Cover of the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.2 - Interview horrors for the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. What is the difference between.
  2. Choose the correct words in italics.

Answer

a)

  1. An interviewer is the person who conducts the interview; an interviewee is the person who is applying for the job.
  2. An employer is the boss; an employee is the worker.
  3. An application form is provided and you complete it to apply for a job; a CV is a summary that you provide about your qualifications and experience.
  4. Experience refers to the things you have done related to the job; qualifications refer to education and courses you have completed.
  5. A salary is a fixed amount of money you earn from your job monthly or annually and is usually used when referring to professional jobs; a wage is often a variable amount of money paid by the hour or the day for work or services and it is often used when referring to non-professional jobs.
  6. A bonus is a special payment you are given for good work; commission is a percentage payment that corresponds to how much a worker has sold.
  7. A receptionist works on a desk at the entrance to a business and deals with new arrivals; a secretary deals with general administration.
  8. A sales rep is a person who travels around selling his or her company's products; a sales assistant is someone who works in a shop or store.
  9. A managing director is a person who manages the overall running of a company; a marketing director is the person who is in charge of the publicity and advertising of the products.

b)

  1. employees
  2. experience
  3. receptionist
  4. bonus
  5. interviewer
  6. application form
  7. salary

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