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Capstone · Spoken English: Zero to Fluent

Capstone: your interview-ready speaking portfolio

Capstoneexpert· about 10 hours· 10 steps

The brief

You choose a real job you want and build a speaking portfolio for it: a 10-second and a 90-second introduction, answers to the common HR questions, a STAR story, a 3-minute presentation and a full mock interview, all recorded and reviewed in a log. At the end you have recordings you can play to a mentor or use to prepare for a real interview.

Why it matters

Campus placements, walk-in interviews, BPO voice rounds and video interviews all start with "Tell me about yourself" and the same handful of HR questions. Many candidates in India know the job well but lose it in the first five minutes of English. A recorded, reviewed set of answers is the most reliable way to walk in calm and come out with an offer.

Skills you practise

  • self-introduction for interviews
  • strengths and weaknesses with proof
  • STAR answers
  • salary and notice-period talk
  • a structured presentation
  • self-review and improvement

You need

  • A phone with a voice recorder (and a camera for the last step)
  • A real job advertisement from a job site or your college placement cell
  • A friend, teacher or family member to act as the interviewer in step 10

What you will have at the end

A speaking portfolio: interview-answers.txt, presentation.txt and review-log.txt, plus recordings of your 10-second and 90-second introductions, the strength, weakness, "why hire you", STAR and salary answers, a 3-minute presentation and a full mock interview.

How it is marked (rubric, 100 points)
Content that fits the jobEvery answer is shaped for the target job and backed by real examples and results.30
StructurePresent-past-future, STAR and the presentation structure are used clearly.20
DeliveryCalm speed, clear stress, few fillers, and answers given from memory, not read.25
Correct, natural EnglishNo "Myself...", correct tenses, and natural professional phrases.15
Self-reviewA complete log, honest notes and a realistic 30-day plan.10

0/10 steps done

Step 1 of 10

Choose your target job

interview-answers.txt names a real target job, a type of company and city, and the three things the job ad asks for most.

Every good answer is shaped for one job, so start by choosing it. Find a real advertisement on a job site or from your placement cell, for a role you could apply for in the next six months. Write the job title, the type of company and the city at the top of interview-answers.txt. Then pick the three skills or qualities the ad asks for most: every answer you write later should point back to them.

Your notes: interview-answers.txt, presentation.txt, review-log.txt

Write down each command you ran. It goes into your project summary.