate clear for HR resume, if you do not know how to do it, use https://medicalfieldjobs.com/resume-examples.

2. Learn more about the company - in English
To feel more relaxed in a free conversation, read the English-language sources about the company, its business, products, mission and values. Google reviews of employees. Prepare your company questions in English.

Speak and learn unfamiliar terms and words that will be often found in the research process so that they come to mind during the conversation. To do this, you can use the good old cardboard cards, or you can use mobile applications: for example, Awords, which helps to replenish vocabulary and learn words, or Quizlet (learning a language using cards).

3. Practice spoken English before the interview
Many of those who studied English at school or even after, know the language well enough, but fall into a stupor when you need to speak it. If this is your case, then the time remaining before the interview should be devoted to “pulling up” the language:

Immerse yourself in the language environment to the maximum. Watch movies and TV shows in English, read books and articles, turn on the English interface on your phone and computer.

Subscribe to English content in the channels that you usually consume: YouTube videos, Telegram channels, language e-mails.

Take the teacher on Skype for at least those few lessons that you will have time to conduct before the interview. This will allow you to "liberate yourself" without wasting time on the road. Plus individual lessons - you can agree that you are solving a specific problem, prepare for an interview for a particular position, and the teacher will help to hone the knowledge necessary for this.
4. Correction for the interlocutor
If the interview is conducted by Russian employees, it makes life easier, but if you are talking with foreign managers, you need to make an “adjustment” for the mentality and how they will perceive your English.


“Turn off” modesty. Russian experts are not used to boasting about their achievements, therefore they look faded against the background of Western colleagues, for whom self-presentation is a skill honed from school. Do not be afraid to use perfect adjectives and epithets in your speech - hardworking (hardworking), well-organized (well organized), talented (talented), success-oriented (success-oriented) and so on.

Take your time. In an effort to demonstrate good command of English, Russians often begin to chatter and “swallow” words. It’s better to speak more slowly, but more understandably: no one expects an ideal pronunciation from you, foreign managers are accustomed to accents and rough phrases, it is much more important that your thoughts can be understood in principle.

Speak short sentences and using familiar vocabulary. Do not complicate the story - the more additional designs you use, the higher the chance to make a mistake that will make you embarrass, shut up, and stray from the conversation.

And finally, try not to worry too much. Of course, if the interview is conducted in English, then it is important for further work, but any adequate employer knows that the language can be tightened, and what really can set you apart from other candidates is professionalism and personal qualities.