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Wed 18 Sep, 2013 07:24 am
In a job interview, sometimes the interviewees are so nervous that they might rub their nose, needlessly put the glasses right, shuffle their feet, etc. Very often teachers warn students against these things, and in my mother tongue these things are known as 'small acts', and they should be got rid of. But what are they called in English?
Thank you. WB.
@WBYeats,
This kind of behaviour could be called "fidgeting."
@WBYeats,
Quote:and in my mother tongue these things are known as 'small acts'
Is this term, 'small acts', limited to the situation of job interviews, WB?
@JTT,
Thank you, Infra and JTT.
um...this term, 'small acts', is not limited to the situation of job interviews, but is most frequently excoriated in such situations as interviews. Apart from those mentioned in the first post, too much hand movement when explaining oneself, girls' unconsciously and needlessly putting their locks back etc. are also subsumed under the category.
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