İngilizce aday profili nasıl yazılır? (B2) Yönlendirici sorular, dolaylı sorular ve kanıt

Sorularla ilerleyen bir aday profili, üçüncü şahıs ağzından yazılmış 150–190 kelimelik kısa bir hikâyedir: ilk izlenim, karşıt kanıt, karar ve sonraki sonuç. Üç yönlendirici soru okuru bu aşamalardan geçirir; bu yüzden soruların doğru kurulması gerekir: “Who approved the emergency budget?” sorusunda did yoktur, “Could you tell me where the regional office is?” sorusunda ise düz cümle sırası korunur. Bu konu B2 (orta üstü) seviyesindedir; İngilizce mülakat yapan, mülakata giren ya da iş arkadaşları hakkında yazan yetişkinler içindir.

Bu yazı kimin için?

İngilizce hikâye anlatabilen ama insanlar hakkındaki yargıları hâlâ “great” ya da “confident” gibi sıfatlara dayanan orta üstü seviyedeki yetişkinler.
İngilizce mülakat notu ya da aday özeti yazan işe alım uzmanları, ekip liderleri ve mülakat paneli üyeleri.
İngilizce mülakata hazırlanan, daha keskin sorular sormak ve kibarca sınır koymak isteyen iş arayanlar.
Henüz erken: Bir metni paragraf paragraf planlamak size hâlâ zor geliyorsa önce planlamayı ve değerlendirmeyi çalıştıran B1 seviyesindeki dört paragraflık oda tarifiyle başlayın.
Fazla kolay: Dolaylı sorular ve kanıta dayalı yargılar size zaten doğal geliyorsa başarılarınızı kanıtlarla gösterdiğiniz C1 seviyesindeki başvuru e-postasına geçin.

Örnek sayfaları açın

Kelime kartları

gut feeling — noun phrase

an instinctive reaction that comes before conscious reasoning

Maya's gut feeling favoured the confident applicant, but the work sample pointed elsewhere.

foolproof — adjective

designed to prevent failure or misuse

The supposedly foolproof scoring sheet failed when two criteria contradicted each other.

light-hearted response — noun phrase

a deliberately amusing answer to a serious or awkward prompt

Owen gave a light-hearted response, then supplied the evidence the panel actually needed.

geek — informal count noun

an enthusiastic expert in a specialised subject

As a transport-data geek, Maya noticed that the route numbers followed an obsolete map.

work-life balance — noun phrase

the proportion and relationship between paid work and personal life

The candidate asked about work-life balance because the advertised rota included frequent weekends.

the point of something — noun phrase

the main purpose or reason for an activity or object

The point of the second interview was to observe collaboration, not reward the fastest answer.

good-natured rivalry — noun phrase

friendly competition without hostility

A good-natured rivalry between the two design teams improved both proposals.

job-seeker — count noun

a person actively looking for paid employment

The library opened a quiet room where job-seekers could attend online interviews.

Konuşma

owen If you had to remove one meeting from our week, which would you choose?

maya The Monday status meeting. Its point is to uncover risks, but the dashboard already shows them.

owen How would you stop quieter colleagues from losing their chance to raise a concern?

maya I would give colleagues fifteen minutes to write down risks and ask the project lead to respond publicly by noon.

owen That answer tells me more than a puzzle about imaginary animals would.

maya Exactly. A demanding question should reveal judgment and consequences, not just reward confidence.

Cümle yapısı

What makes the profile coherent?

Each guiding question advances one causal stage: first impression, contrary evidence, decision, and later result.

The model uses questions as structure and evidence as the reason for change.

gut feeling
the point of
however
as a result
three months later

Diğer alıştırmalar

Why the obvious answer was wrong

An interviewer listens to a candidate across a table in a bright office.

The interview that changed the shortlist

What makes a candidate memorable? For Dara Malik, it was not a polished slogan. During an interview for an operations post, the panel asked what she usually did after a bad day at work. Dara admitted that she first took a silent walk around the building. Then she checked which decision had created the pressure and wrote one question for the colleague most affected.

Why did that answer matter? The company had recently lost two coordinators after repeated last-minute schedule changes. The panel's gut feeling had initially favoured another job-seeker, whose answers sounded more confident. Dara's concrete routine, however, showed how she separated emotion from evidence without pretending that stress never existed.

What happened next? In the practical task, a supposedly foolproof timetable produced two overlapping deliveries. Dara asked the warehouse lead to explain the constraint, revised one dependency, and preserved the drivers' breaks. She got the job. Three months later, her team adopted the same one-question review after difficult shifts, and avoidable schedule changes fell sharply.

Four kinds of direct question

auxiliary and modal inversion

Place be, have, or a modal before the subject in a direct question.

Why has the launch been delayed, and when can the supplier restart?

do / does / did

Add do, does, or did before the subject when a present- or past-simple question has no other auxiliary.

What does the role involve, and why did the previous coordinator leave?

negative question

Use a negative auxiliary to show surprise or check an expectation.

Didn't the agency send the revised figures yesterday?

preposition at the end

Keep a verb's dependent preposition at the end of an ordinary question.

Which department are you applying to?

subject question

When who, what, or which is the subject, use no do or did.

Who approved the emergency budget?

indirect word order

After the opening phrase, use subject before verb and remove do or did.

Could you tell me where the regional office is?

if / whether

Use if or whether to embed a yes-or-no question.

Do you know whether the panel has reached a decision?

answer boundary

Decline an unsuitable question politely without ending the exchange.

I'd rather not answer that if you don't mind, but I'm happy to discuss my relevant experience.

The complete indirect-question family

Can / Could you tell me…?

A polite request for information followed by statement word order.

Could you tell me when the second interview starts?

Do you know…?

Ask whether the listener has a fact; keep the embedded clause uninverted.

Do you know who manages the research team?

Do you think…?

Invite an opinion before an embedded question.

Do you think the role will involve international travel?

Do you remember…?

Ask someone to retrieve information from memory.

Do you remember where we saved the candidate notes?

Would you mind telling me…?

A cautious, formal request for potentially sensitive information.

Would you mind telling me why the position became vacant?

Do you have any idea…?

Ask for uncertain information, often when an answer may be difficult.

Do you have any idea how many applicants remain?

I wonder / I'm not sure / I can't remember / I'd like to know

Use statement word order after these non-question openings.

I wonder why the timetable changed; I'd like to know whether Friday is still possible.

Write a question-led profile

What makes the profile coherent?

Each guiding question advances one causal stage: first impression, contrary evidence, decision, and later result.

The model uses questions as structure and evidence as the reason for change.

gut feeling
the point of
however
as a result
three months later

Bu üniteyi öğren

Nasıl öğrenmek istersin?

Hesabın var mı?

Ücretsiz hesap bir üniteyi kalıcı olarak açar.

Üç yönlendirici soru, dört aşama

Her soru bir paragrafı açar ve hikâyeyi bir adım ilerletir; her adım bir gerekçe ister. Bir operasyon pozisyonu adayını anlatan örnek bir profilden:

İlk izlenim: “What makes a candidate memorable?” “The panel’s gut feeling had initially favoured another job-seeker, whose answers sounded more confident.”
Karşıt kanıt: “Why did that answer matter?” Gözlemlenebilir bir şey verin: bir alışkanlık, bir test sonucu.
Karar: “What happened next?” “She got the job.”
Sonraki sonuç: bir zaman ifadesi ve bir sonuç. “Three months later, her team adopted the same one-question review.”

İzlenimi kanıttan ayıran kelimeler

Görüş değişikliği ancak nedeni görünürse ikna eder. Daha önce olmuş arka plan için past perfect kullanın: “The company had recently lost two coordinators.”

İzlenim: seemed, sounded, appeared. “His answers sounded more confident.”
Kanıt: showed, revealed, demonstrated. “Her concrete routine showed how she separated emotion from evidence.”
Gut feeling: düşünmeden önce gelen içgüdü, yani “içimden gelen his”. Tek başına kanıt değildir.
Foolproof: hata yapılamayacak şekilde tasarlanmış. “The supposedly foolproof scoring sheet failed when two criteria contradicted each other.”
Bağlaçlar: however, as a result, three months later.

Doğrudan sorular: beş kalıp

Türkçede soru sormak için kelime sırası değişmez; bir soru eki ya da soru kelimesi yeter. İngilizcede ise yardımcı fiil öznenin önüne geçer. Tek istisna özne sorularıdır:

Önce be, have ya da bir modal: “Why has the launch been delayed, and when can the supplier restart?”
Başka yardımcı fiil yoksa do, does ya da did: “What does the role involve, and why did the previous coordinator leave?”
Who ya da what özneyse do ya da did yoktur: “Who approved the emergency budget?” Karşılaştırın: “Who did you call?” (burada who nesnedir).
Olumsuz sorular bir beklentiyi kontrol eder: “Didn’t the agency send the revised figures yesterday?”
Edat sona gider: “Which department are you applying to?” Türkçede “departmana” bir ekle söylenir; İngilizcede to cümlenin sonunda kalır.

Dolaylı sorular: düz cümle sırası

Kibar bir açılıştan sonra düz cümle sırasını kullanın ve do, does ya da did’i atın. Evet/hayır soruları if ya da whether ister; bu, Türkçedeki “karar verip vermediğini” yapısının karşılığıdır.

“Could you tell me when the second interview starts?” (“when does the second interview start” değil)
“Do you know whether the panel has reached a decision?”
“Would you mind telling me why the position became vacant?” Temkinli ve kibar bir istektir; hassas konular için uygundur.
I wonder ya da I’d like to know sonrasında cümle nokta ile biter: “I wonder why the timetable changed.”

Zorlayıcı bir soru ve takip sorusu

İki iş arkadaşı bir mülakat sorusunu adaylara sormadan önce kendi aralarında deniyor. Dinleyin: Pazartesi toplantısı neden kaldırılabilir ve takip sorusu hangi güvenceyi ekliyor?

“more than a puzzle … would” ifadesinin sonundaki would, “would tell me” yerine geçer ve fiili tekrar etmekten kurtarır.

Owen If you had to remove one meeting from our week, which would you choose?

Maya The Monday status meeting. Its point is to uncover risks, but the dashboard already shows them.

Owen How would you stop quieter colleagues from losing their chance to raise a concern?

Maya I would give colleagues fifteen minutes to write down risks and ask the project lead to respond publicly by noon.

Owen That answer tells me more than a puzzle about imaginary animals would.

Maya Exactly. A demanding question should reveal judgment and consequences, not just reward confidence.

Bu üniteyi kendi yolunla öğren

Tartışılacak sorular

Sesli cevaplayın; bir gerekçe ve bir örnek verin:

“Should managers be allowed to hire mainly on gut feeling?”
“Do interviews unfairly favour confident, fluent speakers?”
“Which interview question would you most dread, and why?”

Sık yapılan hatalar

Taslağınızda bunları kontrol edin:

“Could you tell me where is the office?” Doğrusu “where the office is”.
“Who did approve the budget?” Özne sorusunda did olmaz: “Who approved the budget?”
“I wonder why did the timetable change?” Doğrusu “I wonder why the timetable changed.”
Nedeni olmayan bir görüş değişikliği: “At first the panel doubted her, but then they liked her.” Kanıtı yazın.
“She was amazing.” Bunun yerine panelin ne gördüğünü yazın.

Günde 10 dakikalık pratik

Kendi alanınızdan hayali bir aday seçin; profilin tamamını hafta sonu yazın.

3 dakika: İşinizle ilgili beş soruyu farklı açılışlarla dolaylı soruya çevirin.
3 dakika: Aynı olayı iki yönden sorun: “Who called the client?” / “Who did the client call?”
2 dakika: Üç yönlendirici soru planlayın, her aşamaya bir satır.
2 dakika: Kanıt cümlesini showed ya da revealed ile yazın.

Sonraki adım

Sırada B2 seviyesinde sağlık haberine e-postayla yanıt vermek, 50 kelimelik bir taslağı öyküye dönüştürmek ve macera kursları hakkında dengeli bir yazı var. C1 seviyesinde ise bir başvuru e-postasında başarılarınızı kanıtlarla göstereceksiniz.

Sık sorulan sorular

Dolaylı soruda kelime sırası nasıldır?

Düz cümle sırası; do, does ya da did yoktur: “Where is the regional office?” sorusu “Could you tell me where the regional office is?” olur. Evet/hayır soruları için if ya da whether ekleyin.

İngilizce soruda do ya da did ne zaman kullanılmaz?

Who, what ya da which özne olduğunda: “Who approved the emergency budget?” Soru kelimesi nesneyse did gerekir: “Who did the panel choose?”

Bir mülakat sorusunu İngilizce kibarca nasıl geri çevirirsiniz?

Kısaca reddedin, sonra konuyla ilgili bir bilgi sunun: “I’d rather not answer that if you don’t mind, but I’m happy to discuss my relevant experience.”