C1 English with Andriana · Maksym & Dariia

06 Aug 2026 — Recruitment listening + Unit 1–2 revision quiz

"I've got such a beachy mood today, that's why I'll ask you some of the words we studied in the previous two units."

Covered

  • Revision quiz on Units 1–2 — most of the lesson. Full Unit 1 and 2 vocabulary tables sent afterwards; that's the definitive quizzable set.
  • Listening — a Q&A after a talk on job hunting, played once, no transcript. Task: name the four topics → organisation skills · communication skills · flexibility · new types of interview.
  • Speaking — remote vs face-to-face interviews; do recruiters hire people like themselves; does meeting in person favour appearance and manner.

New language

warrant a second lookbe good enough that they look at your application again
tick all the boxesmeet every stated requirement
there's a strong likelihood thatvery probably
a digital footprintthe trail your online activity leaves
turn your hand to anythingbe willing to do any task
to muck in (with sb)share out the work so it gets done — UK informal, /mʌk/
traceable ↔ without a tracefindable ↔ leaving nothing behind
grudginglyunwillingly, resentfully
not in my remitnot part of my responsibilities
step updo what needs doing without being asked
go down wellbe received well
shadowingpronunciation drill: talk over a speaker in real time

Quiz

Failed: spot on, a complete fallacy, a fertile imagination, pick and choose, short and sweet, ponder, frowned upon

Needed prompting: deliver a quality curriculum, knock your confidence, get hung up about, fly in the face of, a sweeping statement, by and large, cut and dried, out and about, tangible, irrespective of

Corrections

Can we listen itlisten to it
I haven't injured againI haven't injured it again
tired knees / knee fatiguemy knees are sore · knee pain · muscle soreness

Homework

  • Find a job posting — including one I don't want — and sit the interview for practice. International company next.
  • Listening + vocabulary frame on Miro.
  • Revise the previous units' words.

Notes

  • Verdict: binomials are the hole. Four of the six outright misses were binomials.
  • Big-tech interviews test general reasoning and algorithms rather than the role, so they demand over-preparation; a mid-size international company is the better rep for the same effort.
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