This is the Business English Podcast, episode 70.
How to wish your friend good luck before a job interview in English.
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Hey, Lindsay. How are you? Hey, Michelle.
I'm doing great. How about you? I'm doing good.
I'm doing good. I am so happy that the weather's nice and I am in my summer outfit, so that's good.
Well, I'm recovering right now from a crazy hike that I did on Saturday where I walked about 23 miles in Amherst, Mass, the Western Mass.
Wow. It was crazy. It was crazy. We walked from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Oh my goodness. Yeah, it was. Wow. Yeah.
How did you feel by the end? I felt in a lot of pain.
Like my heels were hurting. But I felt good.
Like I felt very cleaned out, you know, like your soul was cleaned out after all that walking, you push your body to that extreme.
And then you just sleep for a couple of days and you eat well after and it just feels good.
You know, that's, that's pretty incredible.
Well, I hope you were wearing some good footwear.
I was. I have some hiking boots, so that's good.
Okay, good. Yeah, that's one of the reasons that I like the summertime is because I always feel like my shoes, I mean, not that it's quite summer yet, but because my shoes are so much more comfortable than when they're all boxed in.
Oh, yeah, yeah. I mean, this weekend was gorgeous, so it was a really good time to be outside.
Yeah, yeah, for sure. For sure. Anyway, awesome.
So, Lindsay, I mean, I want to ask you a question.
Okay, I'm ready. Okay. Ask away. So, I mean, how do you feel about job interviews?
I mean, I know, you know, now, you know, you're doing your All Ears English thing and everything like that.
But I mean, in general, I mean, were you good at doing job interviews?
Yeah. I mean, I think I was actually pretty good at it because I make a good impression, but I definitely got nervous.
I don't think too many people really like them.
We've been talking a lot about job interviews.
We've had some guests on the show talking about it, but I don't think it's impossible to completely get rid of our nerves and our anxiety before a job interview.
I guess it's just all about how well you hide them, right?
Yeah. How well you hide your nerves. Well, hide them or even work with them, like use them as raw energy, but channel them in the right way.
Yeah, that adrenaline, right? Yeah, yeah.
Oh, yeah. So, well, I know that, you know, our listeners might be going on a lot of job interviews or preparing for them.
And, you know, we just want to give you guys some strategies to wish each other good luck, basically.
Yeah. Yeah, and before we go too far into this, Michelle, we want to remind our listeners that they can get the transcript from today's episode.
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Okay, perfect. All right. Yes. Cool. So, yeah, these are some phrases, you know, that let's say you're talking to a friend and your friend has a job interview and you want to make them feel really, you know, good about that interview, right?
You know, obviously they're going to be nervous, but maybe you want to show them, you know, a little encouragement, right?
So we are going to give you some phrases to, you know, wish someone luck on a job interview.
Okay. Yeah, this is part of building connection or maintaining connection.
Your friends need you at this moment when they're about to go into some kind of big interview.
So what do you say to them in English to build that connection and to give them the confidence that they need?
Right, absolutely. All right, so what's the first phrase, Lindsay?
Okay, the first phrase is, I'm sure, well, it's good luck.
Good luck. Very simple, right? Yeah, I'm sure you guys have heard that before.
Everybody always, good luck, good luck, good luck.
Good luck, good luck. Right, right, right.
But, I mean, people say it all the time, and it's definitely perfect for this situation.
Yeah, I like that. It's very simple. You know, it's a little bit casual.
It's light, right? Right, right, exactly.
You know, it's lighthearted, and, you know, you're kind of, you know, You can do it, right?
Yeah, for sure. All right. And what about the next one, Lindsay?
Well, I would say, I'm sure you'll do great.
Yeah, yeah. I hear this a lot. Oh, I'm sure.
I'm sure about something, right? What does that saying, like, I'm sure about something make you feel?
It means I'm 100% confident. Right, right.
It makes me feel reassured. It makes me feel, you know, comfortable and safe.
Right. Right. Absolutely. So it's kind of saying like on my end, like I'm confident in you and I'm sure you'll do great.
Right. Yeah. Yeah. Totally. I've also heard people say, oh, I'm sure it'll be fine.
Right. That's a very common one. That's good.
That's good, too. Maybe for a different context, Michelle, but I'm sure it'll be fine as a common phrase, too.
So using I'm sure we could do another episode on I'm sure how to use I'm sure, actually.
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And then the next one is, I like this one.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Now, this one might be before the interview.
You could also use this after the interview, right?
When I say, oh, how was it? I'll keep my fingers crossed, right?
It's a superstition that we have When I was a kid, I actually thought this was real, that if you crossed your fingers, you know, you would get what you wanted or you would avoid something bad.
So I would like I would be wishing for something.
I remember I was like in second grade and I would cross my fingers like all day.
I was afraid to cross them. Oh, my God. Also, I don't know if you know it, but, yeah, some people when I was a kid, they would use it when they were lying.
Oh, it's like if they're lying and then they show you that their fingers are crossed.
It's like, oh, ha ha. Yeah. Don't lie. Kids are so funny.
Yeah. And what's the next one, Lindsay? You're going to be so great.
Be or do so great. I want to go back actually to the first one.
I feel like – sorry, the third one. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
I feel like this one is better – more used like when we don't have as much control over the outcome.
Would you say so? Yeah, and that's true.
And I think that, yeah, you could kind of talk about a job interview in both ways.
Yeah, you control it. But at the same time, you – it is – it's kind of, you know, we say it's out of your hands, right, when you leave it.
Yeah. This phrase, like I say, might be better for after the interview, but it could be used before as well.
Yeah, yeah. I would tend to use it after.
I think you're right. Like after the interview, because you've done your best.
Like when you're in the interview, you can control some of what's going on, not everything.
But then after the interview, it's really out of your control.
You can't control whoever else is interviewing or what the interviewer is thinking about.
So at that point, maybe you come home and you say, oh, when will you hear back?
Oh, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Right. Right. Right. That's a good point, Lindsay.
Definitely. Yeah. And so that's that fourth one was you're going to be so great or you're going to do so great.
Yeah, and that's kind of like very conversational, I think.
Yeah, totally. Yeah, I like that. Yeah. And then the last one is also, you know, right beforehand, let me know how it goes.
Yeah, let me know how it goes. So that's just before you go into the interview, right?
Right, right. Or if it's your last time meeting with your friend and, you know, before you, you know, even if you have it in two days or something, but you may or may not talk to your friend beforehand. beforehand, you know, let me know how it goes.
And it's nice because it shows them like you have an interest in them and, you know, you care about, you know, what's going to happen.
Yeah, exactly. And in our course, The Charismatic Connector, we show our listeners how to follow up on things that people have told them before.
So guys, if you're interested in checking that out with a free video series to get started, you can go to allearsenglish.com forward slash C-H-A-R-I-S-M-A and you can get into that for free to start.
And that's a really charismatic skill, just like this one, Michelle, wishing someone good luck before an interview.
I like it. Right, right. Absolutely. Okay, perfect.
So should we try it out? Yeah, let's do it.
So who's interviewing today? Okay, well, you, we are friends, which is, you know, good and true.
And Lindsay is going to be going on a job interview.
Oh, I'm nervous. Yeah. I'm sorry. Are you sweating?
Are you sweating? A little bit. Yeah. Okay.
But I am your lovely friend who's going to encourage you and make you feel amazing about it.
Oh, good. Okay. Yes. Please help me. All right.
Here we go. Hey, Lindsay. Well, how do you feel about your interview tomorrow?
I'm a little nervous, to be honest. Okay.
Oh, please. You're so right for the job.
You're going to be so great. You think so?
I'm just worried that I'll be too nervous in the interview.
I understand. You're so prepared, though.
I'm sure you'll do great. Oh, thanks. I appreciate that.
Of course. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Thanks. Okay. I got to get going. Good luck.
Let me know how it goes. I will. Thanks, Michelle.
Okay. That was a quick little, some quick little examples.
And like we said, okay, well, we'll get back to it.
But okay. So the first thing I said was you're going to be so great.
Yeah, you're going to be so great, right?
I like the intonation you used there, right?
You're going to be so great. You say it with your whole voice, your whole body, right?
Oh, you're going to be so great. It's okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I also – I think this was interesting.
I said, oh, please, you are so right for the job.
Oh, please. That's kind of – oh, please.
It's kind of like, oh, don't be ridiculous.
You know you're perfect. Yeah, yeah. It's funny.
It's usually people who are – Like more prepared than the norm that tend to get more nervous sometimes, I think, like because we have that awareness.
It's like we are. Yeah, it's interesting.
Sometimes people who are grossly unprepared tend to be the least nervous.
Right. Because they're overconfident and they don't realize it's just kind of a false confidence.
Right, right. Exactly. So great. So yeah, so I said you're going to be so great.
And then after that, what was the next one, Lindsay?
Well, you said, I'm sure you'll do great.
I mean, you just kept encouraging me over and over.
And you know, I was kind of quiet and all curled up and nervous.
You said, I'm sure you'll do great. Yeah, absolutely.
And then next, I said, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Now, like we said, you know, this one might be more after the interview.
I think that it sounds natural here, but I think that, you know, Lindsay and I, we talked it through, and I think, Lindsay, we decided this might be better for after the interview, but...
Yeah, or I could add something there. If there's some aspect of the interview that I'm not in control of, for example, if I had said, oh, thanks, I appreciate that.
I just hope I get a nice interviewer. In that case, you say, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that I'll get a nice interviewer, right?
Because that I can't control. Exactly. That's a really good point.
Thanks, Lindsay. You're welcome. And then finally, I said, good luck.
And I ended it with let me know how it goes.
So yeah, yeah, that's a nice way to end it.
You're waving goodbye. I'm getting into the train.
And you know, we're going to catch up next week.
And you know, at that point, you're going to ask those use those phrases to follow up on what we've talked about.
So how did it go? So give me the update, right?
Yeah. Oh, yeah, we should do something on that.
Yeah, well, those phrases are in the Charismatic Connector, the course, right?
Oh, yes, that's true. So we've said that our listeners can go to hollersenglish.com forward slash C-H-A-R-I-S-M-A to get into the free video series to get started there.
Cool. Okay, awesome. Wow, Lindsay, I hope it goes well.
But guys, yeah, these are really great because you want to be able to connect with your friends, your family members who are going on job interviews.
And yeah, these are some really great ways to kind of make them feel a little bit more at ease.
Agreed, Michelle. I totally agree. I mean, this is an important skill.
I mean, if we're living in a new country and we have some friends who speak English as native speakers, we need to know what to say.
And this is one of those nuanced situations, again, where we can build the connection.
And that's what we like to talk about here in the show because I really think that happiness comes through connections with human beings.
And if we don't have the words, we can't build those connections.
Absolutely. Absolutely. For sure. And guys, remember, if you'd like to follow along with the episode today, it's a really good idea to get the transcript.
So we highly recommend it. Yep. So go to allearsenglish.com forward slash transcripts and grab them.
They are hot. H-O-T. I love it. All right, Lindsay.
Well, thanks for hanging out today. And guys, we will see you later.
Sounds good, Michelle. Thanks for hanging out.
Talk to you soon. Bye. Bye. Thank you for listening to Business English, a podcast just for you, the high achieving global professional.
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