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大家都知道第一印象很重要。老外人雖然很講效益，但和人第一次見面時，往往會先問一些無關(guān)緊要的問題。這叫做“Breaking the ice"（establish a rapport ）。工作面試時也一樣。一見面：
The interviewer might ask you something like:
"How are you today?"
"Did you have any trouble finding this place?"
"How did you get here?"
你不要為"interviewer" 那么友好的問話和語調(diào)感到吃驚。The interviewer wants to put you at ease (help you relax).
So you just answer the question without going into too much detail.
The most important part最重要的:
面試時，最重要的部分是談你的"experience and qualifications". 所以當(dāng)interviewer和你寒暄時，你可不要扯遠了。
Qualifications： include your education from High School on and any special training you may have done in the past.
Experience is any work that you have done that is directly or indirectly related to the job you are applying for.
Talk about your education談你接受的教育:
因為你要談的教育發(fā)生在過去，所以記住了要use past tenses.
For example:
"I attended the University of New York from 1992 to 1996."
"I graduated with a degree in social science"
如果你目前還是個學(xué)生，那么應(yīng)該使用present tenses:
For example:
"I am currently studying at the University of New York and will graduate with a degree in computer science in this fall."
or "I am studying English at City College of New York."
當(dāng)談你受的教育時，可別忘了提起你參加過的培訓(xùn)，得到過的證書和選過的一些和這份工作有關(guān)的課程。譬如computer training, correspondence courses, CCNP Certificate等等。
因為英語不是你的母語，而你的工作要求你會英語，那么你還得特別提到你的英語嫻熟程度或告訴對方你是如何在這方面做努力的。
Talk about your working Experience and Qualifications淡淡你的工作經(jīng)歷和資格:
工作經(jīng)歷這個話題在工作面試中占最主要的地位。所以你要詳細地談。通常interviewer會很想了解你以前做過些什么和你是怎么做的。
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記住這個時候你可不要謙虛。你要很自信地，很流暢地談你在以前和現(xiàn)在的工作中做了些什么和怎么做的。
談時要注意時態(tài)。提到目前還在做的工作的時，要用present perfect or present perfect continuous，這樣對方才能知道你如今還在為這家公司服務(wù)。
For example:
"Learn-American-English have employed me for the last 2 years as a bookkeeper."
or "I have been creating customer accounts for 6 months."
當(dāng)提起過去的工作經(jīng)歷時，要使用past tenses。 這樣對方就能領(lǐng)會你已經(jīng)離開那家公司。
For example:
"I was employed by Learn-American-English from 1996 to 1999 as a bookkeeper."
or "I worked as a receptionist at the learn-American-English while I was living in New York."
Talking about qualifications談你的資格:
交談中，你需要向?qū)Ψ秸故灸阌屑夹g(shù)和資格勝任你如今申請的這份工作。因為過去的經(jīng)歷并不一定正好完全適合于當(dāng)今申請的這份工作，所以向?qū)Ψ秸故灸愕哪芰Ψ浅Ｖ匾?/span>
雖然過去的工作和如今申請的工作不一樣， 但如果你能顯示自己的"adapting skills", 那么通常情況下你也會有很大的機會得到這份工作。
Following is a wonderful example of adapting skills to fit the job desired:
A Chinese new immigrant from Beijing who had worked as the manager of an important theater in Beijing. Unfortunately, he had to start from the beginning in New York and therefore wanted to get a job as a rodent exterminator (someone who kills rats!). When asked what kind of experience he had, he replied that, as the manager of the theater, he had had to make sure that the theater was always rodent free and was therefore capable of doing the job well!
注意：通常情況下interviewer在interview中很注重觀察的是你的能力和你的“willingness to learn”.
Use the Right Word to Express (Verb)選用確切的詞語來表達(動詞）:
描述和表達你做過的工作，給對方留下一個深刻的印象，選擇和運用確切的詞語起到非常關(guān)鍵的作用。句子中最重要和最能體現(xiàn)語言水平的詞是動詞。
下面例出的是一串側(cè)重描述怎樣完成任務(wù)和工作的動詞。 正確地運用這些動詞，能使你在工作面試中給對方留下一個好的印象。
acted / accomplished / adapted / administered /advanced / advised / allocated / analyzed / applied / approved / arbitrated / arranged / assisted / attained / blended / brought / built / carried out / catalogued / changed / classified / collaborated / compared / completed / computed / conceived / conducted / constructed / consulted / contracted / controlled / cooperated / coordinated / corrected / counseled / created / dealt / decided / decreased / defined / delegated / derived / designated / detected / developed / devised / directed / discovered / distributed / documented / doubled / edited / encouraged / engineered / enlarged / escalated / established / estimated / evaluated / examined / expanded / experienced / explored / facilitated / finalized / formulated / founded / functioned / governed / grouped / guided / handled / harmonized / harnessed / headed / identified / implemented / improved increased / indexed / initiated / inspected / installed / instituted / interpreted / introduced / invented / investigated / justified / led / localized / located / made / managed / maintained / mechanized /merged / moderated / motivated / negotiated / opened / operated / organized / originated / overcame / perceived / performed / pioneered / planned / prepared / presented / presided / processed / programmed / promoted /provided / purchased / raised / recommended / recorded / recruited / rectified / redesigned / repaired / replaced / restored / reversed / reviewed / revised / saved / screened / selected / serviced / sorted / sparked / specified / started / stimulated / strengthened / summarized / supervised /supported / systematized / tested / trained / transacted / transcribed / transformed / tripled / upgraded / validated / varied / verified / vitalized / won / wrote ;
Use the Right Word to Express (adjective)選用確切的詞語來表達(形容詞）:
描述工作經(jīng)歷時，準(zhǔn)確和生動地運用形容詞很重要。下面的形容詞可以用來描述你的工作水平：
accurate / active / adaptable / adept /
broad-minded
competent / conscientious / creative
dependable / determined / diplomatic / discreet
efficient / energetic / enterprising / enthusiastic / experienced
fair / firm
genuine
honest
innovative
logical / loyal
mature / methodical / motivated
objective / outgoing
personable / pleasant / positive /practical / productive
reliable / resourceful
self disciplined / sense of humor / sensitive / sincere / successful
tactful / trustworthy
掌握并準(zhǔn)確運用以上的動詞和形容詞能使你給interviewer留下美好和深刻的印象，從而幫助你得到這份工作。
工作面試中常提的問題
“招聘動向”的調(diào)查中，我們得到了以下這一串工作面試時常提的問題。適合運用于剛剛畢業(yè)的學(xué)生。
About personal questions關(guān)于個人方面的問題:
Please tell me about yourself.
How would you describe yourself?
Who or what had the greatest influence on your life?
What are some of the greatest personal challenges you have faced during your lifetime?
About your skills and abilities關(guān)于技術(shù)和能力方面的問題:
Why should our organization hire you?
What skills and abilities do you possess that will help make you successful in today's job market?
Please describe a frustrating experience from school or work, and tell me how you dealt with it.
How do you interact with people around you?
Who was the most difficult person you have ever dealt with, and how did you respond?
What are your major strengths and weaknesses?
What personal factors do you consider most important when evaluating yourself?
Tell me about your communication skills, your personal skills relevant to work experiences, and your problem-solving abilities.
How well do you work with others?
What skills and abilities do you bring to this job?
Please list three personal attributes that you would like to improve, and tell me any efforts you've made to make improvements in these areas.
What do you see as your greatest challenge when starting a new career?
How would your friends describe you? ?
In what areas are you working to improve?
About your career goals 關(guān)于事業(yè)目標(biāo)、方向方面的問題:
What are your goals and aspirations for the next three years? five years? ten years?
What are your short and long-term goals?
How are you preparing to achieve them?
Why do you think you would be good at this profession (sales, retailing, marketing, etc.)?
Please describe your ideal job.
Why are you interested in this industry/ profession/ occupation?
What work would you like to do that really interests you?
In what environment do you want to work?
What geographical location interests you most when working?
Please tell me about your plans for the future.
What is your timetable for achievement of your current career goals?
Why do you want to work for XYZ company?
In this organization, where do you see yourself in five years?
Please tell me five things about yourself that would make you an asset to any organization that hired you.
About your academic programs and achievements關(guān)于你所選擇的學(xué)科和你所取得的成績方面的問題:
Why did you choose this major field of study?
Why did you choose this college or university?
What were your favorite college courses, those you liked most? Least? Why?
What is your grade point average (GPA)?
How satisfied are you with your accomplishments in this academic program?
What are your academic strengths?
What courses gave you the most difficulty?
If you could, what changes would you make in your school's academic program?
About your working experience關(guān)于你的工作經(jīng)歷方面的問題:
What prior work experiences have you had?
What were your accomplishments in these prior work experiences?
What were your most significant achievements?
What would your last two employers say about you as an employee, either good or bad?
What projects were accomplished during your time on the job?
How were these accomplished?
What can you tell me that you enjoyed most about your previous job experiences? Least?
Can you tell me about your toughest job assignment?
Please tell me about a conflict situation and how you resolved it.
Please elaborate on one of the work experiences listed on your resume.
Please tell me about the duties/requirements of your last job.
What did you see as your major strengths and/or weaknesses on this job?
About your accomplishments and achievements關(guān)于你所完成的工作和取得的成績方面的問題:
In addition to your educational and professional experiences, what else would you like us to know about you in order to make an appropriate decision?
What are your greatest achievements at this point in your life?
About relocation and travel關(guān)于重新安置和出差方面的問題:
Are you willing to relocate?
Do you mind traveling? "
About your knowledge of this company關(guān)于你對本公司的了解程度方面的問題:
What do you know about our company?
Why did you select XYZ company?
What are your expectations of the XYZ company?
Why do you want to work in the position you are seeking?
Who else are you interviewing in your job search?
Why did you choose to interview with our company?
About salary and benefits關(guān)于薪水和福利方面的問題:
What starting salary do you expect as an employee?
What company benefits are most important to you?
How do you feel about an income made up totally of commissions?
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