Q: If you knew that things at your company were rocky, why didn't you get out of the company sooner?
提問：如果你知道你之前所在的公司正在面臨困境，那你爲什麼不早點離開那裏呢？
A: I was working so hard to keep my job while everyone around me was being cut that I didn't have any time left over to look for another job. With all of the mergers that have been happening in our field, layoffs are a way of life. At least I gave it my best shot!
回答：當我的同事紛紛被解僱的時候，我還在努力地工作，我沒有時間去找其他的工作。我們這個行業常常會有兼併，下崗也就成了常態。至少，我堅持到了最後。
Q: From your resume, it looks like you were fired twice. How did that make you feel?
提問：從你的簡歷裏可以看出，你曾經兩次被炒魷魚。你對此有什麼樣的看法？
A: After I recuperated from the shock both times, it made me feel stronger. It's true that I was fired twice, but I managed to bounce back both times and land jobs that gave me more responsibility, paid me more money, and were at better firms。
回答：每次從被解僱的震驚中恢復過來之後，我都變得更加強大。沒錯，我的確被解僱了兩次，但每次我都能振作起來，重新找到工作，而且這些工作比之前的都更加需要責任心，當然薪水也更高，公司也更好。
Q: If you were running a company that produces X and the market wastanking for that product, what would you do?
提問：如果你所經營的公司是生產X產品的，而現在市場對該產品的`需求不高，你會怎麼做？
A: I would search for new markets for the product while I spurred the engi
neers to change the product to make it more marketable to its original core audience。
回答：我會爲該產品尋找新的市場，同時，我會鼓勵工程師對原產品進行改革升級，使它更適應原目標客戶的需求。
Q: You majored in philosophy. How did that prepare you for this career?
提問：你是學哲學專業的，你認爲這對你從事我們這個行業有什麼幫助？
A: Philosophy didn't prepare me for a career in architecture at all. But it did force me to become philosophical about my prospects. After two years of trying to figure out what to do with my life, I visited Chicago one weekend, and was absolutely spell bound by the gorgeous architecture all around me. I came home, applied to architecture schools all over the country, and was accepted by one of the best. I've never looked is definitely the career that I was meant to be in。
回答：哲學對於我從事建築行業來說並沒有幫助，但是這卻讓我不得不從哲學角度來考慮我的前景。我花了兩年時間考慮自己到底該從事什麼工作。有一次，我去了芝加哥，學英語的好網站，在那裏我被周圍奇妙的建築所深深吸引。我回到家，向國內最好的那些建築院校遞交了申請，並被其中一所錄取。我從來沒有後悔過，這就是我想要從事的行業。
Q: Are you telling me that, now that you're forty-something, you would be willing to start at an entry-level position just to get your foot in the door here?
提問：你現在已經40多歲了，而你願意從頭開始，接受一份入門級的工作，你是這個意思嗎？
A: Sometimes you need to take a step backward to move your career forward. Starting in an entry-level role would allow me to learn your business from the ground up. The career that I've been in is so different than yours that I would love the opportunity to start over again in your field. The salary cut will be well worth it。
回答：有時候，退後一步纔能有助於職業生涯更好地進步。從頭做起可以讓我全面地瞭解所從事的這個行業。我之前所做的工作與現在的這個太不一樣了，免費英語學習網站，我很願意在這個領域從零開始。我相信即使薪水變少了也很值得。