#TEnglish_word_of_the_day is to exemplify.
📌Exemplify means to illustrate or clarify by giving an example
✔️ These interviews exemplify how practitioners conduct usability testing and what they describe as the difference between usability and acceptance testing
📌Exemplify means to illustrate or clarify by giving an example
✔️ These interviews exemplify how practitioners conduct usability testing and what they describe as the difference between usability and acceptance testing
📌A few verbs we can use with “a test”:
✔️To write a test plan
✔️To run a test
✔️Tests can interact (e.g. with a database)
✔️Tests can pass or fail
✔️Tests files can be named or renamed
✔️To write a test plan
✔️To run a test
✔️Tests can interact (e.g. with a database)
✔️Tests can pass or fail
✔️Tests files can be named or renamed
Ситуационные вопросы во время интервью становятся очень популярными. В некоторых международных компаниях есть целый раунд интервью, в котором соискателю задают такие вопросы.
Вы не работали с TDD, имеете поверхностные знания React… но компания хочет знать, какой вы человек, как изменится жизнь команды, когда вы присоединитесь.
Хорошие новости! К этой части собеседования можно подготовиться.
Приходите на наш воркшоп “Let's nail situational questions"
Кто: Преподаватель курса Английский для интервью и других курсов T-English – Марьянна. 6 лет опыта работы в ИТ-рекрутменте + 8 лет опыта работы преподавателем английского для ИТ = умения подготовить студента к интервью любой сложности.
Для кого: всех, кто сейчас готовится к собеседованиям, уровень английского от A2 до B2
Формат: Мы будем общаться, тренироваться, работать в мини-группе. Количество участников — до 20 человек
Цена: бесплатно, но по предварительной регистрации (https://bit.ly/2MiKazj).
Вы не работали с TDD, имеете поверхностные знания React… но компания хочет знать, какой вы человек, как изменится жизнь команды, когда вы присоединитесь.
Хорошие новости! К этой части собеседования можно подготовиться.
Приходите на наш воркшоп “Let's nail situational questions"
Кто: Преподаватель курса Английский для интервью и других курсов T-English – Марьянна. 6 лет опыта работы в ИТ-рекрутменте + 8 лет опыта работы преподавателем английского для ИТ = умения подготовить студента к интервью любой сложности.
Для кого: всех, кто сейчас готовится к собеседованиям, уровень английского от A2 до B2
Формат: Мы будем общаться, тренироваться, работать в мини-группе. Количество участников — до 20 человек
Цена: бесплатно, но по предварительной регистрации (https://bit.ly/2MiKazj).
📣📣Last minute call! 📣Решили ворваться в бесконечный поток вебинаров... с очень конкретной темой– "Ситуационные вопросы на собеседованиях". Зная Марьянну, нашу преподавательницу и спикерку завтрашнего воркшопа, могу точно сказать, что это будет энергично, практично, интерактивно. Участие беспалтное, по предварительной регистрации: https://bit.ly/2MiKazj. До встречи завтра в 10 00 в Zoom с кофе 📣
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28.05.20 10:00
Раз уж мы заговорили о собеседованиях, делимся целой историей с фразовыми глаголами и идиомами:
After the IT school, I was turned down by lots of companies before I was finally taken on by a VR startup. I thought it was a nine-to-five job but I was wrong. I had to work all hours, and our CEO was constantly checking up on me to make sure I was hard at it. To make matters worse, we were dealing with some financial difficulties. Once I realized that I wasn’t cut out for the job, I decided to hand in my notice. But before I had a chance, they gave me the sack – they realized I was hopeless!
📌to turn sb. down – to say “no” to sb. when they apply for sth.
📌to take sb. on – to employ sb.
📌to check up on sb. – to watch sb. to make sure they are doing their job
📌to be hard at it. – to be working hard
📌to be cut out for sth. / to do sth. – to have the necessary qualities and ability for sth. / to do sth.
📌to hand in your notice – to formally tell your employer that you are leaving your job
#interview_winner
After the IT school, I was turned down by lots of companies before I was finally taken on by a VR startup. I thought it was a nine-to-five job but I was wrong. I had to work all hours, and our CEO was constantly checking up on me to make sure I was hard at it. To make matters worse, we were dealing with some financial difficulties. Once I realized that I wasn’t cut out for the job, I decided to hand in my notice. But before I had a chance, they gave me the sack – they realized I was hopeless!
📌to turn sb. down – to say “no” to sb. when they apply for sth.
📌to take sb. on – to employ sb.
📌to check up on sb. – to watch sb. to make sure they are doing their job
📌to be hard at it. – to be working hard
📌to be cut out for sth. / to do sth. – to have the necessary qualities and ability for sth. / to do sth.
📌to hand in your notice – to formally tell your employer that you are leaving your job
#interview_winner
Мы много собеседуем... и вот одна мелочь (точнее, предлог), в которой часто делают ошибки:
WORK IN, AT, FOR or ON
📌TO WORK + IN
✔️You work in a field:
I hope to work in marketing when I’m older
✔️You also work in some environment or a part of a company:
You should work in our Berlin headquarters.
📌TO WORK + FOR
✔️You work for a specific employer (a person or a company):
I understand you work for Adam Black.
She works for a big outsourcing company.
I am self-employed, so I work for myself.
✔️A person or a thing can work for a reason or purpose:
I am happy to work for the success of the company.
Продолжение завтра. Stay tuned! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
WORK IN, AT, FOR or ON
📌TO WORK + IN
✔️You work in a field:
I hope to work in marketing when I’m older
✔️You also work in some environment or a part of a company:
You should work in our Berlin headquarters.
📌TO WORK + FOR
✔️You work for a specific employer (a person or a company):
I understand you work for Adam Black.
She works for a big outsourcing company.
I am self-employed, so I work for myself.
✔️A person or a thing can work for a reason or purpose:
I am happy to work for the success of the company.
Продолжение завтра. Stay tuned! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
Продолжаем?
📌TO WORK + AT
✔️You work at a specific location:
I work at Genesis
He was working at his desk
✔️We can also say that something works at some level:
The same formula works at the project level as well as the organizational level.
✔️If you work at something, you try hard to develop or improve it:
I’ve spent three hours working at this problem.
❗️Note that you can also work on something (= to spend time producing or improving something):
Jason and Mike decided to work on refactoring recent solutions.
#interview_winner
📌TO WORK + AT
✔️You work at a specific location:
I work at Genesis
He was working at his desk
✔️We can also say that something works at some level:
The same formula works at the project level as well as the organizational level.
✔️If you work at something, you try hard to develop or improve it:
I’ve spent three hours working at this problem.
❗️Note that you can also work on something (= to spend time producing or improving something):
Jason and Mike decided to work on refactoring recent solutions.
#interview_winner
💪Простые слова, которые можно использовать, говоря об опыте:
📌considerable
✔️You need to gain/get considerable experience to work as a Solution architect.
📌long
✔️We have long experience of dealing with such problems.
📌wide
✔️She has wide experience in teaching Front-end.
📌valuable (= useful)
✔️That was a tough project, but I got valuable experience for my next job
📌invaluable (= extremely useful)
✔️Working here gives these interns invaluable experience.
Продолжение в следующем посте⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
📌considerable
✔️You need to gain/get considerable experience to work as a Solution architect.
📌long
✔️We have long experience of dealing with such problems.
📌wide
✔️She has wide experience in teaching Front-end.
📌valuable (= useful)
✔️That was a tough project, but I got valuable experience for my next job
📌invaluable (= extremely useful)
✔️Working here gives these interns invaluable experience.
Продолжение в следующем посте⬇️⬇️⬇️
#interview_winner
И ещё немного об опыте
📌relevant
✔️Both candidates for the director of engineering position were short of relevant experience.
📌first-hand (= gained by doing something yourself)
✔️Our PM has first-hand experience of Python programming.
📌hands-on (=practical)
✔️Don’t underestimate the importance of hands-on experience.
#interview_winner
📌relevant
✔️Both candidates for the director of engineering position were short of relevant experience.
📌first-hand (= gained by doing something yourself)
✔️Our PM has first-hand experience of Python programming.
📌hands-on (=practical)
✔️Don’t underestimate the importance of hands-on experience.
#interview_winner
🕺WEBINAR: Managing Project Communication
JUNE 30 19:00
📌Проектная коммуникация часто оказывается не такой уж легкой. Есть много людей, с которыми мы должны общаться с самого начала до внедрения и оценки - и все они хотят, чтобы с ними общались по-разному!
📌На вебинаре мы обсудим:
✔️важность коммуникации для успеха проекта
✔️влияние культурных различий
✔️best practices для планирования коммуникации.
Спикерка: Марина Губко, ICA-ATF, SFC, Project Specialist в Apriorit, преподавательница и спикерка в T-English, 3+ лет опыта в ИТ. Опыт в Quality Assurance, Business Development, Customer Success Management.
Участие бесплатное, но по предварительной регистрации: shorturl.at/adns4
JUNE 30 19:00
📌Проектная коммуникация часто оказывается не такой уж легкой. Есть много людей, с которыми мы должны общаться с самого начала до внедрения и оценки - и все они хотят, чтобы с ними общались по-разному!
📌На вебинаре мы обсудим:
✔️важность коммуникации для успеха проекта
✔️влияние культурных различий
✔️best practices для планирования коммуникации.
Спикерка: Марина Губко, ICA-ATF, SFC, Project Specialist в Apriorit, преподавательница и спикерка в T-English, 3+ лет опыта в ИТ. Опыт в Quality Assurance, Business Development, Customer Success Management.
Участие бесплатное, но по предварительной регистрации: shorturl.at/adns4
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🔥🔥🔥Решили повторить воркшоп по прохождению интервью на английском.
Зачем вам это:
📌получить формулу ответов на ситуационные вопросы
📌понять, как можно подготовиться к интервью и идти на него спокойным и уверенным
📌узнать, какую грамматику и лексику стоит повторить, чтобы не задумываться над конструкциями, а отвечать на вопросы
Спикерка: Преподаватель курса Английский для интервью и других курсов T-English – Марьянна. 6 лет опыта работы в ИТ-рекрутменте + 8 лет опыта работы преподавателем английского для ИТ = умение подготовить студента к интервью любой сложности.
Когда: завтра, 2 июля, в 20 00
Участие (активное) бесплатное, по предварительной регистрации
Зачем вам это:
📌получить формулу ответов на ситуационные вопросы
📌понять, как можно подготовиться к интервью и идти на него спокойным и уверенным
📌узнать, какую грамматику и лексику стоит повторить, чтобы не задумываться над конструкциями, а отвечать на вопросы
Спикерка: Преподаватель курса Английский для интервью и других курсов T-English – Марьянна. 6 лет опыта работы в ИТ-рекрутменте + 8 лет опыта работы преподавателем английского для ИТ = умение подготовить студента к интервью любой сложности.
Когда: завтра, 2 июля, в 20 00
Участие (активное) бесплатное, по предварительной регистрации
🕺Провели вебинар на тему «Managing project communication”. Мы как старательные ученики сделали конспект. Делимся⬇️
1️⃣Main rules of communication with the team:
👂listen intently
🧠think clearly
🗣discuss openly
🙏develop empathy
👥respond quickly to needs
2️⃣You should try to avoid over-communicating to stakeholders. Consider the following questions:
📌Who needs to know what information?
📌How often must the information be communicated/shared?
📌By what means will information be communicated/shared?
Продолжение в следующем посте⬇️
#PM_yourself
1️⃣Main rules of communication with the team:
👂listen intently
🧠think clearly
🗣discuss openly
🙏develop empathy
👥respond quickly to needs
2️⃣You should try to avoid over-communicating to stakeholders. Consider the following questions:
📌Who needs to know what information?
📌How often must the information be communicated/shared?
📌By what means will information be communicated/shared?
Продолжение в следующем посте⬇️
#PM_yourself
И ещё пару моментов по следам вебинара Managing project communication:
3️⃣ Communication plan is a powerful tool that can help you organize communication on the project. It should answer the following questions:
📌Who will you communicate with?
📌What will be communicated? (e.g. status report)
📌How often will you communicate? (e.g. monthly)
📌How will you communicate? (e.g. at the leadership meetings, by email, etc.)
4️⃣ If you lead a meeting, keep the following rules in mind:
📌keep the number of topics to be discussed in one meeting at a minimum, be aware of information overload
📌use visuals and charts
📌use simple terminology - avoid jargon, slang and terms that may not be universally understood
📌speak clearly and ask specific questions rather than “yes”, “no”, “do you understand?”
📌be aware of non-verbal cues from stakeholders that may indicate a lack of understanding
#PM_yourself
3️⃣ Communication plan is a powerful tool that can help you organize communication on the project. It should answer the following questions:
📌Who will you communicate with?
📌What will be communicated? (e.g. status report)
📌How often will you communicate? (e.g. monthly)
📌How will you communicate? (e.g. at the leadership meetings, by email, etc.)
4️⃣ If you lead a meeting, keep the following rules in mind:
📌keep the number of topics to be discussed in one meeting at a minimum, be aware of information overload
📌use visuals and charts
📌use simple terminology - avoid jargon, slang and terms that may not be universally understood
📌speak clearly and ask specific questions rather than “yes”, “no”, “do you understand?”
📌be aware of non-verbal cues from stakeholders that may indicate a lack of understanding
#PM_yourself
🧑💻На прошлой неделе мы ещё и воркшоп провели. Наша преподавательница, которая работает в международном ИТ-рекрутинге, рассказала, как подготовиться к ситуационным вопросам на интервью. 📌📌📌Bullet points воркшопа:
📌Situational questions are designed to highlight your true strengths, weaknesses and characteristics without directly asking you what they are. Such questions can start with, for example:
Tell me how you approached a situation where...
📌You can use STAR technique to answer such a question:
⭐️Situation
⭐️Task
⭐️Approach
⭐️Result
📌If you are asked a situational interview question that you don’t know how to answer because you’ve never been in such a situation, you can say:
I’ve never found myself in such a situation. If I had such a situation, I would... (and continue with using second conditional)
Это не все. Завтра продолжим, а пока вы можете посмотреть запись воркшопа по ссылке
📌Situational questions are designed to highlight your true strengths, weaknesses and characteristics without directly asking you what they are. Such questions can start with, for example:
Tell me how you approached a situation where...
📌You can use STAR technique to answer such a question:
⭐️Situation
⭐️Task
⭐️Approach
⭐️Result
📌If you are asked a situational interview question that you don’t know how to answer because you’ve never been in such a situation, you can say:
I’ve never found myself in such a situation. If I had such a situation, I would... (and continue with using second conditional)
Это не все. Завтра продолжим, а пока вы можете посмотреть запись воркшопа по ссылке
📌You can prepare for your next situational interview by coming up with a few examples of:
✔️challenges
✔️mistakes/failures
✔️conclusions (what you’ve done differently)
✔️accomplishments
✔️conflicts
✔️drive
✔️leadership
using STAR technique
📌You can also check a job description and come up with a story for when you’ve previously performed each skill listed in your job ad
#interview_winner
✔️challenges
✔️mistakes/failures
✔️conclusions (what you’ve done differently)
✔️accomplishments
✔️conflicts
✔️drive
✔️leadership
using STAR technique
📌You can also check a job description and come up with a story for when you’ve previously performed each skill listed in your job ad
#interview_winner
Mind the prepositions!
📌Navigate to ... page
📌Hover the mouse cursor over ...
📌Click (on) ... button
📌Right/left-click the ... button
📌Type ... in the ... dialogue box/field
📌Fill in the field ...
📌Scroll down to ...
📌On the keyboard ...
📌At the top/bottom of the page ...
📌Navigate to ... page
📌Hover the mouse cursor over ...
📌Click (on) ... button
📌Right/left-click the ... button
📌Type ... in the ... dialogue box/field
📌Fill in the field ...
📌Scroll down to ...
📌On the keyboard ...
📌At the top/bottom of the page ...
Некоторые наши студенты ищут пути, как выйти из IT. Но все еще много специалистов, которые хотят войти в ИТ.
Услышали такой вопрос:
«I have some PM experience in logistics. What should I put an emphasis on at the interview for a position of PM in an IT company?”
📌Our answer- transferable skills!
You should think of situations and experience when you managed to show:
📌flexibility+client-orientation
📌organizational/planning skills
📌team working skills
📌troubleshooting
📌ability to navigate and manage multiple projects with conflicting deadlines and goals
Кстати, приготовили краткосрочный курс английского для свитчеров в мини-группе. Скоро анонсируем 📣📣📣
Услышали такой вопрос:
«I have some PM experience in logistics. What should I put an emphasis on at the interview for a position of PM in an IT company?”
📌Our answer- transferable skills!
You should think of situations and experience when you managed to show:
📌flexibility+client-orientation
📌organizational/planning skills
📌team working skills
📌troubleshooting
📌ability to navigate and manage multiple projects with conflicting deadlines and goals
Кстати, приготовили краткосрочный курс английского для свитчеров в мини-группе. Скоро анонсируем 📣📣📣
👥Сложно переоценить важность фидбека. Мы даем и получаем фидбек от студентов и преподавателей, и знаем, каким сложным может быть коммуникация в команде или компании без культуры фидбека. Мы руководствуемся feedback-giving rules by Brené Brown:
📍I know you I am ready to give feedback when:
📌I'm ready to sit next to you rather than across from you;
📌I'm ready to put the problem in front of us rather than between us;
📌I'm ready to listen, ask questions, and accept that I may not fully understand the issue;
📌I want to acknowledge what you do well instead of picking apart your mistakes;
📌I'm willing to own my part;
📌I can talk about how resolving these challenges will lead to your growth and opportunity
#PM_yourself
📍I know you I am ready to give feedback when:
📌I'm ready to sit next to you rather than across from you;
📌I'm ready to put the problem in front of us rather than between us;
📌I'm ready to listen, ask questions, and accept that I may not fully understand the issue;
📌I want to acknowledge what you do well instead of picking apart your mistakes;
📌I'm willing to own my part;
📌I can talk about how resolving these challenges will lead to your growth and opportunity
#PM_yourself
Порция linking and transition phrases в IT-контексте:
📌In a nutshell means in short
In a nutshell, the user research phase is when you scope out the project
📌Namely means for example
We are interested in your ability to build and maintain test documentation (namely checklists, test cases, bug report, etc)
📌By and large means in general
By and large, we are happy with these new Azure solutions
📌At the end of the day means ultimately, eventually
What matters at the end of the day is a valuable final product delivered on time
📌In a nutshell means in short
In a nutshell, the user research phase is when you scope out the project
📌Namely means for example
We are interested in your ability to build and maintain test documentation (namely checklists, test cases, bug report, etc)
📌By and large means in general
By and large, we are happy with these new Azure solutions
📌At the end of the day means ultimately, eventually
What matters at the end of the day is a valuable final product delivered on time