How to overcome this?
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Fight verbally with someone who knows better english. Words would come out by themselves. :)
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Since english is not my first language, I mostly face problem in Interviews. I am a good developer, but when giving interviews, (telephonic or face to face), I can not describe or answer things properly in words.. so it creates -ve impression on the interviewer. How may I tackle this thing? pathak
You need to get yourself some friends that are well spoken in English, and do "mock" interviews with them.
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I've heard this advice many times, so it is not mine.... Find people who speak english to talk to regularly. That means seek out tourists, say hello, find out where they come from, etc. Call people in the USA if you know any, visit the USA if you are able, what ever you can do easily to expose yourself often to English speaking people... and practice... practice... practice. :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
Call people in the USA if you know any, visit the USA if you are able
As opposed to visiting England to learn English ;P
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Since english is not my first language, I mostly face problem in Interviews. I am a good developer, but when giving interviews, (telephonic or face to face), I can not describe or answer things properly in words.. so it creates -ve impression on the interviewer. How may I tackle this thing? pathak
Find a local Toastmasters club[^] that conducts meetings in English and join them. You'll find that they are most welcoming and will provide a safe environment for you to communicate in English (practicing your listening and speaking skills). It is predominately a public speaking club, but the skills are transerrable and will help build your confidence in speaking English. DISCLAIMER: I'm the Vice President of Education for Capital Communicators, the Edinburgh Branch of Toastmasters International.
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
Call people in the USA if you know any, visit the USA if you are able
As opposed to visiting England to learn English ;P
A mum and loving it!
Megan Forbes wrote:
As opposed to visiting England to learn English
Of course! Then you learn an entirely different English with all kinds of mixed up words. ;P Gestures are even more odd... Just hold up your first two fingers back hand facing an American and an Englishman and you get an entirely different reaction... ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I've heard this advice many times, so it is not mine.... Find people who speak english to talk to regularly. That means seek out tourists, say hello, find out where they come from, etc. Call people in the USA if you know any, visit the USA if you are able, what ever you can do easily to expose yourself often to English speaking people... and practice... practice... practice. :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
Call people in the USA
So....a job at a call centre would be a good idea :-D
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Megan Forbes wrote:
As opposed to visiting England to learn English
Of course! Then you learn an entirely different English with all kinds of mixed up words. ;P Gestures are even more odd... Just hold up your first two fingers back hand facing an American and an Englishman and you get an entirely different reaction... ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
curious now. What reaction would you get from an American? Jon
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that is only because you think that you won't be able to express yourself infront of them. Once you will get the confidence then that won't be a problem. And ofcourse regular practice can give you that confidence. Best Regards, Apurva Kaushal
Getting brain lock in a phone interview can happen even without a laguage barrier. Your best preparation is to take mock interviews. Create an extensive list of questions for yourself which coveres your entire work experience. Ask yourself lots of open ended questions such as: - what is your favorite language and why - if you could work on any project what would it be and why - what is one of the more difficult problems you had to solve and how did you solve it - what are your development habits like, do you comment, design before code, etc. etc. - where do you want to be in 5 and 10 years grab a some friends, buy them lunch or something and interview, interview, interview. Practice makes perfect. The only thing that wont prepare you for are specific technology questions but those can be studied via google searches involve mostly memorization. See http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-43,GGLG:en&q=technical+interviews[^]
Todd Smith
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Since english is not my first language, I mostly face problem in Interviews. I am a good developer, but when giving interviews, (telephonic or face to face), I can not describe or answer things properly in words.. so it creates -ve impression on the interviewer. How may I tackle this thing? pathak
pathakr wrote:
Since english is not my first language, I mostly face problem in Interviews. I am a good developer, but when giving interviews, (telephonic or face to face), I can not describe or answer things properly in words.
Try simple English and advance the English skills as you become more familiar with the language. Posting on this site is okay practice :)
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curious now. What reaction would you get from an American? Jon
jonathan15 wrote:
curious now. What reaction would you get from an American?
well... depending on the american... either confusion, or you could be mistaken for offering a peace sign, in which you would be assumed a peace loving hippie, tied to the back of a ford truck and pulled through the desert and barbed wire. But most probably just confusion. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)