know” could save you and your interviewers considerable misery and embarrassment. . Being able to say that you don’t know requires confidence and humility . It is important to prepare well for any test, and to try to cover as much ground as possible, but it is equally important to acknowledge that it is impossible to know everything, particularly when there may be questions that combine theory, application and strategy .
A sincere response that acknowledges the current limits of one’s knowledge yet indicates a willingness and interest to learn would go a long way in making a good impression. 12th Communicative English Book.indb Page Improve Your Connectivity . One will not know everything about a subject at the entry level. Why?
a. because it is vast and complex b. because it needs a lot of hard work c. because it might be dull and boring c.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the passage. . It can be disastrous ............. in a face to face..............
. . I nterviewers are ............. enough to be able to tell that a candidate is just .............You cannot ............. yourself if you .............complicated web.
. The two things that are required to say that you don’t know something are ............. and .............. .
d. Pick out the words from the passage that mean the following. . show(para ) .
recommending (para ) . a feeling of awkwardness (para ) . utilization ( para ) e. Use the following words in sentences of your own.
. uncertainty . strategy . spinning .
impression f. Read the following poem carefully. THE BUILDERS HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. Truly shape and fashion these; Leave no yawning gaps