Ficha 02 · Speaking, meetings, interviews

Part I · Standup

Exercise 1 · Write your standup (15 pts)

Write a daily standup for the following situation:

You are a frontend developer working on an e-commerce site. Yesterday you finished the product listing page. Today you'll start the product detail page. You need design mockups from the design team to know how the detail page should look.

Write in English following the standard structure.

Exercise 2 · Discussion replies (10 pts)

Translate these Portuguese phrases to natural professional English:

a) "Concordo contigo." b) "Posso discordar nesse ponto?" c) "Podes explicar melhor?" d) "Em resumo, decidimos X." e) "Vamos avançar com essa proposta."

Part II · Meetings

Exercise 3 · Run a meeting (15 pts)

You're facilitating a 30-minute kickoff meeting for a new project. Write the opening, main script for discussion, and closing.

Exercise 4 · Politely disagree (10 pts)

In a meeting, your colleague proposes solution X. You think solution Y is better. How do you disagree politely and propose your alternative?

Part III · Interviews

Exercise 5 · STAR method (15 pts)

Use STAR method to answer this interview question in English:

"Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a colleague."

Exercise 6 · Technical interview thinking (10 pts)

How to verbalize your thought process during a technical interview when given a coding problem?

Part IV · Presentation

Exercise 7 · Conference talk intro (15 pts)

Write the first 90 seconds of a conference talk titled: "Why Microservices Failed for Our Startup".

Exercise 8 · Personal plan (10 pts)

Write a personal plan in English to improve your English in 6 months. Be specific.