Describe a successful business person you admire
The cue card
Describe a successful business person you admire.
How to answer it
A local person you have met beats a global founder you have only read about, because the second bullet-free card leaves you to supply the structure and you cannot supply detail about a stranger. Define what you mean by successful early — scale, longevity, or the people they employ — since Part 3 opens with exactly that question and you want a consistent line.
What moves the band
- Business lexis: built it up from nothing, took a real gamble, they've weathered two recessions, a shrewd operator.
- The Part 3 question about sacrifice is the interesting one; name a specific cost such as time, health or family.
Part 3 questions reported with it
Part 3 follows the topic of the cue card, so these are the discussion questions the same candidates were asked next.
- What factors lead to business success?
- What sacrifices does business success require?
- Can business success conflict with environmental goals?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of family businesses?
These are candidate recalls. These are questions reported by test-takers after their exams, not official or leaked IELTS material. Wording varies by test version, location and memory. Use them for timed practice — never as a prediction of what you will be asked.
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