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Staff facts and figures

1 Read these statements that were madę by the interviewer or the interviewee during a job interview.

recruit candidates from the best universities.

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(^You will spend a lot of your time meeting clients.

^Your starting salary will be around £30,000 per ycar?)^^

f We are one of the biggest advertising agencies.

V Our clients include a number of private hospitals.

^You will be expected to attend in-service training.

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really enjoy new challenges.

(\¥e’ll contact you before the end of the month.

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2 Later, a colleague asks the candidate about the interview. Answer the colleague’s questions by putting one of the above statements into reported speech. When you answer the questions which use tell, remember you also need to add the person after the verb.

1    What did they say about the salary?

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2    What did they tell you about the company?

3 What did they say about training?

4 What did they teil you about the responsibilities of the job?

5    What did you tell them about your previous work?

6    What did they say about their recruitment policy?

7 What reason did you give for wanting the job?

8 When did they say they would be in touch?

Vocabulary

Some compound nouns refer to types of people. Complete the statements (1-7) below, using the correct type of person from the box. Try to do this without using a dictionary. Instead, look at the individual words which form the compound nouns.

1    He finds it difficult to stop thinking about work and he’s often in the office at weekends. He’s a .worlfoholic.. .

2    Fm surę he’ll move into a top position very soon because he’s so ambitious.

He’s a real......................

3    She’s never satisfied until a piece of work is as good as she can make it.

She’s a......................

4    He’s definitely the best executive we’ve ever had and our market share has

really improved under him. He’s our......................

5    She’s very good at working with other people and reducing conflict between

them. She’s a good......................

6    She tends to start rumours and she’s annoyed several members of our team.

I’m afraid she’s a bit of a......................

7    He’s very good at creative thinking and finding ways out of difficulties. He’s a

great ......................

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