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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

    So, my name is Shwetha and you could address me as my full name is Shwetha Rajsekar and you could address me as Shwetha, so my personal traits are I think I have developed my confidence level as well as I am hardworking and dedicated, so and as well as I am reliable, so these traits I have developed through my undergraduate and post graduate courses where you know I had lots of hectic schedules and back to back exams and time constraints for completing my research projects, so going through each phase of these you know situations during my undergraduate and post graduate program that has moulded me into a person who can be reliable, so yeah.

    Band 6

    Yes, now a days the education is very important to everyone because of in the society the value is with only the education what we have studied in the past, so I take a advice from my brother, he give me to work very hard and how to set one goal and work for that goal and when you achieve your goal you feel achieved a big achievement, then I feel the study is this like only, I feel like that is like a easy that is not my cup of tea, so should I to work hard and study more and make bigger than goals and earn more money, so I recently also prepared for the IELTS exam which is as four modules and I am preparing for my speaking test and this test has been completed, so I got a result around 8 to 9 band, so I thought that is easy only, so now I am talking about the worked areas and I have worked a lot of and I have earned some experience through that experience I am thinking is the experience we can do anything because we have experience in this work, so why don't we do this and I think I started one career opportunity to view the upcoming people or upcoming student, so I started one internship giving to the upcoming people in my office, so they can also earn more knowledge through me.

    Band 6

    Hello, my name is Himanshli and I am 27 years old. I have many personality traits including singing, dancing, I have a very good handwriting, I have won several calligraphy prizes during my school time and recently I have joined, recently I have joined an academy which is related to, which is related to, which is related to beauty shin, so it's a basic and advanced course related to makeup and hairstyle. There are several things that we can do in that course, we can, there are so many things that we can learn from that course. It includes applying makeup on a bride or on ourselves, that is called as a self-makeup or we can do bridal hairstyles and earn money and we can also apply mehendi art, that is the henna art on the bride's hand or on our own hand or on our friend's hand or even our relatives. So, yes, I have been faced personality trait in the society when I was a kid. Some people used to think that I am not normal, like, they used to think that I used to overthink and do have some anxiety issues.

    Band 6

    Well, my name is Mohit Kumar and I have a great interest in singing. I am a good singer as well as a writer. I have written a lot of songs which you can listen on the YouTube. I have learned my singing skills from my music teacher who lives in Delhi. Apart from this, internet had a great role in my life to teach me how to write songs. And now I can sing and write songs easily with my full potential. This profession will help me a lot in my future because I can do concert and people will attend that concert and I will become financially stable. In this way, the singing talent can make me a lot of money in my life with which I can live a good life. Apart from this, I have a lot of other qualities. I am also a motivational person and I inspire a lot of person to become a good personality and grow a talent in them. I also give a practice sessions of music to other children of my age and many other growing artists.

    Band 6

    I am passionate about my work. Last month I go for an interview in the bank and they asked me to wait for some time and when the CA is coming I go to the interview room. She questioned me about my studies and my profession, what I choose and I answered myself. Firstly I told about myself and she, when she see my confidence level was good, she told me about many things about me, about my studies, where should I go for studies and what I got marks in the studies and they see my CV and they were quite happy with my CV and asked me to go further about myself and they are happy and asked and told me that you are such a hardworking person that was we needed in our office, so they hire me in the bank and want to join the bank within a year.

    Band 6

    Interviews are often feared by many, but yes, it is one of the most important thing that we have seen for achieving a good job. For getting a good interview score, several factors are required to be kept in mind. First of all, I would like to put light on the factors that are about the appearance. The candidate needs to be dressed well, mostly in formals and they might not have to overly dressed or too sparkly costumes. They need to also put up a calm and serious expression. It is better for all students or candidates who are appearing for the interview to not be nervous and to keep a steady mind so that it can give them a clear view of how they would like to present their answers in front of the interviewer. It is also very important for the candidate to keep a straight voice and be true to yourself with everything that they are saying. I think making up things in front of an interviewer can be something that is very risky. Moreover, this can also lead to some false impression about that individual that might not sit straight with the interviewer. So maintaining a truthfulness and honesty is one of the main virtues I think is needed for an interview. I have recorded myself throughout this interview like this only and have left to kept myself. This is how I presented myself whenever I was giving an interview for a dietitian post in one of the hospitals.

    Band 6

    Good evening ma'am or sir, yes myself Priyanka Kumari and I am working as a Radiation Therapist in BLK Max Hospital. Well, I had 3 years of experience and I had completed my degree BSc Radio Therapy Technology from CMC Ludhiana Affiliated from Baba Farid University. It's my third job and it's great to be have here. I had learnt so much in my learning phase and to improve my skills also. And here we are doing a cancer treatment. Basically cancer is an unwanted growth of cells. So we treat with a machine. We have a linear escalator. We have 2 machines basically. First one is Tomo and the second one is Linek Trilogy. So both the machines have the same function, have the same working. That means to kill the cancer cells and to stop the unwanted growth of cells. And I had learnt so many skills how to simulate patients, how to immobilize patients, how to align and how to do quality of care. And this is what I did at all my work. And I had a good experience, have a good seniors, have a good HOD and learn to more. So I had to move foreign countries like UK so that I can learn more skills.

    Band 6

    I think ambitious and leadership is my key quality. I wasn't really aware about my key quality or key portrait when my manager when at my workplace my manager brought me in limelight and described me how I am quite really ambitious and have a leadership quality and I was the one who used to lead the team every time whether it be responding to client emails or their queries, taking up the calls. So he realized that I can be a leader and that's when I started developing that into my head because and decided to further brush it up through the course I will be going to study management course I think that will help me a lot brushing I think that will help me a lot brushing up my skills that I already have in me and helping me go up into a leadership role in my career and foster me with great ambitions and qualities, manage the team so yeah

    Band 6

    Hello, my name is Rakshini. I'm a current final year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the Adnan Adesh College for Women. I like the topics of psychology and the prospect of diving and researching about the various human behaviour aspects and much more. As a person, I am told to be a person who's caring, compassionate, empathetic and fun living. I believe I developed all these qualities from my father and mother. They are my biggest hero and heroine in my life and there is no one else that I could get a better inspiration from. My father is absolutely humble, fun loving as me and the most loving person in this whole world. My mother is the same. My mother is really selfless, beyond selfless that even takes a toll on her mental health maybe and she's very selfless and generous and much more. These qualities that I possess has helped me to get a better understanding of life, navigate life problems much easily and in a more positive way.

    Band 6

    Bungudran Myself Bungudran I was born and brought up in a small town called Harinthangi which is situated in the southern part of Tamil Nadu I am working as a corporate employee My key traits for myself is I have a great leadership quality I can organize, I can handle a group of people I can lead them I have the ability to lead them I got this quality from my school I was a volleyball captain in my school I had the experience of organizing a group of members organizing a group of people to guide them I had the experience of handling pressures in the pressure of the situation It is an easy task for me to handle people under me I can give my experience, my life lessons to them As of now, I didn't face any other personal testing goal
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