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Job
Interview: Talking About Your Experience

You will learn to use the present perfect tense to talk about your past experiences and achievements in a job interview context. This lesson focuses on 'have + past participle' to describe what you have done.

Job Interview: Talking About Your Experience
1

Listening

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2

Reading + Practice

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INTERVIEWER
Hello, Alex. Please have a seat.
CANDIDATE
Thank you, Sarah.
INTERVIEWER
Tell me about your experience.
CANDIDATE
I have three years in customer service. I've helped customers and trained new staff.
INTERVIEWER
Have you managed projects?
CANDIDATE
Yes, I managed a team for an event last year. We succeeded.
INTERVIEWER
Excellent. What skills have you learned?
CANDIDATE
Patience, quick problem-solving, and better communication.
INTERVIEWER
Useful. Have you used our software?
CANDIDATE
No, but I learn new programs quickly.
INTERVIEWER
Good. We need fast learners.
CANDIDATE
I am a fast learner and enjoy it.
INTERVIEWER
Great. Any questions?
CANDIDATE
Yes. What are the next steps?
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Vocabulary Match

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Words

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Useful Sentences

Quick sentences you can use in real life.

Talking about past work experience
  • I have worked in [field] for [time].
  • I have helped many customers.
  • I have trained new team members.
  • I have managed a small team.
Discussing learned skills
  • I have learned to be patient.
  • I have improved my communication skills.
  • I have learned new computer programs quickly.
  • I have always enjoyed learning new things.
3

Grammar

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Grammar Summary

✓ Grammar Focus

Present Perfect (Experience & Achievements)

★ Examples from the lesson

- I have three years in customer service.

- I've helped customers and trained new staff.

- Have you managed projects?

- What skills have you learned?

- I learn new programs quickly.

💡 Uses

Use Example

Action that started in the past and continues now: I have lived here for five years.

Past experience: She has visited Spain twice.

Action with a result in the present: He has lost his keys.

Action that has just finished : They have just arrived.

Finished action in an unfinished time period: I have drunk three cups of coffee today.

📝 Forms
SubjectAffirmativeNegativeQuestion
II have worked.I haven't worked.Have I worked?
YouYou have worked.You haven't worked.Have you worked?
He/She/ItHe/She/It has worked.He/She/It hasn't worked.Has he/she/it worked?
WeWe have worked.We haven't worked.Have we worked?
TheyThey have worked.They haven't worked.Have they worked?
⚠ Common Mistakes
MistakeCorrectionExplanation
I worked in London last year.I have worked in London.Present Perfect is for experience, not a specific past time. 'Last year' needs Past Simple.
Have you a car?Do you have a car?'Have' as a main verb uses 'do/does' in Present Simple questions.
She have finished her work.She has finished her work.'She' is third person singular, so use 'has'.
I no have experience.I don't have experience.Use 'don't' for negative sentences with 'I/you/we/they'.
Have she ever visited Paris?Has she ever visited Paris?Use 'Has' for third person singular subjects (he, she, it).

Grammar Quiz

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