10 Powerful Phrasal Verbs for Job Interviews in English

Hey, it's Annemarie with Speak Confident English.

You and I both know that for a successful job interview in English,

it's essential to clearly demonstrate your expertise.

One way you can do that is by using the right phrasal verbs in English,

phal verbs add depth and precision to your statements. As a result,

you're able to better convey ideas, past actions,

and your overall experience. Moreover,

phrasal verbs offer versatility so you can communicate concisely.

All of this allows you to better communicate in a job

interview and stand out with recruiters to help you

communicate your skills and experience with confidence. In this lesson today,

you're going to learn 10 common phrasal verbs for job interviews in English.

But first, if you don't already know, I'm Annemarie,

an English confidence and fluency coach.

Everything I do is designed to help you get the confidence you want for your

life and work in English. That, of course includes job interviews.

So while you're here,

make sure you subscribe to my Speak Confident English Channel so you never miss

one of my Confident English lessons.

Let's get started right away with our list of 10 common phrasal verbs for job

interviews. With each one,

you'll learn its meaning and I'll share a real-life measurable

example sentence that will resonate with recruiters and help you stand out

in the interview process. Now,

if you want to take your English job interview skills to the next level,

I recommend you get my free masterclass training on how to respond

to tell me about yourself.

This is the most common way for interviewers to start the interview process.

In that free masterclass, here's what you'll learn. First,

why do interviewers begin with tell me about yourself and what are

some alternatives that you're likely to hear. Second,

you'll learn a simple formula you can follow to quickly develop

your response and demonstrate your professionalism and experience.

Lastly,

you'll learn three fail-proof strategies so you can prepare your response

from start to finish.

I'll leave a link to that free masterclass training on how to respond to tell me

about yourself in the notes below the video With this lesson,

I want you to stick with me to the end because I do have some questions for you

to practice these phrasal verbs,

and I'm going to share with you some tips to help you remember them so that you

can use them in the moment of speaking.

Phrasal verb number one is to carry out this means to complete

or perform a task or a responsibility,

and here's an example sentence. In my previous role,

I carried out market research to better understand customer preferences in order

to improve our social media outreach.

The second phrasal verb on our list to take on,

to take on means to accept or assume responsibility for

something. For example,

I took on a leadership role in managing five of our team and employees for

our largest ad campaign. Now, before I go on to phrasal verb number three,

I am sharing with you one example sentence for each phrasal verb.

If you'd like to see more examples of how to use these phrasal verbs

in measurable real-life examples,

be sure to visit this lesson at my Speak Confident English website where I've

added additional example sentences you can follow,

and now phrasal verb number three to bring about,

to bring about means to cause or initiate a change

or result. For example,

I brought about a cost-saving measure that reduced

operating expenses by 12%. Number four,

to follow up to follow up means to communicate or

pursue further action after an initial contact. In other words,

you've already met someone either via email or in person,

and you're taking another step to initiate some action or an

opportunity to meet again in the future. For example,

I followed up with potential clients for market research,

and the result of that research led to improvements on our user platform.

Rael Verb number five.

To set up this means to establish or organize

something, for example,

I took the initiative to set up and manage an efficient

filing system,

allowing us to improve our file organization and retrieval.

Number six, to carry through,

to carry through means to complete a task or a project successfully.

For example,

I carried through a complex project from conception to

implementation,

meeting all the necessary deadlines and number seven on our list

to work out this means to resolve or find a solution to

some problem or challenge you're experiencing. For example,

I led my team through working out led logistical issues to

ensure our event went smoothly. As a quick reminder,

if you want more examples of how to use these phrasal verbs in real life

sentences, be sure to check out this lesson at my website. And with that,

let's go on to phrasal verb number eight. To bring in,

to bring in means to introduce or implement something.

For example,

I brought in innovative ideas to streamline our process,

and as a result, we improved productivity in our data call center.

Number nine is to step up.

This means to increase your level of effort or

responsibility. For example,

I stepped up as a team leader during a colleague's absence to

ensure we completed our project on time, and now number 10,

to look into this means to examine or

investigate something. For example, as part of my role,

I looked into customer complaints to identify opportunities

for improvement. Now,

with these 10 phrasal verbs you can use to precisely communicate your

expertise in a job interview in English.

I have two tips for you and some recommendations for how to remember what

you've learned. First, it's important that in any job interview,

it's important to provide statements that are tangible or measurable.

Not only does this help you showcase your abilities,

skills and know-how. It also makes your statements more compelling,

helping you stand out among your competitors, and as you may have noticed,

many of the examples I shared with you today included measurable details.

For example,

increasing profits by 12% or reducing operating expenses

by 20% leading a team of five.

My second tip,

remember to adapt these phrasal verbs to your specific areas of expertise

and your accomplishments.

One way you can do that is by sharing your own example sentences,

and that leads me directly into how to remember these new

phrasal verbs.

I know it's difficult to learn and remember

new vocabulary. There are two keys to helping you do that successfully.

Number one, when you learn new phrasal verbs, learn them in context,

and that's exactly what you've done here in this lesson.

What that means is rather than just learn a specific phrasal verb and its

definition,

it's important to see how that phrasal verb is used in a real life example

sentence or a real life scenario.

Here we have focused on how to use all 10 of these phal verbs in

statements that might be used in a job interview in English, and again,

if you want more examples,

you can visit this lesson at my Speak Confident English website.

The second key to remembering new vocabulary is to

practice actively use these phrasal verbs in your own speaking

and your own writing.

That means going beyond watching this lesson.

So here's what I want you to do.

I want you to choose two or three of these phrasal verbs that apply to

your area of expertise and adapt the sentences

to your background.

I want you to try using those phrasal verbs in your own example sentences.

You can always share those sentences with me and the comment section below.

While you do that, I recommend you also review examples from other students.

Doing so will broaden your understanding of how these phrasal verbs are used

and give you new ideas for how you might use each of these

phrasal verbs to talk about your know-how, your skill,

your abilities, and your accomplishments. With that,

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