3 Q: 除了前面提到的，你最看重應聘者所展現(xiàn)出來的什么部分？
I think there's one thing that we're always looking for, that you can't really get across in an application... on an application form or in a covering letter, and that... that's your genuine interests in a job or your enthusiasm for a job. I think that's something really you can only get across at an interview. I think when we interview people, we're never really expecting to get the finished article, to get a fully qualified person with loads of experience. In fact, if we did interview somebody for a post who'd already been doing something similar or was very experienced in that post for several years, I think we might actually question why they were continuing and perhaps not looking to improve themselves or get a better post.
我覺得我們通常都會看中一種從申請表或求職信上看不出來的東西，那就是對這份工作真正的興趣以及由衷的熱忱，這真的只能從面試中看出來。當我們面試別人的時候，我們從不期望會得到一件成品，找到一個完完全全符合要求、經驗老道的人。事實上，如果有個人在這行做了很久，我覺得我們會問他們?yōu)槭裁催€繼續(xù)、為什么不尋求更高的職位或自我提升呢。
So what we're actually looking for is perhaps somebody who doesn't have all the skills, who doesn't have a huge amount of experience but what they do have is a willingness to learn and enthusiasm for the job and generally just somebody who shows real interest. And I think you can do that in an interview. You can really get across to the people who are interviewing you that you'd loved to do the job and that you'd liked to learn and you'd liked to improve yourself.
所以我們真正所求的人才是待琢的璞玉，這樣的人稍欠經驗，但有的是熱忱與動力，總之就是要對工作有興趣。我覺得如果你能展現(xiàn)出這一面會很好。你可以告訴面試官你真的會喜愛這份工作、你會為之不斷學習、不斷進步。
4
Q: 在面試中有哪些忌諱
OK, there're some very obvious things but I think one thing that, from my own experience, is not to get too friendly or too personal with the people interviewing you. I mean I've had examples of people who've come into the interview room giving me a kind of drink or a piece of cake. I can understand why they're doing that but it's not really right in an interview situation. I've even had somebody who told me I had nice eyes. Can you believe that? I have a friend actually who was telling me about a job he applied for and he... the interview panel was made up of two ladies - it was actually a women's university. And the panel was made up of two ladies and he... at the end of the interview he kissed the interviewers on both cheeks as was his habit. But I think that probably didn't go down particularly well. So don't be too familiar with your interviewers. Don't be too personal.
有幾點需要注意的，但是從我的經驗看來，不要隨隨便便與面試官稱兄道弟比較重要。我見過幾個人，一進面試的房間就給我一杯飲料或一塊蛋糕。我能明白他們?yōu)槭裁催@么做，但在面試的場合下，這種行為真是大錯特錯。以前甚至有人和我說我的眼睛很好看。你能相信嗎？我一個朋友告訴我他以前申請一份工作，面他的是兩位女士——因為是一所女子大學。在面試結束的時候他親吻了兩位面試官的臉頰，這是他的習慣。我個人認為這一點不太好，一定要和你面試官保持好距離。
From personal experience actually I... the very first job I interviewed for I can remember I was... I think I was 20 or 21 at the time. First interview. Brand new suit. Very very nervous. And when I arrived for interview, they offered me a cup of tea and I accepted it. Actually a hot drink wasn't exactly I wanted because I was probably sweating so much anyway from being nervous. It wasn't a good idea but I can just remember them giving me this hot cup of tea in a cup and a saucer, and then nowhere to put it so I was sat in front of the interviewers and trying to hold onto this cup of tea and my hands were shaking so much that I remember the cup
rattling in the
saucer. So things like that... I wouldn't... yeah... maybe I wouldn't accept the hot drink at interview. A glass of water might be good coz often if you are talking a lot you tend to lose your voice. But yes, hot drinks...err... definitely recommend that you leave those alone.
說說我自己的經驗吧，我記得我應聘的第一份工作。那時候我20、21歲的樣子。第一次面試，穿了全新的套裝，非常非常緊張。到達面試地點之后，他們給了我一杯茶，我喝了。實際上我并不太需要熱飲，因為那時候我緊張到出汗。其實要了那杯熱飲不是什么太好的注意，我記得茶杯下面還有個碟狀杯托，而且沒地方能給我放這些東西，所以我坐在面試官面前，拿著杯子和杯托，雙手抖的不像話，結果有些茶都灑到杯托里了。也許接受那杯東西就是個錯誤。不過一杯水還是可以接受的，因為如果你一直講話，到最后會失聲。不過熱飲還是算了吧。
5 Q: 通常應聘者都會被問到自己的強項與弱項，談論自己弱點的最好方式是什么？
I think this is a question I am not sure how often this gets asked actually but if you did get asked this question, I think you have to be honest. Well maybe not too honest I mean I think you don't want to say something that's going to jeopardise your chance of getting the job so I mean don't say that you're lazy or that you're a bad time keeper and you turn up late every morning. You know that wouldn't be a good thing. I think also, don't try to say something that would be a cliche - "I'm too hardworking" or something like that. It's just not believable. I think you have to be honest. I think maybe... I think what...? the point of this question is I think what they want to do is see how you look at yourself. So can you evaluate your own performance in a way and also can you... if you can evaluate your own performance can you think about how you would change or go about improving. So maybe try to give a past example of a weakness that you had in the past but then also show how you might have changed. So for example, time management is often a difficult thing for people in a job and it's something that you can learn, I mean there are certain things that you can do to improve your time management. So maybe you could use an example like that say a couple of years ago I had problems meeting deadlines and so on, but I realise that this is a problem and these are the steps that I took to change and now I... you know I'm much better at time management - I meet all my deadlines. So try to put a positive spin on it if you can by giving example of maybe how you've changed.
我不確定這個問題出現(xiàn)的頻率到底高不高，但如果一旦被問到，我覺得最好的方法是如實回答。但我的意思不是坦誠到要毀了你所有的機會——比如說回答什么你很懶，你不太守時，你每天早上遲到之類的。你應該清楚地知道以上的答案并不怎么樣。而且不要說些無用的話，比如“我過于勤奮”。也許他們問這個問題的意義在于想發(fā)現(xiàn)你如何審視自身。他們想知道你能否為自己的表現(xiàn)作出恰當?shù)脑u估；如果可以，你能否作出改進。例如，對于很多人來說時間管理非常困難，這就是你可以學習的東西，你總可以做一些事來改進自身時間管理的技巧。你可以用一些例子，比如說幾年前我總是無法按時完成任務，但我意識到這是個問題，以下是我改進的方法，而現(xiàn)在我已經如何如何，我現(xiàn)在非常擅長管理自己的時間——所有工作都可以在截止日期之前完成。所以你要做的是找出積極的方面，如果有例子的話，用例子說明你是如何改變的。
Related to that actually is an interview I did recently, I was quite impressed by somebody who, when asked about experience for a particular job, he was very honest and said that he didn't have any experience in that area at all. But what he did do is that he told us about the skills that he has that would suit that job. And I was very impressed with that answer. It was very candid, very honest. And I think you... often in interview situation people tend to try and cover up gaps in their skills or experience and don't do that particularly well but I think this particular person... I was very impressed with the way that he dealt with that question with honesty. If you can't... if you don't have the skills or experience, maybe that doesn't really matter do you actually have other skills that would... that you can offer up that would meet the needs of the job. So I was really impressed with that particular person.
舉個例子吧，最近我面了一個人，他給我留下很深的印象。問他有沒有做某個工作的經驗時，他非常坦誠地說他在那個領域一點經驗都沒有。但是他又告訴我們，他有其他的技能，完全適合這份工作。我對那個答案的印象很深刻，非常坦誠。在面試中，面試者都竭力表現(xiàn)出自己嚴絲合縫地契合該職位的要求，但其中一些表現(xiàn)的并不如意。可是這個人真的回答的特別好，而且特別坦誠。如果你沒有一份工作所要求的經驗或技能，不要怕，但你必須能夠告訴面試官你本身具有的技能也符合這份工作的要求。所以這個人給我留下了深刻的印象。
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