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Describe Your Dream Job: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What job would it be?
  • What would you do in this job?
  • Explain why you think this would be the perfect job for you.
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Cue 1:What job would it be?

  • Clearly state the job you dream of having, mentioning the title and field.
  • Provide a brief background on why this job appeals to you.

Example

My dream job is to be a wildlife photographer. I have always been fascinated by nature and animals, and capturing their beauty through photography seems like the perfect way to combine my passion for wildlife with my love for art.

Cue 2:What would you do in this job?

  • Describe the main responsibilities and tasks you would undertake in this role.
  • Mention any specific skills or techniques you would use to excel in this job.

Example

In this job, I would travel to various national parks and wildlife reserves to photograph animals in their natural habitats. I would spend hours observing their behavior, waiting for the perfect moment to capture stunning images. Additionally, I would use my skills in photo editing to enhance the images and share them on social media and in exhibitions.

Cue 3:Explain why you think this would be the perfect job for you.

  • Discuss your personal qualities or experiences that make you suited for this job.
  • Explain how this job aligns with your values and long-term goals.

Example

I believe this would be the perfect job for me because I am patient, observant, and passionate about conservation. I want to raise awareness about endangered species through my photography. This job would allow me to contribute to wildlife preservation while doing something I love, which is incredibly fulfilling.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, being a wildlife photographer is my dream job because it combines my love for nature with my artistic skills. I am excited about the possibility of making a positive impact on wildlife conservation while pursuing my passion.

    Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

    Tips to answer this Cue Card

    1: Vague Job Descriptions

    Avoid being too general when describing your dream job. Specific details help the examiner understand your vision and passion for the role.

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    Tip

    Clearly outline the job title and key responsibilities to create a vivid picture of your dream job.

    2: Lack of Personal Connection

    Failing to explain why the job is perfect for you can make your answer less engaging. Personal connections make your response memorable.

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    Share personal experiences or values that align with the job to demonstrate why it matters to you.

    Ignoring Future Aspirations

    Not discussing future goals related to the job can make your answer seem incomplete. It’s important to show ambition and growth.

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    Mention how you plan to develop in this job or what you hope to achieve in the future to add depth to your response.

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    Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood
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    Anonymous student Band 8

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    The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.
    Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language
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    Anonymous student Band 6.5

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    As India is a very large country full of diversity, so there are many places which have their own language and speak their native language. The place which I visited and I didn't know about their language was Leladakh, which is about 300 km away from my hometown and it is a very good place as it consists of different kind of trees, animals and have many scenic views and I visited over there last year in summers as it was the best time to visit because it has many, it was cold over there and we had summers in our area so it was the best time to visit over there and I went over there with my whole family.
    Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned
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    When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.
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    It Ends With Us is a book I read recently. It's by the author Colleen Hoare. It's mainly a story about two teenagers, Atlas and Lily, and how they just handle their life going through high school, adolescence, and just domestic violence at home. Both of them come from very, very different families. However, they have one common determining factor between them, which is domestic violence. The abuse that they've seen their moms go through is just insane, and they connect through that on a different level. They're actually in the same high school, but they never speak to each other until Atlas actually crashes into an empty house next to Lily's villa. When Atlas is homeless and he doesn't have anywhere to go, he just comes and breaks into the house next to Lily's, and Lily helps him with all the daily necessities like clothes and food, medicines and stuff. Furthermore, their friendship blossoms into love, but it doesn't really fructify as Atlas has to leave. This book really gave me a lot of knowledge about domestic abuse and how to deal with it.

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    Here are all the answers by real-users practicing speaking for IELTS Cue Cards on our IELTS Prep App.

    Band 6

    My dream job is to become a chef. It is because I love to cook food in my home. I used to cook every day while my mother was taking rest. I feel like it is very interesting while cooking. So in the future I wanted to be a chef. It is because of my interest. Moreover, the working doesn't have any pressures compared to the IT sector. Indeed, I am much more interested in it. I am very passionate about cooking. So that's my dream job.

    Band 6

    The dream job I want to be done in my future is the army nurse. This is a wonderful and fascinating job for me which is my childhood dream. And this is the thing I want to do because to serve the nation where I am living. I am proud that I am an Indian citizen where I can serve the Indian peoples who are working in the army where there is a demand for army nurses. This is why, that's why I want to be an army nurse and I want to help the people there who need the medical conditions, who need the medical requirements. And because I am the person who is robust and I can manage the thing in a very well manner. In the future, I want to be an army nurse to think that it should be helpful for the nation when I die. Then my future generations or my pathways, they can take in an account that I was working in the nation for serving the people. This is one of my dreams and it will come true in the future. I would be grateful if it comes true and my family will be the person, the family will be the one who will be enjoy about this. And the thing I want to talk about the dream because I am the person who is ambitious about my thing. I am the person who have the ambition in my dream and have

    Band 6

    My dream job is getting a position with the tag of human resource manager because I really enjoy talking with people and I'm naturally outgoing person and I love solving people's problem although sometimes I myself need a person who can listen to me and solve my issues however I really enjoy helping other people and as a human resource person I know I need to indulge with people every day and this is our work and I believe that I'm very good at it I have my past experiences in this field only so I believe that I will be a good person to take this position in future and I really dream of a job which pays a really good amount of money for the hard work that a human resource person need to do and well it is also my priority because I have I've been seeking my knowledge and skills in this particular field and I really enjoy learning about human resource and what we need to do for employees how to engage employees and how to retain them for the company so I really love I would

    Band 6

    As a Master of Arts student, I want to be a teacher because teacher is just not my hobby, teacher is just my passion because I want to teach students, just not only students because when we teach students, we also gain knowledge from a different type of students. So, I think your hobby will be not just as a hobby, your hobby just as a life of dream to live a reason of life. So, I think my dream job is the best way for my life. According to me, the connection between teacher and student, it is a different type of connection. It is not just the connection of teacher and student, it is the connection of two different human beings. One is going to be learning and one is going to be teach. So, there is two different directions meet in the same room and share each other passions, each other hobbies and extra about their bonding. Teacher and student bonding is always a different level of bonding because their bonding creates always history. Just like we learnt from the historical. When you become a teacher, you teach students. So, you give a new future birth.

    Band 6

    So, I just wanted to be a data scientist when I was studying my bachelor's degree, because whenever I see a lot of insights and data around me, I'm so excited and I'm not able to predict a lot of things, because it needs a special skill that is like data mining and data collecting, data cleaning and everything. So I just want to be a part of it and I wanted to pursue my master's degree in that particular field to get familiar with all the techniques. So moreover, I can analyze data and see how the people are evolving around and how the trends of the world is getting together and why I need this job, because I feel my interest on this is enormous when comparing to other fields. So I have studied a lot of electives in my bachelor's degrees, but this one got me to the right path and this one gains my attention and very attractive to me. It seems to be very attractive to me.

    Band 6

    Well, everyone have their own goals and dreams, what they want to complete in their future. And here I would like to mention about my dreams and I want to be a teacher. This is my dream job. Because teachers play an important role in our society, it contributes in children's career and their achievement. Like, when we are a kid, our teachers are like our second parents. Because, like, our home is our first place where we learn things and schools are the second place where we learn ethics, we get disciplined and we spend our most of time. And being a teacher is a very responsible duty towards society and towards our kids and our new generation. And I want to be a teacher because of the contribution they give in our country. And it's because I love this career and I'm being passionate about teaching skills and teach subjects to students. Because if everyone face any issue, I'm very happy to teach them in a very beautiful manner so that they can learn more easily in their difficulties.

    Band 6

    That job would be the office job and well-settled job, like consultancy job and some service provider job. And in that job, I love to do the designing, as my education belongs to electrical engineering, I love to do the electrical circuits and complex designing, numerical solving and the job having all this activity are very lovely for me. Currently, I am doing similar type of job and this helps me to fulfill my desire, because I am very passionate about circuit solving numericals and solving about complex things of electrical engineering. That job would be the office job and well-settled job, like consultant and service provider. In that job, I would like to do the work such as the formation of circuit and electrical simulation. As my education belongs to electrical engineering, I am very passionate about the services related to electrical engineering, like design services, building consultancy, engineering services, in which we have to provide the electrical design of the complete building. In that job, I would like to do the electrical calculation, BOQ related to the electrical materials and all the electrical samples work. I love that type of job, because the electrical is not only my subject, but it is my hobby also. So, I would like to do the same thing in that job. From childhood, I have the creative mind, I admire myself that I have good imagination power and in electrical engineering, the imagination power plays very vital role. Because, electrical engineering is the engineering where we can't actually see the parameter, like voltage and current. We have to imagine that and on the basis of our imagination, the result of calculation is depend. So, it was very fun to do that type of calculation and get accurate result. On the basis of that result, we have to plan and create proper services. Therefore, I love to do this type of jobs.

    Band 6

    Ever since childhood, I always wanted to be a forensic specialist. I got this inspiration watching an Indian television show called CID. Growing up, I realized that that is more like a fantasy than the reality. That is when my dreams changed. When I was interning as a clinical pharmacist at Asha Kiran Hospital at Mysore, I did deal with some patients, to be very precise children, who suffer from autism, neurodevelopmental issues and cerebral palsy. At that moment, I was just an intern. I had no right to change their life. While I went in depth studying the conditions, I realized that India lacks in the early intervention and diagnosis for the treatment of neurodevelopmental kids. So that is when I realized my dream job really lies in helping those kids. That is when I dreamt of being a neurologist. For more information, visit www.fema.gov

    Band 6

    I like to be a researcher in industrial pharmacy, that is my dream job, researching in the molecule field which has a better stability and quality, this job fits me perfectly because, back in time when I used to do my degree, we always research every molecule or the components which has a better impact on the skin and with the less side effects, and moreover I used to research a thing for a month, research a product, research about a product for a month, so that I can use in my daily basis and I also recommend my friends which is, which has having good impact on the skin and also the better therapeutic effect can be seen after applying on the skin.

    Band 6

    So today I would like to talk about my dream job that is to become a data analyst in a company called Google. So it was started back when I was in my college, those engineering days. In the first year of my engineering, my results were not that good but when we travelled to second year, one of my friends always used to say that please try to code yourself if you want to get in a good company, if you want a good package then you should code yourself, you should always deeply analyse yourself. So at that point I felt that I should work for myself and my results were also not that good and my family was also not happy with me. So one day my dad told me that if you want to become something then you should prove others, you should prove them that I am the best. So basically my dad is my main motivation because he is also working for an MNC company as a data analyst. So I always used to dream to become a data analyst in Google because the environment in Google is amazing, the facilities they provide for employees, it is very employee friendly and the salaries they provide. So once I landed my dream job in Google, I will definitely prove everyone that I am the best and I can pursue my dream.
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