The Interview as Theatre

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge Ready original exercise

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

verses

lines

phrases

sayings

comes

works

finds

turns

cast

flung

hurled

tossed

hold

set

back

keep

lot

deal

amount

measure

make

give

render

do

done

gone

put

made

put

lay

set

place

Few rituals of working life are as (0) ___ as the job interview. Both sides know their (1) ___ by heart. The candidate's greatest weakness (2) ___ out to be a tendency to work too hard; the panel asks questions to which nobody expects an entirely honest answer. Psychologists have long (3) ___ doubt on how much such conversations actually reveal. Interviewers, it seems, form a judgement within the first few minutes and spend the rest of the time looking for evidence to (4) ___ it up. Unsurprisingly, confidence and charm count for a great (5) ___ , while able but nervous candidates often fail to (6) ___ themselves justice. Some employers have therefore (7) ___ away with the traditional interview altogether, preferring to (8) ___ candidates a task that closely resembles the job itself. Most, however, remain wedded to the ritual, if only because nobody has yet come up with anything that feels more reassuring to those doing the hiring.

The Interview as Theatre

freighted

weighted

fraught

burdened

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