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Examiner: What are your hobbies?

Candidate: There is no one thing I’m fanatical about. I have various interests. I’m a keen cook and love to create new dishes and then invite my friends over to taste them. I love playing cards, especially Uno. Most of my friends are crazy about karaoke and I go with them from time to time but it’s not really my kind of thing.

Examiner: What is your favourite musical instrument?

Candidate: What is my favourite instrument? I would have to say the piano. I’m not a big classical music fan on the whole but I do love a bit of piano. It’s the emotion it can express that fascinates me, the way man and instrument become one and the pianist gets lost in the music.

Examiner: Do you prefer action films or comedies?

Candidate: Neither really. If I had to choose between them I’d pick comedies, but what I really like is horror films, especially those involving ghosts. I enjoy getting a good fright.

Examiner: Do you think it is important to read novels and poetry?

Candidate: Well, my teachers always told me it is. But reading, I can take it or leave it. I can’t remember the last time I picked up a real page-turner. I don’t think it’s important to read. You can be entertained by films and you can be educated via the television, watching documentaries and so on. So, I don’t feel I’m missing out on anything.