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Describe Yourself In An Interview: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What are your key personality traits?
  • How did you developed it?
  • How it has helped you in career?
  • Have you faced personality testing challenges?
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Cue 1:What are your key personality traits?

  • Identify two or three key traits that define you, such as being hardworking, adaptable, or a good communicator.
  • Provide specific examples or situations that demonstrate these traits in action.

Example

I would describe myself as a hardworking and adaptable person. For instance, during my last job, I often took on extra responsibilities to ensure our projects were completed on time. This not only helped my team succeed but also allowed me to learn new skills.

Cue 2:How did you develop it?

  • Discuss experiences or influences that shaped your personality traits, such as education, family, or work experiences.
  • Mention any specific challenges you faced and how you overcame them to develop these traits.

Example

I developed my adaptability through various experiences in college. I was part of a student organization where we often faced unexpected challenges, like last-minute changes in event planning. Learning to think on my feet in those situations helped me become more flexible and resourceful.

Cue 3:How has it helped you in your career?

  • Explain how your personality traits have positively impacted your professional life.
  • Provide examples of situations where these traits led to success or recognition at work.

Example

My hardworking nature has helped me achieve several promotions in my career. For example, when I worked on a critical project, my dedication and attention to detail were recognized by my manager, which led to me being entrusted with more significant responsibilities.

Cue 4:Have you faced personality testing challenges?

  • Share any experiences with personality tests during interviews and how you felt about them.
  • Discuss how you approached these tests and what you learned from them.

Example

Yes, I have faced personality testing challenges during interviews. Initially, I found them quite daunting, but I learned to view them as an opportunity to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses. For instance, one test highlighted my tendency to be overly critical of myself, which I have since worked on to maintain a more balanced perspective.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, my key personality traits of hard work and adaptability have been instrumental in shaping my career. They have not only helped me overcome challenges but also allowed me to grow and succeed in my professional journey.

    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: Being Vague About Traits

    Candidates often give vague answers without specific examples. This makes it hard for the examiner to understand your personality.

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    Tip

    Provide clear examples of your traits, such as being 'organized' and explain how this trait manifests in your daily work.

    2: Neglecting Personal Development

    Some candidates fail to explain how they developed their traits, which can make their answers seem superficial.

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    Tip

    Discuss specific experiences or challenges that helped shape your personality traits, such as teamwork or leadership roles.

    Ignoring Career Impact

    Candidates often overlook how their personality traits have positively influenced their careers, missing a key aspect of the question.

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    Tip

    Link your traits to specific career achievements or situations where they helped you succeed, demonstrating their relevance.

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    Band 6-7

    Well, I work as a scientific person and my designation is research fellow and my research works are mainly in immunotherapy and its application in cancer treatment. As a person, the traits that kept me track in my field is my resilience and perseverance, I think. In my opinion, resilience gives you an opportunity to grow as a person. Also, the perseverance because in my field there are so many setbacks where you feel very down but to keep yourself motivated, I think resilience and perseverance plays a key role. Say for example, if one of my experiments get failed, usually a normal person will get desperate but as a scientific person, I have to repeat it so many times until I get a proper result and moreover I have to repeat it three or four times to verify that the result I got is significant. So in those situations, it seems like moreover than hard work, doing hard work, it is very important to be resilient. I think that features had helped me to run

    Band 6-7

    My name is Prabhjot Kaur, and I have done BSc nursing and graduated in 2019 as a nurse. And after that, I started working in Fortis Mohali Hospital as a cardiac nurse. I'm a hard-working person and quite knowledgeable as well. I could say that because I cleared my NCLEX exam, licensure exam, for working in USA, my first attempt in 2022, after a year of my practice. And over time, I've tried to upgrade my skills and improve myself in the way of my communication skills as well, which has helped me to gain the trust of patients as well also. So over time, I have excelled a lot compared to the initial months of my practice. But I would say that this period of practice has also helped me change my personality trait because initially, I was quite aloof and tried to avoid the communication. But my work required me to talk to patients and assure them. So I tried to upgrade those skills. But also, I had this habit of helping others or approving whatever they wanted me to do. But after a while, I have learned this habit of saying no or disapproving it or denying it if I don't want to do it. Because sometimes, this kind of behavior makes you compromise yourself with this notion that maybe if I don't do something, then that may hurt another person. But that habit needs to be changed because in this manner, you're not just compromising your work but also others.

    Band 6-7

    I evaluate myself as a curious and inquisitive person. This feeling of the nature that I got was from the shows and the series I watch. I think they instilled in me a feeling of intrigueness. During my first job at Genpact, I used these traits of mine to even make reports, do screening, do diligence on parties. Once in a blue moon, I also try to engage in different activities that involve the analytical thinking of my brain. Even the games that involve the different functioning of your brain interests me. I think these are quite a few traits of me and I'm also a very jolly and lively person at personal life.

    Band 6

    Hi, hello, how are you? My name is Joseph. I am from Hyderabad, a diligent and result-driven professional with a penchant for innovation and strategic thinking. Leveraging my 2 years of experience in Smita industry, I have cultivated expertise in so many skills and consistently delivered high-impact results. My tenure at Smita industry was marked by notable achievements,

    Band 6

    Hello, good morning sir. I am Karishma Rajendra Sathekar. I did my B.Sc. in 2027 in chemistry in our college and subsequently M.Sc. with specialization in organic chemistry. Also, I am set qualified in 2023. I had worked as a computer assistant for two years. Also, I had been working as a lecturer for vocational courses. And from two years now, I am working as an assistant professor here in our college. So, if you give a chance to me for this post, I will definitely doing better for this organization and student also. Thank you.

    Band 6

    The key personality trait I faced is maintaining everything in positive attitude even though the challenges was thrown on me. I never showed my face with those who were in my team. As a hanger faced person how I developed that personality basically I'm not the person who never shows my hanger to the other person or opposite person but I try to come I try to compress all my anger by myself because that is not ethic we follow to show our anger to the person opposite to us. Actually because compressing my anger and calming myself it helped me in it a lot in my career this is a kind of great face I had in my life actually I faced this personality test is very hard for me to handle but still I faced

    Band 6

    Well, to be honest, I am a very ambitious person and I really love to do hard work and I show consistency in my every task because it is the key thing to make anything a success because it's the only thing which leads to the final product of a success. And apart from that, I think I have many capabilities such as I am good in time managing and I lead teams very well, you can say team leadership. And apart from that, I am also a good public speaker. And in addition to that, I also have to motivate others because confidence is take away from every single lesson, I guess. And I don't know what I'm saying.

    Band 6

    Myself Amit Koth. I am from a small village called Fatui, which is in Sri Ranganagar, Rajasthan. I have completed my graduation from Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology. And I am a computer science engineer. And currently I'm working with GeoMovers Infra Private Limited. It is a road infrastructure company. And I'm working as a manager. And my responsibilities are to supervise the work and take a record of machineries, vehicles and diesel. And moreover, I am a hardworking, sincere and intelligent person. And in addition to this, I am an athlete. I am a national basketball and volleyball player. And I have many achievements in these games. Actually, I won the gold when I was 19 years old in the All India National Shooting Volleyball Tournament. And I have also qualified CDS examination and FCAT examination where there is an SSB interview. Where they check all qualities in you. So, I have tested these qualities in me like OLQ, the officer-like qualities in me. Furthermore, these qualities are being tested by a trained group of armed officers. Where they give you the reality checks of you. So, by giving this test, it gives me an idea that I am a mental and a physically fit person. Which is a great thing for me. And currently, I am working with them. But my vision is to be an artificial intelligence engineer. A successful artificial AI or machine learning engineer. Thank you.

    Band 6

    Yeah, in my view, my personality tells that I am a sound-minded person and I have a leadership quality too. And I will stay so calm in problem states. How I developed my skills? I am just involving with 5 project sections with my group of friends during my college days. My involvement shows that I can able my key skills and in my career also. Currently, I am doing my job. I also determined my key skills of problem solving thing and leadership quality. I can justify my job. Sorry, I can justify my key points on my career.

    Band 6

    My name is Rahul Kwan Sharma, I am from Samasthipur, but currently I am living in Patna for pursuing BBA. I am right now in the third year pursuing BBA. I want to pursue MBA further from abroad and this is my dream. Talking about my own personality, I am quite an introverted guy who generally wants to stay with themselves and they prefer to live in a quiet environment. They are not more social as extroverts are social.
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