Video 3
Job interview HAVE YOU
EVER QUESTIONS
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Have you ever?
Asking about
past experiences.
Ever = I am not sure
or I don’t know
Have you ever
worked in a
restaurant
before?
Have you ever
worked in a
software
company before?
Have you ever worked
in a restaurant before?
? ? ? X
Asking
now
Yes, I have worked in
a restaurant before.
No I have never worked
in a restaurant before.
Yes, I have worked in
a restaurant before.
Where did you
work before?
Have you ever =
Not sure / Don’t know
When / where did you =
more specific information
2: An experience or action in the past but
we don’t know when exactly
Person speaking now
when? when?
“I have been to Italy two times”
“I have visited Italy two times”
Have + noun Have + verb
I have time You have done it
I don’t have time You have not done it
Do I have time? Have you done it?
Past
Present Past
participle
do did done
see saw seen
buy bought bought
try tried tried
I been
you seen
have
we done
they gone
been
He
seen
She has
done
It
gone
I Been
you Have not Seen
we Haven’t Done
they gone
been
He
has not seen
She
hasn’t done
It
gone
I been?
you seen?
have
we done?
they gone?
been?
he
seen?
Has she
done?
it
gone?
been?
seen?
Have you ever
done?
gone?
1: Have you ever?
2: Did you?
You wanted to buy it
You didn’t want to buy it
Did you want to buy it?
I
you
we to see it?
Did need to go?
they
want to meet?
he
she to buy it?
(it)
I
What
you to see it?
where
we need to go?
When did they want to meet?
Why
he to buy it?
Who
she
How
(it)
Behavioural interview
questions
1: Have you ever?
2: Tell me about a
time when you…
Have you ever had a conflict
with a team member?
What did you do to resolve it?
Have you ever?= not sure
or don’t know
What did you? = more
specific information
Have you ever had a
problem with a colleague?
Have you ever missed
a deadline?
Have you ever made a
serious mistake at work?
Yes, like everyone I have had
problems with a colleague.
One time when I was
working in a hotel …
There was one time
when I was working
No, I have never had any real
serious conflict with anybody I
have ever worked with.
Yes , during my career I have
definitely had disagreements
with people I worked with.
I have always been able to get on
really well with most people.
Have you ever missed
a deadline?
No, fortunately I have
never missed a deadline
Have you ever missed
a deadline?
Yes, there was one time when
my team missed a deadline.
Yes, there was one time when
my team missed a deadline.
Can you tell us more
about what happened?
Have you ever?= not sure
or don’t know
What did you? = more
specific information
Video 3
Job interview HAVE YOU
EVER QUESTIONS
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Difference between
I worked,
I have worked, and I
have been working
I worked
I have worked
I have been working
I worked = past simple
I have worked = present
perfect simple
I have been working =
present perfect
continuous
Let’s start with
I have worked = present
perfect simple
I have been working = present
perfect continuous
I have worked
I have been working
The verb “to have” is special….
Sometimes it can be a main verb and
sometimes it can be an auxiliary verb!
I have time today
I have done it before
Time = noun/thing
Done = verb/past participle
Past
Present Past
participle
do did lived
see saw worked
buy bought been
try tried studied
Have + noun Have + verb
I have time You have done it
I don’t have time You have not done it
Do I have time? Have you done it?
Present perfect Simple
I been
you seen
have
we done
they gone
been
He
seen
She has
done
It
gone
I Been
you have not Seen
we haven’t Done
they gone
Been
He
has not Seen
She
hasn’t Done
It
gone
I been?
you seen?
have
we done?
they gone?
been?
he
seen?
Has she
done?
it
gone?
Present perfect
continuous
I working
you travelling
have been
we studying
they living
working
He
travelling
she has been
studying
it
living
Present perfect
simple +continuous
1: An action that started in the past
and continues now
I have worked here
for 6 months 70%
I have been working
here for 6 months 30%
She has worked here
for 2 years 70%
She has been living here
for 2 years 30%
1: An action that started in the past and
continues now
May 2017
Started to
work online
March
Today
2017
Started to I continue to
work online Work online
I have worked online since March 2017
I have been working online since March
1: Started in the past, continues now.
I have been working at PayPal for 2 years.
I have worked at PayPal for 2 years.
I have been working at
PayPal for 2 years 70%
I have worked at PayPal
for 2 years 30%
I am working at PayPal
since 2 years.
I work 2 years
at PayPal.
Since 2 years
I work at PayPal.
I have been working at
Paypal for 2 years
I have worked at
PayPal for 2 years
I have worked at
PayPal since 2018
I have been working at PayPal
FOR + quantity of time
I have been working at
PayPal SINCE + date
Where do you work?
How long have you been
working there?
PAST SIMPLE
PAST SIMPLE = we know when
I talked to him yesterday
We bought the car last year
I worked with him years ago
to see it?
he need to go?
Did she want to meet?
(it)
to buy it?
Simple past = We say when
March 2008
started to work
there.
I worked in Barcelona in 2008
Simple past = We say when
March December
2008 2008
I worked in
Barcelona in 2008
Past simple
In the context or the sentence will have some
words making reference to WHEN
The action is FINISHED!!!!
I worked in Barcelona in 2008.
I can never repeat 2008.
I don’t have a time machine….
He has worked .
He worked.
He has worked here all his professional life.
He worked here all his professional life.
He has worked here all his professional life.
He CONTINUES TO WORK HERE
He worked here all his professional life.
He doesn’t work here anymore.
2: An experience or action in the past but we
don’t know when exactly
Person speaking now
when? when?
“I have been to Italy two times”
“I have visited Italy two times”
Before I became a teacher I worked
in hotels and restaurants.
1: When
2: Closed time
-Not going to
happen again.
I have worked as a teacher
for more than 10 years.
I have been working as a teacher
for more than 10 years.
I am STILL working
as a teacher!!!
I have not had many job interviews
I didn’t have many job interviews.
Until now I have not had many job interviews
but I am still applying for jobs!
I didn’t have many job interviews last month.
Last month = FINISHED.
Over.
2: An Experience in the past
I have seen that movie 15 times
I have been to Spain 20 times.
I have never been to Nepal
I have worked / I have been working as an
engineer for 7 years and I have a lot of
experience with it.
Started in the past, continues now
I have lived here for 6 years
I have been here for 6 months
I have worked in English tv
live for almost 6 months
Past
Present Past
participle
do did done
see saw seen
buy bought bought
try tried tried
Have + noun Have + verb
I have time You have done it
I don’t have time You have not done it
Do I have time? Have you done it?
I
been
you
have lived
we
worked
they
I working
you have travelling
we been studying
they living
working
He
has travelling
she
been studying
it
living
3 essential verbs
To be
To live
To work
I have worked here for 6 months
I have been working here for 6 months
I have lived here for 2 years
I have been living here for 2 years
I have worked here for 6 months 70%
I have been working here for 6 months 30%
I have lived here for 2 years 70%
I have been living here for 2 years 30%
I Been
you Have not Seen
we Haven’t Done
they gone
been
He
has not seen
She
hasn’t done
It
gone
I have not been working very hard
I haven’t been working very hard
I haven’been working very hard
It has not worked for years
It hasn’t worked for years
It hasn’worked for years
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Difference between I
worked, I have worked,
and I have been working
