Cambridge IELTS 3 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 3
Matching the Person to the Job — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for Matching the Person to the Job, Cambridge IELTS 3 Listening Test 2 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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Matching the Person to the Job answer key at a glance
Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q21–24). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–24: One Choice
Strategy: Read the question stem and predict the answer before looking at the options. Wrong options often repeat words from the audio while the correct one paraphrases them.
“So, we’ve looked at various aspects of staff selection this term and I think by now you should all be beginning to see how much more there is to it than just putting applicants through a short interview or asking the ‘right’ questions”
B — selection is 'much more... than just putting applicants through a short interview', as the lecture argues.
“But if they start work and you realise that they just don’t get along with everybody else, that say, they’ve got sharply contrasting views on how something will work well, with the best will in the world, you may be backing a loser”
C — the risk is a recruit who 'doesn't get along with everybody else' or has 'sharply contrasting views'.
“People have to have faith in each other’s ability to carry out the task their boss has set them. They have to trust that everyone will do their part of the job, and you can’t necessarily train people for this”
A — colleagues must 'have faith in each other's ability', something 'you can't necessarily train people for'.
“Well, in most interviews you usually ask candidates questions about their hobbies and what they like doing in their spare time that sort of thing so employers are already involved in the practice of well, doing part of the task”
C — interview questions about 'hobbies and... spare time' mean employers already do 'part of the task'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Matching the Person to the Job listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 3 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in Matching the Person to the Job?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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