The job interview

Hello.

This is going to be my first entry here. I´d appreciate your help.

A couple of years ago I applied for a job in a big company, and, surprisingly, they called me back because they wanted to see give me at a job interview (or they wanted to interview me for the position).

My first mistake was getting there (or arriving) 20 minutes late.

I introduced myself and say told them my strengths and weaknesses, something commonly asked in that situation. Then, when after all each of the candidates spoke, the interviewer told us there was an English portion to the interview, that we would have to present to respond in English, which they would use to evaluate our writing and speaking skills(1). The spoken part consisted of answering a question, just a simple question, to me it Mine was, "What would say your friends about you?" Of course, considering my low skills in the language, I saíd something as short as and stupid like "they would say that I´m shiny person."

Later, when I was more comfortable, I think thought about my response and realized the reason why the interviewer -a woman- looked at me so funny. What I wanted to say was "Shy", as in a shy person.

(1)The part that introduces where the candidates have to speak an write in English was a little confusing to me. I hope I captured what happened. The issue I had was that "present" as a verb needs an object, something that is being presented to someone else or the world at large. You could say "do a presentation in English," and that would work. You don't need the word "test" since the subordinate clause already states this and thus is redundant.

Everything else just needed small corrections, mostly staying in the correct tense - you did well!\.

The job interview

Hello,

This is going to be my first entry here and  I´d appreciate your help.

A couple of years ago I applied for a job in a big company and surprisingly they called me back because they wanted to see me for a job interview. 

My first mistake was getting 20 minutes late. My first mistake was running 20 minutes late for the interview.

I introduced myself and say my strenghts and weaknesses, something common in that situation. and taked about my strengths and weaknesses.Then when all the candidates spoke, the interviewer tell told us to present some English test which ( they will use to evaluate)they use to evaluate our writing and speaking skills. The spoken part consisted of answering a question, just a simple question,  one simple question.to me it was "What would say your friends about you?" of course, considering my low skills in this language i I saíd something as short as stupid something short and stupid "They said that I´m a  shiny person".

Later, when I was more comfortable, I think about my response and realized the reason the interviewer -a woman- looked at me so funny. I wanted to say "Shy", shy person.  Later , when I became more comfortable, I thought about my response. I realized why the interviewer gave me a funny a funny look. When I wanted to say shy as in a shy person , I had said "I'm a shiny person"

The job interview

Hello.

This is going to be my first entry here. I´d appreciate your help.

A couple of years ago I applied for a job in a big company, and surprisingly they called me back because they wanted to see me at for a job interview.

My first mistake was getting there 20 minutes late.

I introduced myself and said my strenghts and weaknesses, something common in this situation. Then, when all the candidates had spoken, the interviewer tell told us to present complete some English test which they use to evaluate our writing and speaking skills. The spoken part consisted of answering a question, just a simple question, to me it was "What would say your friends say about you?" of course, considering my low skills in this language i saíd something as short and as stupid "They said that I´m shiny person".

Later, when I was more comfortable, I think thought about my response and realized the reason the interviewer -a woman- looked at me so funny. I wanted to say "Shy", a shy person.