1. What's the job?
Read the introduction to an interview about an unusual job. What is Diane's job?
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
DIANE BAKER, 39, is a ________. When she finished school she got a job as an office cleaner and left home. She moved through a series of part-time jobs, working as a gardener, waitress and bicycle courier, followed by time working for a small construction company. After that she decided to pack her bags and travel around Europe. In Greece she worked for three months on a small fishing boat. When it nearly sank in a terrible storm she decided it was time to return to London. There she continued to work for a temp agency before finally ending up in a market research company. Then a competitor mysteriously started receiving the results of her company's surveys. Diane set up an investigation agency, D.I.A., to find out how this had happened. The agency went on to be very successful and now employs 15 people. Diane, of course, is one of the directors and charges £75 an hour plus expenses.
2. Read again.
Refer to the introduction again and choose the best summary of Diane's work history.
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
DIANE BAKER, 39, is a private investigator. When she finished school she got a job as an office cleaner and left home. She moved through a series of part-time jobs, working as a gardener, waitress and bicycle courier, followed by time working for a small construction company. After that she decided to pack her bags and travel around Europe. In Greece she worked for three months on a small fishing boat. When it nearly sank in a terrible storm she decided it was time to return to London. There she continued to work for a temp agency before finally ending up in a market research company. Then a competitor mysteriously started receiving the results of her company's surveys. Diane set up an investigation agency, D.I.A., to find out how this had happened. The agency went on to be very successful and now employs 15 people. Diane, of course, is one of the directors and charges £75 an hour plus expenses.
3. The interview.
Now read the interview with Diane. The interviewer's questions have been taken out. Match the questions to Diane's answers. (There is one extra question that you will not use.) The first one has been done for you.
INTERVIEW: