The cue card
Describe your perfect job.
- You should say: what it is
- You should say: how you learned about it
- You should say: what the work involves
- You should say: and explain why it would be perfect for you
How to answer it
'Perfect' invites a vague answer, so make it concrete: name the job, then describe an ordinary Tuesday in it. The second bullet is the one candidates skip — how you heard about it — and it is free narrative: a relative who does it, a documentary, a placement. Close on the fit between the work and something specific about you, not on money, because the Part 3 question about salary is coming and you want a different answer there.
What moves the band
- Conditional range is the whole card: it would involve, I'd be spending most of my time, what would suit me is.
- Avoid naming only a job title; describe tasks. 'Architect' says less than 'drawing up small residential extensions and meeting the families who'll live in them'.
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 jobs do children usually want to do?
- What should people consider when choosing a career?
- Is salary the main factor in choosing a job?
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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