What are you good at?
"So, what are you good at?" The interviewer is staring. You have exactly one chance to not say "um, I'm good at... things."
Sell yourself (no bragging)The words — What are you good at?
Job interview, but make it a group chat about Hilal. Four phrases to sell yourself without sounding like you're lying.
MeaningI'm good at solving problems
Hilal mülakatta "problem çözmekte iyiyim" dedi, sonra kendi arabasının anahtarını arabanın içinde unuttu.
Hilal said "I'm good at solving problems" in the interview, then locked his own keys inside his own car.
MeaningI'm used to working under pressure
Hilal "baskı altında çalışmaya alışkınım" derken bir yandan çilingire üç kere aynı soruyu soruyordu.
While saying "I'm used to working under pressure," Hilal was asking the locksmith the same question three times.
MeaningI learn new things quickly
Hilal "yeni şeyleri çabuk öğrenirim" dedi ve iki dakika içinde arabaların telle nasıl açıldığını öğrendi.
Hilal said "I learn new things quickly" and within two minutes learned how cars are opened with a wire.
Meaningmy weak point
İşe alım müdürü sordu, Hilal cevap verdi: "zayıf yönüm anahtarları arabanın içinde unutmak."
The hiring manager asked, and Hilal answered: "my weak point is leaving my keys inside the car."
The scene — What are you good at?
Zeeza is running a fake job interview to prep Nujoom. Sama is just there for the free coffee and has opinions about everyone's answers.
- Peki, en güçlü yönün ne? Bana bir örnek ver.Okay, what's your biggest strength? Give me an example.
- Ben problem çözmekte iyiyim. Dün bilgisayar bozuldu, ben tamir ettim.I'm good at solving problems. Yesterday the computer broke, I fixed it.
- O bilgisayarı sen bozdun.You're the one who broke that computer.
- Son soru: zayıf yönün ne?Last question: what's your weakness?
The idea — What are you good at?
"Problem çözmekte iyiyim" means "I'm good at solving problems". The ending '-mekte iyiyim' (or '-makta iyiyim') after a verb root means "I'm good at doing that".
Now when an interviewer asks what you're good at, you've got a whole sentence ready — no bragging, no stammering, just the chunk doing the work.
Questions about What are you good at?
How do you say 'I'm good at solving problems' in Turkish?
You say 'Problem çözmekte iyiyim,' which literally means 'I'm good at solving problems.'
How do you say 'I'm used to working under pressure' in Turkish?
The phrase is 'Baskı altında çalışmaya alışkınım,' meaning 'I'm used to working under pressure.'
What does the Turkish ending '-mekte iyiyim' mean?
Added after a verb root, '-mekte iyiyim' (or '-makta iyiyim') means 'I'm good at doing that.'
How do you say 'my weak point' in Turkish?
You say 'zayıf yönüm,' meaning 'my weak point,' useful for answering the classic interview weakness question.
How do you say 'I learn new things quickly' in Turkish?
The phrase is 'Yeni şeyleri çabuk öğrenirim,' meaning 'I learn new things quickly.'
You've seen the idea. Now make it stick.
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