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BEST IELTS Speaking Interview, 16th September
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PART – 1 INTRO
Can you tell me your full name please?
A very good morning to you, I am Preeti shah.
Thank you, can you tell me where are from?
I belong to Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Can I see your identification?
Yes, here you are!
What subjects are you studying?
I am studying Entrepreneurship.
Why did you choose this subject?
The reason behind choosing this subject was to help me carry forward my family.
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What do you hope to do when you finish your studies?
Well, I will be doing my master’s in business management and Entrepreneurship.
Now let’s talk about weekends, what do you usually do on the weekend?
They are pretty relaxed weekends as I get time to organize my room, wardrobe and other stuff like but if I have time in hand I try visiting relatives or friends. On some weekends, I feel doing nothing but just relaxing the whole day and spend my quality time with family.
What do you think you will do next weekend?
I am looking forward to this weekend as I plan to visit an old age home with a friend. I sometimes visit such places for charity because I get a different kind of satisfaction by helping those who are in need.
How important is it for you to relax at the end of the week?
It’s essential to relax at the end of the week as the week as the brain and body get tired so people need to rejuvenate themselves. It’s only during the weekends where you’ve time for yourself. Or it meant only for external worries and job pressure.
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PART – 2 CUE CARD
Describe A someone you know who has started a business.
You should say:
who this person is
what work this person does
why this person decided to start a business
and explain whether you would like to do the same kind of work as this person.
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SAMPLE ANSWER
Where I live, a young person has recently started a business of his own and he is hoping to make it a success soon. He doesn’t exactly attract much attention or favourable opinions from people around him but, my childhood friend, Robert Blunt, didn’t really care about any of that because he finally had found what he would like to do for the rest of his life.
Robert is the son of a wealthy family who sent him to some really great schools for his education. My good friend, Robert, didn’t disappoint them because he did pass from a very prestigious university of his country and got a top-class job after that as a Junior Accounting Analyst at a very prominent accounting firm in his country. So, we were all happy for him, and everything went well for a couple of years until one day, suddenly, he told me that he was going to leave his job and start a café business in his hometown.
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For a while, I thought Robert was joking, but then I realized that he was really serious about it. When asked, why he was taking such a radical decision, Robert told me that he just couldn’t continue sitting behind his desk at his work alone and crunching numbers for the rest of his life like a “robot”, and that he would rather do something where he could communicate with different types of people every day.
However, his parents tried to dissuade him from leaving his job, but he was determined and finally got his wish. Frankly speaking, even though I didn’t like his business initially, especially, because of all the noises around him at his café, I started to like it slowly and slowly. It was indeed fun to be able to serve all kinds of people with some freshly-brewed coffee and make them smile.
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In fact, I see my friend’s business as some “unique” opportunity to learn about different kinds of people and their interests while making some good money! Besides, being able to experiment with different kinds of snacks and drinks ideas and tasting them is no less fun either! So, yes, I would certainly like to do the same kind of work as my friend does.
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PART – 3 FOLLOW Ups
What kinds of jobs do young people not want to do in your country?
Answer: Well, it varies from person to person, and it also depends on what kinds of educational qualifications one possesses. However, to be a bit more specific, jobs which involve working in the fields and farms, teaching jobs, truck driver’s jobs, maintenance jobs, editorial and other newspaper related jobs, behavioral therapist jobs, content writing jobs, librarian’s job and paralegal jobs, and other jobs which don’t pay them enough are not preferred by young people in my country.
Most of the fresh graduates have high hopes and better expectations from their career. So young people in my country often feel like avoiding jobs which are not adequately rewarding, prestigious and promising.
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Q. Who is best at advising young people about choosing a job: teachers or parents?
Answer: I would say that neither of them is in the best position to advise young people on what kinds of jobs to choose primarily because neither the teachers nor the parents are able, despite their best intentions, to fully understand what kinds of jobs a young person would enjoy doing. Of course, the teachers and parents would somewhat be able to ascertain the potentials of the young people, but that is never enough to advise them on choosing a certain career path. So, at the end of the day, it all depends on the young people themselves because, after all, they will be the ones who would spend a very significant part of their life and time in their careers, not their teachers or parents.
Q. Is money always the most important thing when choosing a job?
Answer: From where I stand, I am pretty confident to say that money isn’t, and shouldn’t be’ “always” the most important thing when choosing a job because the money simply can’t buy everything in life. For example, if our job pays a lot of money but doesn’t offer the “job satisfaction” of doing something significant in order to make difference in the lives of people around us, then we wouldn’t probably enjoy doing the job for too long. Besides, if a job doesn’t offer the opportunity for growth, money matter would probably be irrelevant at certain points also.
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Q. Do you agree that many people nowadays are under pressure to work longer hours and take less holiday?
Answer: Yes, I do agree that many people nowadays are under tremendous pressure to work longer hours and take fewer holidays primarily because of the stiff competition from the competitor companies and organizations. This is so also because more and more “young but unemployed and qualified professionals” are posing “threats” for the job security, and many companies are just taking advantages of this ‘vulnerability’ among their employees. Finally, some people are under pressure to work longer hours also because they need to earn extra money in order to keep up with the rising cost of living.
Q. Could you recommend some effective strategies for governments and employers to ensure people have a good work-life balance?
Answer: Sure. The main strategy, which comes to my mind, is that government can always announce tax incentives (ie. tax cuts) for the companies which encourage their employees to work fewer hours. In the same way, it can also offer some extra financial help for those, who are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living, in the form of ‘rationing’. Finally, the government can also use different media outlets in order to raise awareness on the benefits of work-life balance among its citizens.
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