Don't get over-emotional
Notes
In an interview situation it’s always good to express yourself and to convey your feelings, however there is a limit. You don’t want to put yourself in a situation that causes you to become over-emotional and perhaps lose control – this could jeopardise the success of your whole interview.
In order to avoid this, think about the kind of things that you may be asked about in an interview that could cause you to get emotional – a pet that died recently, an exam you failed, an argument you had with a friend. By thinking about them in advance you can mentally prepare yourself to talk about them, or our best advice would be to try to avoid talking on these sensitive subjects altogether and wherever possible answer the question using a different example.
Transcript
Examiner: Describe a person who has had a big effect on your life. You should say how you met that person and why that person had such an impact on your life.
Candidate: My girlfriend. Ex-girlfriend really. We were together for 6 months. She didn’t go along so well with my father. She manipulated me into hate my own father as well. And… then... he hated me and then he left home. All these feelings of jealousy come up and you kind of… you’re angry all the time because who’s that boy… who’s you. It was unbelievable guilt... and it wasn’t my fault. I didn’t know that…
Examiner: Thank you. Thank you. Hmm… do you think… shopping has a negative impact on your society?
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Its a great example. Speaking session is a friendly talk, which both should enjoy instead of crying.
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at this lever the video has demonstrated the do not but has failed to demonstrate the " do" side so that we may learn the basic
Look so funny when he cries :)) I'm also not a happy man in love but I'm sure I won't get over-emotional like him in most situations :)) I love Vietnam :))
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I am very happy to join you , actually now I am preparing for IELTS exam and i have some problems , fist of all i try to improve my language skills be reading articles on news papers and by listening to some English record . now I can understand the most conversations or records but my speaking skills is not improving I can not find the proper way to solve these problem .
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I used to think that in speaking, we have to express more and more emotions=.=, now i get it~~
thanks a lot and nice video!!!
Aww!! Poor guy! I though he needed not a high IELTS score but a psychologist! *LOL* I loved the video! Thanks for the tip! Ha ha ha!!
MORAL - Leave your sorrow behind the door when taking the IELTS test! Ha ha!!
Thank you very much. I have understood and will avoid this mistake while taking my test.