
"Job interview with a cat" by Brian Bilston
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9th - 12th Grade
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Multiple Choice
"PANTS" means:
underpants / knickers
trousers
Both answers are correct
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Tell me, what is it about this position that interests you?
The warmth, perhaps? The security?
Or the power you must feel by rendering me useless?
Feel free to expand if you wish.
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I see you have had experience of similar positions.
Can you talk about a time when you got someone’s tongue?
Or were set amongst the pigeons?
Have you ever found yourself in a bag only then to be let out of it?
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(informal) said to somebody, especially a child, who stays silent when expected to speak, for example after being asked a question
What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?
(has the) cat got your tongue?
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(British English) to say or do something that is likely to cause trouble
Then she told them she was dropping out of college. That really set the cat among the pigeons.
put/set the cat among the pigeons
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to tell a secret carelessly or by mistake
I wanted it to be a surprise, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.
let the cat out of the bag
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Tell me, how would you feel if you had to walk on hot bricks?
What about a tin roof of similar temperature?
With reference to any of your past lives,
has curiosity ever killed you?
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very nervous
She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test.
like a cat on a hot tin roof / on hot bricks
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(saying) used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them
curiosity killed the cat
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Finally, where do you see yourself in five years?
In the same position? Or higher up to catch the sunlight?
Or would you like to be where I am now?
Oh, it appears you already are.
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Poll
Did you like the poem?
Yes
No
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Open Ended
Explain why you liked or didn't like it.
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Open Ended
How would you feel during a job interview? What job would you apply for? What are your interests? And, finally, what would you like to do in your future?
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