無(wú)論你是初出茅廬的畢業(yè)生，或是已經(jīng)幾試身手的“閃跳族”，要染指職場(chǎng)，面試這一關(guān)總是無(wú)可避免。以下是由英國(guó)駐華大使館文化教育處提供的來(lái)自Cindy和Tony兩位人力資源經(jīng)理的一些面試貼士。他山之石可以攻玉，即使是自信心爆棚的Y世代也不可不看哦。
Interviewer: Can you tell us about one interview candidate who impressed you and why?
采訪者：能否跟我們說(shuō)一個(gè)讓你印象深刻的面試者的例子，并且說(shuō)說(shuō)為什么讓你印象深刻?
Tony: There was one person I interviewed quite recently who I think did a very good job. Basically he gave very short, 1)concise answers. He was very well-organised in what he was saying.
托尼：最近有一個(gè)面試者，我覺(jué)得他表現(xiàn)得非常好�；旧�，他給出簡(jiǎn)短精煉的回答。他能很好地組織語(yǔ)言。
Some of the other candidates tended to 2)waffle a little bit—maybe give a bit too much information. Now 3)bearing in mind that for this particular post, we were interviewing over two days and I think we interviewed nine...nine or ten different people. So actually, from a personal point of view, I was quite tired of listening to people talk, and it was quite a relief actually to have somebody that kept things very concise and very to-the-point!
其他一些面試者則傾向于胡說(shuō)一通，或者說(shuō)得有點(diǎn)多了。我記得為了這個(gè)職位，我們面試了兩天，面試過(guò)的我想有9個(gè)或者10個(gè)不同的人。所以，事實(shí)上，從個(gè)人角度上來(lái)說(shuō)，我已經(jīng)很厭倦聽(tīng)別人說(shuō)話了，聽(tīng)到有人說(shuō)話如此簡(jiǎn)練，如此切中要害確實(shí)是一種釋放。
Interviewer: What things generally are you looking for from an interview candidate apart from the obvious?
采訪者：除了那些顯而易見(jiàn)的素質(zhì)外，總的來(lái)說(shuō)你希望從面試者身上找到什么特質(zhì)呢?
Tony: 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 interest in a job or your enthusiasm for a job. 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.
托尼：我覺(jué)得有一樣?xùn)|西是我們一直都在尋找的，這樣?xùn)|西不能從申請(qǐng)表或者求職信上找得到，那就是你對(duì)一份工作的真正興趣或者說(shuō)是你對(duì)一份工作的熱情。我想當(dāng)我們進(jìn)行面試的時(shí)候，我們從不會(huì)真正希望找到一個(gè)完美的應(yīng)征者，一個(gè)有著大量經(jīng)驗(yàn)、完全符合資格的人。事實(shí)上，如果我們真的面試到一個(gè)在類似職位或者在相關(guān)職位工作多年的人，我想我們反而會(huì)質(zhì)疑為什么他們繼續(xù)從事這樣的工作，又或者是他們不希望提升自己或者爭(zhēng)取一個(gè)更好的職位。
Interviewer: Interviewees are often asked to talk about their strengths and weaknesses. What's the best way to talk about your weaknesses?
采訪者：面試者經(jīng)常被問(wèn)到他們的優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)。怎樣談自己的缺點(diǎn)才好呢?
Cindy: In a situation where somebody asks you about a skill or a strength or experience and you don't have it, it's OK to say, “I haven't done that direct thing before, however I would try and make a weakness...something that you feel is a weakness, a learning opportunity.” So don't talk about yourself negatively, that's not necessary. You could talk about what you would do in order to gain the experience needed.
辛迪：當(dāng)有人問(wèn)起某些你欠缺的技能、優(yōu)勢(shì)或者經(jīng)驗(yàn)時(shí)，不妨說(shuō)“我之前沒(méi)直接參與過(guò)這方面的工作，不過(guò)，我愿意努力把這個(gè)你認(rèn)為是弱點(diǎn)的方面轉(zhuǎn)化作一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)的機(jī)會(huì)。”所以說(shuō)，不要自貶身價(jià)，沒(méi)這個(gè)必要。你可以談?wù)勛约簳?huì)做些什么來(lái)獲取所需經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
Tony: Related to that actually is an interview I did recently. 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 was that he told us about the skills that he has that would suit that job. I was very impressed with the way that he dealt with that question with honesty.
托尼：我最近進(jìn)行的一次面試也與此相關(guān)。當(dāng)問(wèn)到某項(xiàng)工作所需的經(jīng)驗(yàn)時(shí)，面試者非常誠(chéng)實(shí)，說(shuō)他毫無(wú)該領(lǐng)域的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。但他所做的是告訴我們他擁有某種能力，該能力很適合這項(xiàng)工作。我對(duì)他以誠(chéng)實(shí)的態(tài)度處理該問(wèn)題的方式印象深刻。
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